#33 The Evil Eye (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word עין means eye. How do we say it in plural? What is עין הרע? And how do we say ‘The apple of my eye’ in Hebrew?

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New Words and Expressions:

Ayin – Eye – עין

Einayim – Eyes – עיניים

“Al tich’asi einayim sheli” – Don’t be mad, darling – אל תכעסי, עיניים שלי

Ooyoon, ayoon – Eyes (Arabic) – عيون – עויון, עיון

Ayooni – My darling (Arabic) – عيوني – עיוני

Einayim, einayim sheli – Darling – עיניים, עיניים שלי

Einai – My eyes – עיניי

Be-einai – In my eyes, in my opinion – בעיניי

Be-einecha – In your eyes (m.) – בעיניך

Be-einayich – In your eyes (f.) – בעינייך

Be-eineha – In her eyes – בעיניה

Ze motse hen be-einai – I like it – זה מוצא חן בעיניי

Ze lo motse hen be-einai – I don’t like it – זה לא מוצא חן בעיני

Ayin ha-ra – The evil eye – עין הרע

Eina bisha – The evil eye (Aramaic) – עינא בישא

Bli ayin ha-ra – Touch wood – בלי עין הרע

Playlist and Clips:

Yehuda Poliker – Einayim sheli (lyrics)

George Dalaras – Mi Mou Thimonis Matia Mou

Fairouz – El Bosta

Ha-israelim – Ayooni

Noa – Be-eineha (lyrics)

Ben Snof – Hamsa (lyri cs)

Ep. no. 22 HEB about darling

Transcript

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0:00.0	Shalom, it's me, Guy, with Streetwise Hebrew. This week we are replaying an episode from our archive.
0:06.7	Patrons will find the brand new All-Hebrews sister episode written and recorded this week on patreon.com
0:14.3	slash Streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private podcast feed.
0:19.8	As you may already know, we started creating the all-Hebrew episodes,
0:24.1	starting with episode number 181.
0:28.0	So once in a while, we go back into the archives
0:30.5	and create the Hebrew versions for previous episode, like this week.
0:35.2	Enjoy.
0:37.0	This is TLB1. Thank you. episode like this week enjoy this this is t lb one
0:44.3	streetwise hebrew shalo it's me guy from streetwise hebrew before we start i'll remind you that you can see all the words and expressions I'm talking about today,
0:57.0	plus links to all songs on TLV1.fm slash Streetwise Hebrew on today's episode.
1:03.0	Today we're talking about Ain, Ai.
1:05.5	It could be the letter Ain, but also an I, eyes.
1:09.4	In plural in Hebrew, Aynum.
1:12.0	Al-Ti chafi,
1:15.7	Enaim Shaliyudhiyudh Shil.
1:20.3	Al-Ti, Anaym Shaliyah,
1:21.0	Don't be mad, my eyes.
1:24.1	Ayn, Ais, this ending of aime is for pairs. So,
1:28.8	yad, hand, yadaym, leg, ragl. My eyes is a way to say, my darling. And this is a
1:37.0	famous song sung by Uda Poliker, composed by the Greek Stavros Kuyumtis. In Greek it sounds like this.
1:53.3	Mimu thimonis m'iomis m'i'iom.
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