#302 My Condolences To You And Your Family

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In Hebrew, נחמה (nechama) means consolation, comfort. It's also a woman's first name. The difference comes down to pronunciation. Today Guy explains how to give your condolences and how to jokingly comfort a friend who was delivered a cold pizza.

Bonus: How do we say "Misery loves company"? How about comfort food?

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New Words and Expressions:

Ko zkukim le-nechama – We really need consolation – כה זקוקים לנחמה

Nechama – Comfort, consolation – נחמה

NeCHAma – Female first name – נחמה

MenaCHEM – He comforts – מנחם

MeNAchem – First name – מנחם

Ochel menachem – Comfort food – אוכל מנחם

Ha-ochel mesapek chavaya chushit neima, menachemet – This food provides a pleasant sensual experience, comforting – האוכל מספק חוויה חושית נעימה, מנחמת

Aruchat boker menachemet – Comforting breakfast – ארוחת בוקר מנחמת

Aval ani menachemet et atsmi be-kafe – But I comfort myself with coffee – אבל אני מנחמת את עצמי בקפה

Bamba haita menachemet oti achshav – Bamba would have comforted me right now (if only I had some) – במבה הייתה מנחמת אותי עכשיו

Ase she-lo et'ave kol kach lihyot menucham ela menachem – Please let me not seek as much to be consoled as to console – עשה שלא אתאווה כל כך להיות מנוחם אלא מנחם

Alcoholistim Anonimiyim – Alcoholics Anonymous – אלכוהוליסטים אנונימיים

Hem menachamim oto/ota – They comfort him/her – הם מנחמים אותו/אותה

Menachamim – People who pay their condolences – מנחמים

Bikur nichumim – A condolence visit – ביקור ניחומים

Tanchumai – My condolences – תנחומיי

Pras nichumim – Consolation prize – פרס ניחומים

Titnachem/titnachmi be-ze she- – Take comfort in the fact that… – תתנחם/תתנחמי בזה ש…

Lehitnachem be-shokolad – Take comfort in Chocolate – להתנחם בשוקולד

Tsarat rabim – hatsi nechama – Misery loves company – צרת רבים – חצי נחמה

Tsarat rabim nechamat shotim/tipshim – The troubles of many are the consolation of the fool – צרת רבים – נחמת שוטים/טיפשים

Playlist and Clips:

Ilanit – Nechama (lyrics)

Nechama Hendel – Dona, Dona (lyrics)

Nechama Hendel Wikipedia

Menachem Begin 1977

Menachem Begin Wikipedia

Ochel menachem – Comfort Food (KAN TV)

Shuly Nathan – Ana Eli (lyrics)

Francesco d'assisi – Preghiera

Shuly Nathan – Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (lyrics)

Pras nichumim – KAN TV

Avigail Roz – Hatsi Nechama (lyrics)

Streetwise Hebrew ep. no. 117 – Ya Habibi

Taarovet Eskot – Ve-Ulai Tavo Eizo Nechama (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TLV I'm going to be one.
0:07.0	Streetwise, Hebrew.
0:12.0	Shalo. It's me guy with Streetwise Hebrew.
0:15.0	Lefamei, I mean,
0:18.0	I mean, Lefame
0:20.0	at the Costco king
0:22.0	Léechama.
0:25.0	Koss kukkukim leechama, we really need mehama,
0:30.0	consolation, comfort.
0:32.0	Today I'd like to talk about the Shorish Nun-Het-Mem, Nichama, that's the noun, but it's also a woman's name. They're written the same, but the difference is in the way we pronounce them.
0:43.7	Nichama stress on the ha is how we say the name.
0:48.0	With the noun, the stress comes at the end.
0:50.5	Nichama.
0:51.6	First name, Nichama. When searching for Nechama on Google in
0:56.2	Hebrew the search result displayed are the most famous Nechamas. The first one is
1:01.6	Nechama Hendel. Dona don'ta don'ta don'ta
1:20.0	This is arguably a singer in theama Handel's biggest hit.
1:23.0	Check out the Wikipedia page about her.
1:25.0	She had a very interesting life.
1:27.0	The next search result I got was Nechama Labovitz,
1:31.0	who was an important Israeli Bible scholar.
1:34.1	We also have a masculine version of this name.
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