#239 It's as Simple as That
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 8 January 2019
โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes
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Summary
The word ืคืฉืื (pashut) means โsimpleโ in Hebrew. Knowing that, how would you attempt to say โsimplifyโ, โsimplicity,โ or โsimpletonโ? Guy explains all the complexities behind the seemingly simple root ืคืฉื.
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New Words and Expressions:
Lamdeni et ha-shir ha-pashut - Teach me the simple song - ืืืื ื ืืช ืืฉืืจ ืืคืฉืื
Ze shir ahava pashut - Itโs a simple love song - ืื ืฉืืจ ืืืื ืคืฉืื
Pashut shir ahava - Simply a love song - ืคืฉืื ืฉืืจ ืืืื
Kacha ani ohevet otcha, pashut - This is simply how I love you/This is how I love you, in a simple way - ืืื ืื ื ืืืืืช ืืืชื, ืคืฉืื
Pashut bati/Bati, pashut - I just came - ืคืฉืื ืืืชื/ืืืชื, ืคืฉืื
Bayit pashut - A simple house - ืืืช ืคืฉืื
Pashut bayit - Simply, a house - ืคืฉืื ืืืช
Pashut, pshuta, pshutim, pshutot - Simple - ืคืฉืื, ืคืฉืืื, ืคืฉืืืื, ืคืฉืืืืช
Shiโur moledet - โHomeland classโ - ืฉืืขืืจ ืืืืืช
โKach ze haya, pashtut rakaโ - This is how it was, tender simplicity - ืื ืื ืืื, ืคืฉืืืช ืจืื
Lefashet - To simplify - ืืคืฉื
Ten li lefashet lecha et ze - Let me simplify it for you - ืชื ืื ืืคืฉื ืื ืืช ืื
Lehitpashet - To get undressed - ืืืชืคืฉื
Elef israelim higiโu le-hof sagur be-yam ha-melach ve-hitpashtu - 1000 Israelis arrived to a closed beach in the dead sea and got undressed - ืืืฃ ืืฉืจืืืื ืืืืขื ืืืืฃ ืกืืืจ ืืื ืืืื ืืืชืคืฉืื
Ha-esh mitpashetet - The fire is spreading - ืืืฉ ืืชืคืฉืืช
Lehafshit - To take off someone's clothes - ืืืคืฉืื
Mufshat - abstract - ืืืคืฉื
Tsiyur mufshat - Abstract painting - ืฆืืืจ ืืืคืฉื
Omanut mufshetet - Abstract art - ืืื ืืช ืืืคืฉืืช
โYa pshutaโ - You simpleton (f.) - ืื ืคืฉืืื
Playlist and Clips:
Nurit Galron - Lamdeni et Ha-shir ha-pashut (lyrics)
Aya Korem - Shir Ahava Pashut (lyrics)
Shiri Maimon - Kacha pashut (lyrics)
Kaveret - Shiโur Moledet (lyrics)
Spencer Tunick in the Dead Sea
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:10.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Hebrew. Shalom, it's me guy with Street-wise Hebrew. L'Andeni'e'e'er has shir a chirappa chute-cella-echee |
| 0:29.0 | and frocliche lechlechle michle mecha. Listener and patron David Polla. listener and |
| 0:34.0 | patron David Pollack, Shalom David, wrote me asking to talk about the word |
| 0:38.0 | Pashut, pay-shin-Vav-Tet, simple, and its root pay shintet. |
| 0:44.8 | Ach la Raiond David, this is a song called Lamdenny, Teach Me, |
| 0:49.2 | La Medotti, et-Hasir-Happashut, the simple song or the simple poem, words by Rachel Pira. Shoo Ching-a-va. |
| 1:06.0 | Lila-a-ba-kays. The Ruwaah, the Roo-a-dom-va-va-a-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-a-da-da-da-da-a-da-da-a-da-a. Zeshir Ahhir Ahhava Pashut. |
| 1:15.0 | Tashir-ah-Pashut is a simple love story. Aya Kowim. |
| 1:20.0 | Pashut is simple love story. Aya Kolem. |
| 1:22.5 | Pashut is simple, adjective, |
| 1:25.0 | Shir Ahava, Pashut. |
| 1:27.0 | Aya then sings, |
| 1:28.0 | Pashut Shir Ahava, |
| 1:30.0 | simply a love song. |
| 1:32.0 | So this Pashut is simply just sheah-hava pashut simple |
| 1:37.8 | pashut shoochir a havah simply |
| 2:02.1 | me a kakrall bit a gish kowt mottowt mahoo Simply. Pah mahle mah lel b b p m kahah nah nah nah ohehvit tah pahutha pahutha pahut this is how I love you. |
| 2:04.0 | The Pashut here could have two meanings. |
| 2:06.6 | This is simply how I love you. |
| 2:08.8 | Or this is how I love you in a simple way. |
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