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Streetwise Hebrew

#112 How to Make an Impression with Your Hebrew

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 19 May 2026

โฑ๏ธ 11 minutes

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Summary

The shoresh ืจ.ืฉ.ืž is one of those Hebrew roots with so many different words stemming from it, you could easily get baffled. Whether you want to make an impression, write a list, pick up a prescription, register for an event, or create a flow chart, Guy will help you make sense of it all.

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New Words and Expressions:

"Im yesh lachen she'elot aten muzmanot lirshom li" โ€“ If you've got questions you're invited to write to me โ€“ ืื ื™ืฉ ืœื›ืŸ ืฉืืœื•ืช ืืชืŸ ืžื•ื–ืžื ื•ืช ืœืจืฉื•ื ืœื™

Lirshom โ€“ To note, to write down, to illustrate โ€“ ืœืจืฉื•ื

Reshima โ€“ List โ€“ ืจืฉื™ืžื”

"Hu haya roshem be-milono" โ€“ He used to write things down in his dictionary โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื”ื™ื” ืจื•ืฉื ื‘ืžื™ืœื•ื ื•

Rishoom โ€“ Illustration โ€“ ืจื™ืฉื•ื

Rashoom โ€“ Noted, registered โ€“ ืจืฉื•ื

Kablan rashoom โ€“ Registered contractor โ€“ ืงื‘ืœืŸ ืจืฉื•ื

Doar rashoom โ€“ Registered mail โ€“ ื“ื•ืืจ ืจืฉื•ื

Ma rashoom ba-tofes? โ€“ What's written in the form? โ€“ ืžื” ืจืฉื•ื ื‘ื˜ื•ืคืก

Hu roshem โ€“ He's writing things down โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืจื•ืฉื

Roshem โ€“ Impression โ€“ ืจื•ืฉื

"Ha-yom anachnu holchot ledaber al eich la'asot roshem rishoni hiuvi" โ€“ Today we're going to talk about how to make a positive first impression โ€“ ื”ื™ื•ื ืื ื—ื ื• ื”ื•ืœื›ื•ืช ืœื“ื‘ืจ ืขืœ ืื™ืš ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืจื•ืฉื ืจืืฉื•ื ื™ ื—ื™ื•ื‘ื™

La'asot roshem tov โ€“ To make a good impression โ€“ ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืจื•ืฉื ื˜ื•ื‘

Lo ose alai roshem โ€“ It does not impress me โ€“ ืœื ืขื•ืฉื” ืขืœื™ื™ ืจื•ืฉื

Hu rak rotseh laasot roshem โ€“ He just wants to brag โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืจืง ืจื•ืฆื” ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืจื•ืฉื

Od lo nirshmatem? โ€“ Haven't you registered yet? โ€“ ืขื•ื“ ืœื ื ืจืฉืžืชื

Leherashem โ€“ To register โ€“ ืœื”ื™ืจืฉื

Nirshamti la-limudim โ€“ I registered for studies at university โ€“ ื ืจืฉืžืชื™ ืœืœื™ืžื•ื“ื™ื

Hi nirshema la-kurs โ€“ She registered for the course โ€“ ื”ื™ื ื ืจืฉืžื” ืœืงื•ืจืก

Yesh link la-harshama โ€“ There's a link to registration โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืœื™ื ืง ืœื”ืจืฉืžื”

Harshama โ€“ Registration โ€“ ื”ืจืฉืžื”

"Kol mi she-terashem me-rosh tekabel hafta'ot meyuchadot" โ€“ Anyone who registers in advance will get special surprises โ€“ ื›ืœ ืžื™ ืฉืชื™ืจืฉื ืžืจืืฉ ืชืงื‘ืœ ื”ืคืชืขื•ืช ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ื•ืช

Leherashem โ€“ To get registered โ€“ ืœื”ื™ืจืฉื

Leharshim โ€“ To impress โ€“ ืœื”ืจืฉื™ื

Marshim โ€“ Impressive โ€“ ืžืจืฉื™ื

Af echad lo hitrashem โ€“ Nobody was impressed โ€“ ืืฃ ืื—ื“ ืœื ื”ืชืจืฉื

Hu hitrashem โ€“ He was impressed โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื”ืชืจืฉื

