#19 The X Factor in Hebrew (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

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Israel, Tlv1, Religion & Spirituality, Language Learning, Education, Language, Judaism, Hebrew, Streetwise

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🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Yes, you can learn Hebrew from pop culture. This time we decided to check out reality show Hebrew: We took one episode of The X Factor Israel and wrote down all the adjectives used there. Which ones made it to the top?

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Ze tov, ze tov, by Shokolad, Menta, Mastik

New Words and Expressions:

Tov – Good – טוב

Metoraf – Crazy – מטורף

“Yesh la yecholot metorafot” – She has crazy abilities – יש לה יכולות מטורפות

“Ze she-higati ad kan ze metoraf bishvilii” – The fact I made it up to here is crazy for me – זה שהגעתי עד כאן זה מטורף בשבילי

“Asiti po tahalich metoraf” – I went through a crazy process here – עשיתי פה תהליך מטורף

“Ani meusheret be-ramot metorafot” – I am happy at crazy levels – אני מאושרת ברמות מטורפות

Teruf – Craziness – טירוף

“Ze teruf latstet me-ha-bayit be-kor kaze – It’s insane to leave home in this cold – זה טירוף לצאת מהבית בקור כזה

Gadol – Big, awesome – גדול

Kashe – Hard, difficult – קשה

Madhim – Amazing – מדהים

Me’ule – Excellent – מעולה

Lahats – Stress, pressure – לחץ

Lahuts, lehutsa – Stressed – לחוץ, לחוצה

“Hayiti kol kach lechutsa etmol” – I was so stressed yesterday – הייתי כל כך לחוצה אתמול

“Ani lechutsa esh” – I am so stressed – אני לחוצה אש

Ta’im esh – It’s tasty as hell – טעים אש

Playlist and Clips:

Shokolad, menta, mastic – Ze Tov, Ze Tov (lyrics)

The X Factor Israel ep. 14

Ep. no. 102 about different synonyms for crazy

Ep. no. 228 about lachats, stress HEB

Ep. no. 349 about good HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0	Shalom. It's me, Guy, with Streetwise Hebrew. This week we are replaying an episode from our archive.
0:06.9	Patrons will find the brand new All-Hebrewsister episode written and recorded this week on patreon.com
0:14.5	slash Streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private podcast feed.
0:19.9	As you may already know, we started creating the all-Hebrew episodes, starting with episode number
0:26.1	181.
0:27.8	So once in a while, we go back into the archives and create the Hebrew versions for previous
0:33.5	episode like this week.
0:35.4	Enjoy.
0:36.7	This is TLB1.
0:44.7	Streetwise Hebrew.
0:49.1	Shalom. It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:52.0	I took one episode of the Israeli X Factor, that reality TV music show aired by Reschette here on Israeli TV Channel 2.
1:00.5	I thought this could serve as one corpus of language and will allow us to find some exciting Hebrew gems.
1:07.0	I decided to write down all the adjectives which appeared in the 75 minutes show and counted how many times each one appeared.
1:15.6	Do you want to hear the results?
1:19.8	First came Tov, good, said 22 times during the show.
1:24.8	It shows us how, with all the new superlatives, we keep on using and importing,
1:30.4	the biblical word Tov is still strong and is still doing a great job.
1:34.7	Way to go, Tov.
1:35.5	After Tov, He appears the word
1:48.1	Mitoraf, crazy. Eleven times during the show.
1:51.9	There's a lot Matorafot.
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