#307 Searching for Deeper Meaning

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word לחפש means "to search for." So what does "המורה סתם מחפש אותי" or "לכי חפשי ת'חברים שלך" mean? Both are slang and they don't mean what you might think they mean!

On this episode, Guy covers the root ח.פ.ש and explains several ways to say, "take a hike!"

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New Words and Expressions:

Lechapes – To search for, to look for – לחפש

Chipus ba-reshet – Internet search – חיפוש ברשת

Mano'a chipus – Search engine – מנוע חיפוש

Chapsu et arizot Tnuva – Look for the Tnuva milk containers – חפשו את אריזות תנובה

Lechi chapsi et elohim kol sof shavu'a – Go search for god every weekend – לכי חפשי את אלוהים כל סוף שבוע

Lech chapes mi yena'ane'a otcha – Go find someone who would 'shake' you – לך חפש מי ינענע אותך

Te'alat biyuv – Sewage canal – תעלת ביוב

Pa'atei ha-ir tel aviv – In the outskirts of Tel Aviv – בפאתי העיר תל אביב

Lech chapes ta-haverim sh'cha – Go look for your friends – לך חפש ת'חברים ש'ך

Lechi chapsi ta-haverim sh'lach – Go look for your friends – לכי חפשי ת'חברים שלך

Amarti lo she-yelech (le)chapes – I told him to go take a hike – אמרתי לו שילך 'חפש

Amarti la sh'telech t'chapes – I told her to go take a hike – אמרתי לה שתלך תחפש

Chipus mishtarti – Police search – חיפוש משטרתי

Tsav hipus – search warrant – צו חיפוש

Ha-mora stam mechapeset oti – The teacher picks on me for no good reason – המורה סתם מחפשת אותי

Ha-mishtara stam mechapeset oti – The cops always hassle me for no obvious reason – המשטרה סתם מחפשת אותי

"Chapes Oti Be-rishon" – Find me in Rishon – חפש אותי בראשון

Ha-mishtara orechet chipusim acharav – The police is conducting a search after him – המשטרה עורכת חיפושים אחריו

Ani adayin be-chipusim – I am still looking for… – אני עדיין בחיפושים

Od lo matsati klum – I haven't found anything yet – עוד לא מצאתי כלום

Playlist and Clips:

Tnuva – Pirsomet (Commercial)

Rami Kleinstein – Al Ha-gesher Ha-yashan (lyrics)

Lech chapes mi yena'ane'a otcha

Lech chapes

Chipus mishtarti

Agas Kimmel – Chapes Oti Be-Rishon (lyrics)

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0:00.0	This is TELB1.
0:10.0	Street-wise.
0:11.0	St. Why?
0:12.0	Shiloh, it's me guy with street wise Hebrew.
0:15.0	Today I'd like to talk about the word lechapest to search for, to look for.
0:20.0	Marcus Freeman from Melbourne Australia was the one who thought of the idea, so
0:25.0	to Darabah Marcus. Lechapes, the route is Ghette Pei Sin. The first words that come to mind
0:32.0	are Chippus Beresit, an internet search.
0:36.0	Manoa-Hippus, that's search engine.
0:40.0	I talked about Chippus, Lichapés online and other techie lingo on episode number 146, that's called
0:47.4	You Can't Google this stuff, so be sure to check it out.
0:51.9	Back to Lechapés. Advertisers like to use the imperative, look for our products. Find us here and there.
1:00.0	I'm not sure if we'm not there dears man me shut up.
1:03.4	Habsot Nova and matrievia I'm partied.
1:06.4	This is a commercial for milk in which the dairy company,
1:09.7	T-Nouva, invites us to look for their new product as kapsu at a resort tnova
1:15.5	imhat rivia hamishbachtit
1:17.6	kapsu look for imperative plural for their new milk containers. In feminine, the imperative sounds like this. with all the time
1:34.0	the time the drop kial kibh
1:37.0	and she show me kakir
1:40.0	lehi hapsi at elohim calls of Shavua, go search for God every weekend.
1:47.0	Lechhi hapsy, go, look for, imperative. When we just say Lechikapsi or Lechchapest, the meaning is very negative.
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