#113 Linguistic Healing: Welcome to Your Hebrew Clinic
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 5 January 2016
โฑ๏ธ 7 minutes
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Summary
In Hebrew,ย ืจืืคื (doctor) means "healer." Soย how do you bless someone to get well soon? And how is the first name Raphael related to all this? In this episode Guy Sharett explains all things medical.
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New Words and Expressions:
Refu'ah โ Medicine, cure โ ืจืคืืื
Refu'ah alternativit โ Alternative medicine โ ืจืคืืื ืืืืจื ืืืืืช
Refu'ah shlema โ (May you reach) full recovery โ ืจืคืืื ืฉืืื
Baruch rofe holim โ Blessed is he who cures the sick โย ืืจืื ืจืืคื ืืืืื
Ein al pney kadur ha-aretz hesed li-rfuah โย Nowhere on the planet canย one find a tiny bit of kindness โย ืืื ืขื ืคื ื ืืืืจ ืืืจืฅ ืืกื ืืจืคืืื
Refu'i/t โ Medical โ ืจืคืืืืช
Tayarut refu'it, tayarut marpe โ Medical tourism โ ืชืืืจืืช ืจืคืืืืช, ืชืืืจืืช ืืจืคื
Cannabis refu'i โ Medical cannabis โ ืงื ืืืืก ืจืคืืื
Rofe โ Doctor โ ืจืืคื
Rof'aa, rof'im, rof'ot โ Doctor (f.), doctors (m., f.) โ ืจืืคืื, ืจืืคืืื, ืจืืคืืืช
Nirpa โ It was cured โ ื ืจืคื
Lerape ke'eva โ To heal her pain โ ืืจืคื ืืืื
Ripuy โ Treatment, therapy โ ืจืืคืื
Ripuy be-isuk โ Occupational therapy โ ืจืืคืื ืืขืืกืืง
Ve-halev mitrape โ And the heart is recovering โ ืืืื ืืชืจืคื
Hitrape โ Recovered โ ืืชืจืคื
Lehitrape โ To recover โ ืืืชืจืคื
Mirpa'a โ Clinic โ ืืจืคืื
Trufa โ Medication โ ืชืจืืคื
Ein li kesef li-trufot โ I don't have money for medications โ ืืื ืื ืืกืฃ ืืชืจืืคืืช
Trufati โ Medicinal โ ืชืจืืคืชื
Tipul trufati โ Medicinal treatment โ ืืืคืื ืชืจืืคืชื
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Playlist and Clips:
Yehuda Poliker โ Boker Yom Rishonย (Lyrics)
Mati Caspi โ Od Tir'i Et Ha-derechย (Lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELV1. Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.0 | Nelson Goldstein says I should talk about Rofe doctor and this showish Resh Pe, Alef, great idea Nelson. |
| 0:23.4 | Todarbaa, Refuahhuah is medicine or cure, |
| 0:27.8 | Refuah alternative medicine is something you'll hear a lot, unconventional medicine. |
| 0:33.4 | Refuah Schlemah is what we say to someone who is sick. |
| 0:38.0 | May you reach full recovery. |
| 0:40.1 | Refuah Schlemah, she's in Lamadmhemhe, and after the person has recovered religious people might say |
| 0:46.7 | Baruch or fajolim blessed is he who heals the sick so God basically Bar basically, Baruch, Rofe, cholim. What is Lillefua? Let's listen to this. One alpneahid kadur harez kesed lirfuah. |
| 1:09.0 | You cannot find anywhere on planet Earth a tiny bit of kindness. So, Mashehu, Lirfua means anything. |
| 1:15.8 | Lohayasham plus noun, Lirfua means nothing of that kind was there. |
| 1:21.4 | Rifui, Rui, is the adjective, medical. So, |
| 1:26.9 | refua plus i, the hay falls and it becomes refui, |
| 1:31.1 | refuit if we describe a feminine noun like Taerut, |
| 1:35.0 | Refuit, medical tourism, sometimes also called Taerut Marpe. |
| 1:40.0 | Refui also became a nickname for Kanabis Refui Medical Weed. |
| 1:45.0 | So yeshahrifui, do you have Refui, means do you have medical, meaning do you have weed basically? |
| 1:53.0 | So one of the ways to get it these days is through medical cannabis or refouille. |
| 1:59.0 | Rufe, Dr Rufe, Reufe, comes from the Paalve-Paelf, comes from the Paal verb in the present, just like Morรฉ or Shomel, so literally |
| 2:09.0 | healer, curer, ruffe. |
| 2:11.8 | Feminine is Rofa, but you'll be hearing us saying just Rofa. |
| 2:17.0 | Rofa, getting rid of the glottal stop there. |
| 2:20.4 | Also in the plural, Rofim, Rofkot, on call Israel, Israeli radio, you might hear it as Rofim, |
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