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Streetwise Hebrew

#262 Making a Profit

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 16 July 2019

โฑ๏ธ 11 minutes

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Summary

The word revach ืจื•ื•ื— means profit, gain, benefit, and a few other things. You'll benefit greatly from learning the root ืจื•ื—, we promise.

Learn phrases like โ€œchill on the sofa,โ€ โ€œbeware of the gap,โ€ and โ€œmake sure to leave a margin of safety.โ€

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New Words and Expressions:

Revah - Profit, gain, space - ืจื•ื•ื—

Laโ€™asot revahim - To make a profit - ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืจื•ื•ื—ื™ื

Revach bein ha-milim - Space between words - ืจื•ื•ื— ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืžื™ืœื™ื

Makash ha-revach - Space key - ืžืงืฉ ื”ืจื•ื•ื—

Ha-revach bein ha-rakevet la-ratsif - Gap between the train and the platform - ื”ืจื•ื•ื— ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืจื›ื‘ืช ืœืจืฆื™ืฃ

Revach ve-hefsed - Gain and loss - ืจื•ื•ื— ื•ื”ืคืกื“

Revach naki - Net profit - ืจื•ื•ื— ื ืงื™

Revachim - Profits - ืจื•ื•ื—ื™ื

Rivchei ha-bank - The bankโ€™s profits - ืจื•ื•ื—ื™ ื”ื‘ื ืง

Profitable - Rivchi - ืจื•ื•ื—ื™

Revacha - Welfare, wellbeing, comfort - ืจื•ื•ื—ื”

Medinat revacha - Welfare state - ืžื“ื™ื ืช ืจื•ื•ื—ื”

Halonot ptuchim lirvacha - Wide open windows - ื—ืœื•ื ื•ืช ืคืชื•ื—ื™ื ืœืจื•ื•ื—ื”

Liftoโ€™ach et ha-delet lirvacha - Open the door wide open - ืœืคืชื•ื— ืืช ื”ื“ืœืช ืœืจื•ื•ื—ื”

Leraveโ€™ach - To space out - ืœืจื•ื•ื—

Rivuโ€™ach - Spacing - ืจื™ื•ื•ื—

Meruvach - Spacious - ืžืจื•ื•ื—

Hadar shena meruvach - Spacious bedroom - ื—ื“ืจ ืฉื™ื ื” ืžืจื•ื•ื—

Salon meruvach - Spacious living room - ืกืœื•ืŸ ืžืจื•ื•ื—

Mirvach - Margin, hiatus - ืžืจื•ื•ื—

Mirvach betichut - Safety margin - ืžืจื•ื•ื— ื‘ื˜ื™ื—ื•ืช

Lehitraveโ€™ach al ha-sapa - To chill on the sofa - ืœื”ืชืจื•ื•ื— ืขืœ ื”ืกืคื”

Titraveโ€™ach, targish be-noโ€™ach - Relax, feel at home - ืชืชืจื•ื•ื—, ืชืจื’ื™ืฉ ื‘ื ื•ื—

Leharviach - To earn, to gain - ืœื”ืจื•ื•ื™ื—

Kama ata marviโ€™ach be-hodesh - How much do you earn per month? - ?ื›ืžื” ืืชื” ืžืจื•ื•ื™ื— ื‘ื—ื•ื“ืฉ

Kama ata hosehv ani marviโ€™ach al ze? - How much profit do you think I make from this? - ?ื›ืžื” ืืชื” ื—ื•ืฉื‘ ืื ื™ ืžืจื•ื•ื™ื— ืขืœ ื–ื”

Tevatri al ha-ego, tarvihi ahava - Give up the ego, gain love - ืชื•ื•ืชืจื™ ืขืœ ื”ืื’ื•, ืชืจื•ื•ื™ื—ื™ ืื”ื‘ื”

