Letting go of someone or something can be a difficult thing to do. How do we let it all go, in Hebrew? Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Lo ozev et ha-ir – I am not leaving town – לא עוזב את העיר

Hu ozev – He is leaving, letting go – הוא עוזב

Azva et ha-ima ve-ha-mishpachca – She left her mom and the family – עזבה את האמא והמשפחה

Azva et ha-bayit ve-ha-meltacha – She left the home and the wardrobe – עזבה את הבית והמלתחה

Azva et Sonia ve-et ha-dira – She left Sonia and the apartment – עזבה את סוניה ואת הדירה

Azva mish’enet ve-havera – She left her support, her friend – עזבה משענת וחברה

La’azov mishehu – To let go of someone – לעזוב מישהו

Azov/azvi/azvu oto – Leave him alone – עזוב/עזבי/עזבו אותו

Ta’azov/ta’azvi/ta’azvu oto – Leave him alone – תעזוב/תעזבי/תעזבו אותו

Azov/azvi et ze – Leave it alone – עזוב את זה

Azov, alai – Let it go, it’s on me – עזוב, עליי

Azov/azvi, hishtagat? – Forget it, are you out of your mind? – עזוב/עזבי, השתגעת?

Azov/azvi shtuyot – Stop the nonsense – עזוב/עזבי שטויות

Azov otcha me-ahava – Stop worrying about love – עזוב אותך מאהבה

Azov otcha mi+something/azvi otach mi-something – No need to do something – עזוב אותך מ+משהו/עזבי אותך מ+משהו

Azov otcha me-ha-bachur ha-ze – No need to think about this guy – עזוב אותך מהבחור הזה

Azvi otach mimenu – No need to think about him – עזבי אותך ממנו

La’azov – To leave, to let go – לעזוב

La’azov et ha-bayit – To leave home – לעזוב את הבית

La’azov mishehu/mishehi – To leave your partner – לעזוב מישהו

Hem nifredu – They broke up – הם נפרדו

Hu azav ota – He left her – הוא עזב אותה

Hi azva oto – She left him – היא עזבה אותו

Lo hevanti, mi azav et mi – I didn’t get it, who left whom? – לא הבנתי, מי עזב את מי?

Izvi et ha-kol – Leave everything (Arch. Imp. F.) – עזבי את הכל

Azov/Azvi/Azvu ha-kol – Leave everything (Coll.) – עזוב/עזבי/עזבו הכל

Azuv – Neglected – עזוב

Azuva – Neglect (n.) – עזובה

“Leha’aziv mishehu” – To cause someone to leave his job – “להעזיב מישהו”

He’ezivu oto – They made him leave – העזיבו אותו

Azov oti be-ima sh’cha (azovoti be’imash’cha) – I beg you, leave me alone – עזוב אותי באמאש’ך

Izavon – Inheritance – עיזבון

Playlist and Clips:

Shlomo Artzi – Lo Ozev et Ha-ir (lyrics)

Gazoz – Tsipi Primo (lyrics)

Carolina – Mul Ha-yam (lyrics)

Alon Olerachik & Yifat Taasa – Azov Otcha Me-ahava (lyrics)

Ehud Banai – Ha-tsemachn (lyrics)

Shlomo Artzi – Hof Azuv Me-ahavot (lyrics)

Ben Franco – Azov Oti be-imash’cha

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