Is Someone Stealing Your Identity?

Photo: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90

The Hebrew word זהות means identity. It’s a word we Israelis use many times throughout the day, like any time we call customer service in Israel. Any guesses as to why?

New Words and Expressions:

Zehut – Identity – זהות

“Zehut achat la-boker, achat la-laila” – One identity for the morning, one for the night – זהות אחת לבוקר, אחת ללילה

Teudat zehut – ID – תעודת זהות, ת.ז

Teudat zehut biometrit hachama – A smart biometric identity card – תעודת זהות ביומטרית חכמה

Ha-meginim al zehutenu – Which protect our identity – המגינים על זהותנו

Mispar zehut – ID number – מספר זהות

Yitachen she-mishehu gonev lachem et ha-zehoot – Maybe someone is stealing your identity – ייתכן שמישהו גונב לכם את הזהות

Ganvu lo et ha-zehut – Someone stole his identity – גנבו לו את הזהות

“Ten li rak le’amet et ha-zehut shelcha” – Let me just verify your identity – תן לי רק לאמת את הזהות שלך

“Ana zahu oti be-ezrat hakol sheli” – Please identify me with the help of my voice – אנא זהו אותי בעזרת הקול שלי

Politikat ha-zehuyot – Identity politics – פוליטיקת הזהויות

Zehut migdarit – Gender identity – זהות מגדרית

Teomim zehim – Identical twins – תאומים זהים

Zehe, zeha, zehim, zehot – Identical – זהה, זהה, זהים, זהות

Playlist and Clips:

Mercedes Band – Zehut (lyrics)

Hava Alberstein – Sharaliya (lyrics)

Tehudat Zehut – ID Card

Mishehu gonev lachem et ha-zehoot

Danny Robas – Ze Lo Ani (lyrics)

Politikat Ha-zehuyot

What’s zehut migdarit?

Ynet – Identical twins – Teomim zehim

Stephane Legar – Lifnei, Achrei (lyrics)

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