Leharviโ€™ach mi-mashehu - To benefit from something - ืœื”ืจื•ื•ื™ื— ืžืžืฉื”ื•

Tni yachas mechabed ve-tov, tirโ€™i eich tarvichi mi-ze - Be respectful, and youโ€™ll see just how much youโ€™ll gain from it - ืชื ื™ ื™ื—ืก ืžื›ื‘ื“ ื•ื˜ื•ื‘, ืชืจืื™ ืื™ืš ืชืจื•ื•ื™ื—ื™ ืžื–ื”

Az ma hervachta mi-kol ha-sipur? - So what did you gain from all of this? - ืื– ืžื” ื”ืจื•ื•ื—ืช ืžื›ืœ ื”ืกื™ืคื•ืจ

Hevrot ha-bituโ€™ach hirvichu - The insurance companies made profit - ื—ื‘ืจื•ืช ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื•ื— ื”ืจื•ื•ื™ื—ื•

Hem marvichim esrim ahuz - They make a profit of twenty percent - ื”ื ืžืจื•ื•ื™ื—ื™ื ืขืฉืจื™ื ืื—ื•ื–

Esrim ahuzim revach - Twenty percent profit - ืขืฉืจื™ื ืื—ื•ื– ืจื•ื•ื—

Tamid amarnu, leharviโ€™ach ken, hazirut lo - We always said, to make profit yes, piggery, no - ืชืžื™ื“ ืืžืจื ื•, ืœื”ืจื•ื•ื™ื— ื›ืŸ, ื—ื–ื™ืจื•ืช ืœื

Tarviโ€™ach - Make a profit (imp.) - ืชืจื•ื•ื™ื—

She-yarviโ€™ach/She-tarviโ€™ach - May he/she profit - ืฉื™ืจื•ื•ื™ื—/ืฉืชืจื•ื•ื™ื—

Hirvachta et ze be-yosher - youโ€™ve earned it - ื”ืจื•ื•ื—ืช ืืช ื–ื” ื‘ื™ื•ืฉืจ

Murvach - Gained - ืžื•ืจื•ื•ื—

Yatsati murvach - I came out on top - ื™ืฆืืชื™ ืžื•ืจื•ื•ื—

Playlist and Clips:

Rivchei ha-bank - The bankโ€™s profits

Medinat Revacha

Tslil Mechuvan - Yamim Levanim (lyrics)

Hevrot ha-bituโ€™ach hirvichu - Insurance companies made a profit

Lilia - Ha-revach bein ha-gever la-hultsa (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is T.L.B. 1.

0:07.0

Street-wise Hebrew.

0:11.0

Chalo. It's me a guy with street-wise Hebrew. Chalo, it's me a guy with street-wise Hebrew.

0:15.0

Today I'd like to talk about the word Revach,

0:18.0

Prophet, Resch Vhevavroret,

0:20.0

La Sot Riverin to make a a prophet will also cover the Shorh

0:24.5

root Reshvahhvacht as it too provides us with interesting words and

0:29.0

expressions worth knowing. Reverh means profit means profit, but it also means space, like the space we place between groups of

0:36.2

letters to create words. Revach, Ben Hamilim, makash harevach, makash harevach, that's a space key on our keyboard, and it also means gap, like between the train and the platform,

0:49.2

Ha revach bin Harakkevit la Ratzif.

0:52.4

In business speak, we often hear Reverhvach they have said gain and loss

0:57.3

Revach gain have said loss Reverach naki net profit in plural Revernake, net profit, in plural,

1:04.1

Rverheim, profit, and in smichute compound noun.

1:07.6

Riveh Bank Loomi,

1:09.1

it's the same mama smote it,

1:10.5

when I'm there,

1:11.5

I've got a certain, that's the same law, the same law, It's better, but I'm not sochine,

1:12.5

the same le shallem,

1:13.3

the the world's over the great,

1:15.0

but the world has been the role of the world only

1:17.2

not all the other things

1:18.0

of the same. the prophets of Banclowme, Banclowme's prophets, smichote compound noun, revachim,

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