#273 You Shouldn't Steal
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 15 October 2019
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
In Hebrew, ืื ื (ganav) is a thief. Perhaps you already know its Yiddish pronunciation, ganef (ืืึทื ืขืื). But there are other, more exciting words that belong to the Hebrew root ืื ื, including several slang uses. Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
Ganav - Thief - ืื ื
Ganef - Thief (Yiddish) - ืืึทื ืขืื
Lignov - To steal - ืืื ืื
Ganav sidrati - Serial thief - ืื ื ืกืืจืชื
Al rosh ha-ganav boโer ha-kova - On the head of the thief the hat is in flames - ืขื ืจืืฉ ืืื ื ืืืขืจ ืืืืืข
Gneva - Theft - ืื ืืื
Gnevot ha-sismaโot - The password thefts - ืื ืืืืช ืืกืกืืืืช
โVe-al tezalzelu bi-fritsa la-mail ha-prati shelachemโ - And donโt underestimate a break in to your personal email - ืืื ืชืืืืื ืืคืจืืฆื ืืืืื ืืคืจืื ืฉืืื
Pritsa - Burglary - ืคืจืืฆื
Lifrots - To break in - ืืคืจืืฅ
Ani megala she-ganvu li et ha-zehut - I realise that someone stole my identity - ืื ื ืืืื ืฉืื ืื ืื ืืช ืืืืืช
Gnevat zehoot - Identity theft - ืื ืืืช ืืืืช
Medabrim al ze harbe la-achrona - They talk a lot about it lately - ืืืืจืื ืขื ืื ืืจืื ืืืืจืื ื
Nignav - Stolen - ื ืื ื
Nignav li ha-nayad - My cellular phone was stolen - ื ืื ื ืื ืื ืืื
Nigneva la ha-zehut - My identity was stolen - ื ืื ืื ืื ืืืืืช
Nignav li ha-oto - My car was stolen - ื ืื ื ืื ืืืืื
Nigneva li ha-mechonit - My car was stolen - ื ืื ืื ืื ืืืืื ืืช
Nignevu li ha-ofanayim - My bicycle was stolen - ื ืื ืื ืื ืืืืคื ืืื
Nigneva lecha ha-mechonit? - Was your car stolen? - ื ืื ืื ืื ืืืืื ืืช
Ganuv - Stolen - ืื ืื
Rechev ganuv - A stolen vehicle - ืจืื ืื ืื
Sufgi, ya gnuva, ma at osa kan? - Hey donut, are you out of your mind? What are you doing here? - ?ืกืืคืื, ืื ืื ืืื, ืื ืืช ืขืืฉื ืืื
Ma, ata ganuv? - Are you out of your mind? Donโt be silly - ?ืื, ืืชื ืื ืื
Lehagniv - To sneak something in - ืืืื ืื
Lehagniv ochel la-kolnoโa - To sneak food into the cinema - ืืืื ืื ืืืื ืืงืืื ืืข
Magniv - Cool - ืืื ืื
Lehagniv mishehu al mashehu - To excite someone about something - ืืืื ืื ืืืฉืื ืขื ืืฉืื
Hu higniv oti al cuba - He got me excited about Cuba - ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืชื ืขื ืงืืื
Hi higniva oti al sidra - She was raving about a TV series and now I am hooked - ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืชื ืขื ืืกืืจื
Hitganev - He snuck into - ืืชืื ื
Hitganvut - Sneaking into - ืืชืื ืืืช
Gunav le-oznai sheโฆ - It was brought to my attention that... - ืืื ื ืืืืื ืื ืฉ
Ganavti kama dakot, asiti siesta - I stole a few minutes and had a siesta - ืื ืืชื ืืื ืืงืืช
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELV1. |
| 0:10.0 | St.C. |
| 0:10.0 | St. wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Streat wise. |
| 0:12.0 | Chalo. It's me Guy with... Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | Before starting this week's episode, I want you to know that I'll be participating in the Limud conference |
| 0:22.0 | that will take place in Stockholm, Sweden in mid-November 2019. |
| 0:26.7 | My talk is about gender in modern Hebrew and how Israelis curse drivers in colloquial language. So if you're around come to say hey, check out |
| 0:36.1 | Limood.se, that's L-I-M-U-D dot SE for details. Yala, on to today's episode. Ghanathim, Gan Fouli et al-Lila, |
| 0:53.7 | Shote-Din, Al-O-Vin, |
| 0:57.5 | Shott-Tim Shott-Tib Shad-Tim Shad-Tim Shad-Tim Shad-Tilieta, |
| 1:00.3 | you. |
| 1:01.5 | Gagnan, Gime Gimeon Bรฉin, Gagna Gagna Gagna |
| 1:08.8 | today I'd like to talk about Gagnav, Gimele Numbet and its family. |
| 1:13.1 | Those who speak Yiddish or grew up with a Yiddish-speaking grandma |
| 1:16.4 | might know the Yiddish word. |
| 1:17.8 | Ganneth, which is Gonnaev, |
| 1:21.0 | in Hebrew, pronounced in a Yiddish accent. |
| 1:23.7 | The root is also a verb, Ganav Stoll, and in bignan, |
| 1:27.8 | Paal, Lignov to steal. |
| 1:30.3 | Ganav Siddhati, serial thief. |
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