"Ani rak rotseh lehitrashem" โ€“ I'd just like to take a look โ€“ ืื ื™ ืจืง ืจื•ืฆื” ืœื”ืชืจืฉื

Hitrashmoot โ€“ Impression โ€“ ื”ืชืจืฉืžื•ืช

Ha-hitrashmut sheli hi sheโ€ฆ โ€“ My impression is thatโ€ฆ โ€“ ื”ื”ืชืจืฉืžื•ืช ืฉืœื™ ื”ื™ื ืฉ

"Hem nifgeshu be-avira rishmit" โ€“ They met in a formal atmosphere โ€“ ื”ื ื ืคื’ืฉื• ื‘ืื•ื•ื™ืจื” ืจืฉืžื™ืช

Rishmi โ€“ Formal, official โ€“ ืจืฉืžื™

Rishmiyoot โ€“ Formality โ€“ ืจืฉืžื™ื•ืช

Wow, eize rishmiyoot โ€“ How formal โ€“ ื•ื•ืื•, ืื™ื–ื” ืจืฉืžื™ื•ืช

Mirshamim โ€“ Prescriptions โ€“ ืžืจืฉืžื™ื

"Hu natan mirshamim le-kanabis refu'i tmurat shochad" โ€“ He gave prescriptions for medical cannabis in return for bribes โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื ืชืŸ ืžืจืฉืžื™ื ืœืงื ืื‘ื™ืก ืจืคื•ืื™ ืชืžื•ืจืช ืฉื•ื—ื“

Lirshom troofa โ€“ To prescribe a medicine โ€“ ืœืจืฉื•ื ืชืจื•ืคื”

Tarshim โ€“ Diagram, chart โ€“ ืชืจืฉื™ื

Tarshim zrima โ€“ Flow chart โ€“ ืชืจืฉื™ื ื–ืจื™ืžื”

Mirsham oochloosin โ€“ Civil registry โ€“ ืžืจืฉื ืื•ื›ืœื•ืกื™ืŸ

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Playlist and Clips:

Pratim al haharshama โ€“ Registration detailsย 

Matti Caspi โ€“ Eliezer ben Yehuda (lyrics)

Nemesh โ€“ Ken Ani Kaze Katan

Od lo nirshamtem?

Mashina โ€“ Ahake Lach Ba-sadot (lyrics)

Rona Keinan โ€“ 10 Shniyot (lyrics)

Teapacks โ€“ Rikud Ha-Passadoble (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLV-1.

0:10.4

Shalom.

0:12.8

Shalom.

0:13.7

It's me, Guy, from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:15.8

Shmuli Novgorder wrote me a cool message.

0:18.4

Shalom, Guy, it's Shmuli calling from Streetwise Hebrew listener land. I was wondering if you can do an episode on the Hebrew Shoresh Rish Shinn-Mem. We just finished Hanukkah, and there are a bunch of cabalistic ideas regarding Hanukkah and about how oil and God always leaves an impression a Rosham on whatever vessel it once contained. and outside of mysticism in my years in Israel, and since then, I've come across that Shoresh, Rish Shinn-Mem, in so many different contexts in Hebrew, and I think it would make an awesome episode for the podcast. Tadashmuli, Tadarabha. You're right. Especially in government offices, you'll be hearing this shorish a lot. I went to an office like this last week and more about it in my parting monologue in Hebrew later on.

0:59.1

If there's chelot, you're asked to write me.

1:02.4

If you've got questions, you're invited, mousmanaut, feminine, to write to me,

1:10.7

to me, lirshom Li.

1:12.3

Lirshom, this is a makeup artist called Moran, who is inviting her fans to a meetup.

1:17.9

We'll meet her later in the show.

1:19.8

Lirshom, which means to write down or note down, is slowly replacing Liktov to write in the

1:26.7

spoken young Israeli slang. So if you listen to Israeli

1:29.5

teenagers, you'll see they are Roshmim by WhatsApp, Roshmimba Facebook, etc. L'O Kotvim, as we

1:36.4

the older generation do. Lershom used to mean to write down something in a Rishima list or to

1:43.7

note down when someone is dictating a number.

1:46.8

Now it's shifting to just to write.

1:49.2

This is a famous of modern the father of modern Hebrew,

2:03.8

Eliezer Ben Yehuda.

2:05.2

And Mati Kaspi here is singing,

2:06.9

Haya Rosham Bimilono.

2:09.1

He used to write down, to note down,

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