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Streetwise Hebrew

#106 Learning Hebrew? Kol Ha-Kavod!

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 โ€ข 1.1K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 5 May 2026

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

The Middle East is a place where people swear "on the honor of their mom" without thinking too much. Guy teaches us all the uses of the Hebrew word ื›ื‘ื•ื“ โ€“ "honor" โ€“ right from the Prime Minister's official title to what you jot on the front of an envelope.

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New Words and Expressions:

Kavod โ€“ Respect, honor โ€“ ื›ื‘ื•ื“

Kol ha-kavod โ€“ Well done โ€“ ื›ืœ ื”ื›ื‘ื•ื“

Kol ha-kavod lecha/lach โ€“ Kudos to you โ€“ ื›ืœ ื”ื›ื‘ื•ื“ ืœืš

"Kvodo shachach levarech" โ€“ You (formal) forgot to say the prayer โ€“ ื›ื‘ื•ื“ื• ืฉื›ื— ืœื‘ืจืš

"Ze kavod gadol she-" โ€“ It's a great honor thatโ€ฆ โ€“ ื–ื” ื›ื‘ื•ื“ ื’ื“ื•ืœ ืฉ

Ani mitkabed lehazmin โ€“ I am honored to invite โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชื›ื‘ื“ ืœื”ื–ืžื™ืŸ

"Ha-rishon she-hevin et godel ha-eru'a" โ€“ The first to understand the magnitude of what happened โ€“ ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ ืฉื”ื‘ื™ืŸ ืืช ื’ื•ื“ืœ ื”ืื™ืจื•ืข

Kvod Rosh memshelet Israel โ€“ His Excellency, the Prime Minister of Israel โ€“ ื›ื‘ื•ื“ ืจืืฉ ืžืžืฉืœืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ

Kvod ha-shofetet โ€“ Your Honor (to a female judge) โ€“ ื›ื‘ื•ื“ ื”ืฉื•ืคื˜ืช

Kvod nesi ha-medina โ€“ His Excellency the President โ€“ ื›ื‘ื•ื“ ื ืฉื™ื ื”ืžื“ื™ื ื”

Titkabed, titkabdi, titkabdu โ€“ Help yourself โ€“ ืชืชื›ื‘ื“, ืชืชื›ื‘ื“ื™, ืชืชื›ื‘ื“ื•

Kibood โ€“ Refreshment โ€“ ื›ื™ื‘ื•ื“

Mis'hakei kavod โ€“ Ego games โ€“ ืžืฉื—ืงื™ ื›ื‘ื•ื“

Ani nishba ba-kavod sheli โ€“ I swear on my honor โ€“ ืื ื™ ื ืฉื‘ืข ื‘ื›ื‘ื•ื“ ืฉืœื™

Sharaf (Arabic) โ€“ Honor โ€“ ืฉืจืค โ€“ ุดูŽุฑูููŽ

Be-kha-vod โ€“ I'd be honored, Gladly โ€“ ื‘ื›ื‘ื•ื“

Likhvod โ€“ For (formal) โ€“ ืœื›ื‘ื•ื“

Likhvodekh โ€“ For you (formal) โ€“ ืœื›ื‘ื•ื“ืš

Nikiti et ha-bayit likhvodkha โ€“ I cleaned the house for you โ€“ ื ื™ืงื™ืชื™ ืืช ื”ื‘ื™ืช ืœื›ื‘ื•ื“ืš

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Playlist and Clips:

Yehoram Ga'on โ€“ Kol Ha-kavod (lyrics)

David Broza โ€“ Tio Alberto (lyrics)

Hagiga Ba-snooker

Netanyahu โ€“ Ceremonyย 

Ariel Israelov & Idan Baranes โ€“ Mishakim shel Kavod

Avi Biter โ€“ Ba-kavod sheli (lyrics)

Roulla Saad โ€“ Bisharafakย 

Gazoz โ€“ Likhvod ha-kayits (lyrics)

Shlishiyat Gesher Ha-Yarkon โ€“ Likhvodekh (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLV1.

0:10.5

Shalom. It's me, Guy, from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:15.6

Today we're talking about Kavod, Kaff, Bet, v, d'alette, respect, honor.

0:21.3

Maybe the most famous expression is

0:36.1

which means

0:37.9

Bravo, well done.

0:39.9

Literally, all the honor,

0:42.2

Kohl ha kavod, meaning all the honor should go to you

0:45.8

for what you've done.

0:50.3

You can add Lach or Lachem at the end.

0:57.7

So, Kohlhavod Lich, meaning well done to you, masculine.

1:03.4

Kolo Kavod Lach, feminine, but you don't have to.

1:08.2

Sometimes for laughs, we translate Hebrew idioms to English and end up saying stuff like,

1:09.5

all the honor to you.

1:45.3

So, Kola Kavod Lekha. All the honor to you. What is, Hacham Hanukha? Kvodoh, shakak levarich? Kvodoh, shakh levarich. So what is Kvodo, his honor? This is a way to address distinguished people, just like your honor in English. So, shakak, levarich, forgot to do the blessing. Kvodo can be said like here, tongue in cheek to a friend, stuff like, Mahshlom Kvodo. How are you? How is your honor? So in Hebrew, it's his honor. Kvodo. And this is taken from a cult movie called Khagiga Basnooker. Let's hear it again. Kavodhhhavot Godol is another expression. Let's listen to an example.

1:50.9

It's a kavadolidur Lieberman, it's a great honor that, and this is from a late-night

1:58.7

satirical show, Matsav Ha'uja. Another way'u'amete, another way to say it is this one.

2:03.0

So you can say, I'm not sure that he was in the first who had been the gaud of the Reshelet Israel,

2:05.6

Marbyn Mniamen Netanya.

2:10.4

So you can say, I'm honored.

2:11.4

Same shorres, Kaffet, Dallet, Dallet, and it's in Hittpahel verb form.

2:14.8

And then, infinitive, I'm not, same shoresh, kaffed, daled, and it's in Hittpael verb form, and then infinitive.

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