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#393 Aim High

Streetwise Hebrew

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

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2 May 2023

โฑ๏ธ 13 minutes

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Summary

To aim, to tune, to intend, to really mean something. The Hebrew equivalent of these verbs all come from the root ื›.ื•.ื , a root which has many interesting uses in our spoken language.

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New Words and Expressions:

Mi mechaven et ha-tnuโ€™ah โ€“ Who is directing the traffic โ€“ ืžื™ ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ ืืช ื”ืชื ื•ืขื”

Lechaven ekdah le-ever mishehu โ€“ To aim a gun at someone โ€“ ืœื›ื•ื•ืŸ ืืงื“ื— ืœืขื‘ืจ ืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Az ani akhaven le-shmone kazรฉ โ€“ Iโ€™ll aim to get there at eightish โ€“ ืื– ืื ื™ ืื›ื•ื•ืŸ ืœืฉืžื•ื ื” ื›ื–ื”

Eich Lechaven gitara โ€“ How to tune a guitar โ€“ ืื™ืš ืœื›ื•ื•ืŸ ื’ื™ื˜ืจื”

Lama ata mekhaven namuch? โ€“ Why are you aiming low? โ€“ ืœืžื” ืืชื” ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ ื ืžื•ืš

Oh wow, hem mekhavnim gavoha โ€“ They are aiming high โ€“ ื”ื ืžื›ื•ื•ื ื™ื ื’ื‘ื•ื”

Mekhuvan โ€“ Tuned, deliberate, aimed โ€“ ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ

Tslil mechuvan โ€“ โ€œTuned toneโ€ โ€“ ืฆืœื™ืœ ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ

Psanter lo mechuvan โ€“ An out of tune piano โ€“ ืคืกื ืชืจ ืœื ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ

Ekdach mekhuvan leโ€™ever mishehu โ€“ Pistol aimed at someone โ€“ ืืงื“ื— ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ ืœืขื‘ืจ ืžื™ืฉื”ื•

โ€œAtem yodโ€™im le-mi ze haya mechuvanโ€ โ€“ You know who it was aimed at โ€“ ืืชื ื™ื•ื“ืขื™ื ืœืžื™ ื–ื” ื”ื™ื” ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ

Mekhuvan matara โ€“ Goal-oriented โ€“ ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ ืžื˜ืจื”

Bi-mechuvan, be-ofen mechuvan โ€“ Deliberately โ€“ ื‘ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ, ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ืžื›ื•ื•ืŸ

โ€œKshe-at omeret lo lema at mitkavenet?โ€ โ€“ What do you mean when you say โ€˜noโ€™? โ€“ ื›ืฉืืช ืื•ืžืจืช ืœื ืœืžื” ืืช ืžืชื›ื•ื•ื ืช

Lo hevanti, le-ma ata mitkaven, le-ma at mitkavenet? โ€“ Wait, what do you mean? โ€“ ืœื ื”ื‘ื ืชื™, ืœืžื” ืืชื” ืžืชื›ื•ื•ืŸ, ืœืžื” ืืช ืžืชื›ื•ื•ื ืช

Hitkavanti kshe-amarti โ€“ I really meant what I said โ€“ ื”ืชื›ื•ื•ื ืชื™ ื›ืฉืืžืจืชื™

Slicha, lo hitkavanti โ€“ Sorry, I didnโ€™t mean it โ€“ ืกืœื™ื—ื”, ืœื ื”ืชื›ื•ื•ื ืชื™

Bli kavana, lo be-khavana โ€“ Unintentionally โ€“ ื‘ืœื™ ื›ื•ื•ื ื”, ืœื ื‘ื›ื•ื•ื ื”

Slicha, bli kavana amarti etmol mashehu she-lo hayiti tsarich lehagid โ€“ Sorry, yesterday, without really meaning it, I said something I shouldnโ€™t have said. โ€“ ืกืœื™ื—ื”, ื‘ืœื™ ื›ื•ื•ื ื” ืืžืจืชื™ ืืชืžื•ืœ ืžืฉื”ื• ืฉืœื ื”ื™ื™ืชื™ ืฆืจื™ืš ืœื”ื’ื™ื“

Ze lo haya be-khavana โ€“ I didnโ€™t mean it โ€“ ื–ื” ืœื ื”ื™ื” ื‘ื›ื•ื•ื ื”

โ€œHa-kol be-kavanot tovotโ€ โ€“ Everything is done with good intentions โ€“ ื”ื›ืœ ื‘ื›ื•ื•ื ืช ื˜ื•ื‘ื•ืช

Yesh lo kavanot tovot/raot โ€“ Heโ€™s got good/bad intentions โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืœื• ื›ื•ื•ื ื•ืช ื˜ื•ื‘ื•ืช/ืจืขื•ืช

Aval ha-kavanot shelo tovot โ€“ But his intentions are good โ€“ ืื‘ืœ ื”ื›ื•ื•ื ื•ืช ืฉืœื• ื˜ื•ื‘ื•ืช

Hayta lo kavana tova โ€“ His intention was good โ€“ ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ืœื• ื›ื•ื•ื ื” ื˜ื•ื‘ื”

Ata roeโ€™eh she-ze lo be-khavana โ€“ You can see itโ€™s not intentional โ€“ ืืชื” ืจื•ืื” ืฉื–ื” ืœื ื‘ื›ื•ื•ื ื”

Kavenet telescopit โ€“ Telescopic sight (of a gun) โ€“ ื›ื•ื•ื ืช ื˜ืœืกืงื•ืคื™ืช

โ€œSeโ€™u einayim be-tikva, lo derekh kavanotโ€ โ€“ Raise your eyes in hope, not through the sight of a gun โ€“ ืฉืื• ืขื™ื ื™ื™ื ื‘ืชืงื•ื•ื”, ืœื ื“ืจืš ื›ื•ื•ื ื•ืช

Playlist and Clips:

Shotei Ha-nevuโ€™ah โ€“ Yediah (lyrics)

Eich lekhaven gitara

Yitshak Klepter โ€“ Tslil Mechuvan (lyrics)

Ha-tarnegolim โ€“ Ksheโ€™at Omeret Lo (lyrics)

Jonathan Mergui & Marina Maximilian Blumin โ€“ Sagol Bahir (lyrics)

Yirmi Kaplan โ€“ Kavanot Tovot (lyrics)

Lahakat Ha-nachal โ€“ Shir La-shalom (lyrics)

Ep. no. 45 about non-committal Hebrew

Ep. no. 109 about โ€˜I donโ€™t knowโ€™

The promised podcast about Shir La-shalom

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TELV1.

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St.C. W.

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Streatwise Hebrew.

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Shallum. It's me guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.

0:15.0

Today's our second episode focusing on the Shorish Kaff-Vav Nun.

0:20.0

In the previous episode, number 392, I spoke about the noun, Kivun, direction, orientation,

0:27.0

Kivunim, in plural.

0:29.2

Today I'd like to talk about the verbs of this family. Mimeh a

0:33.7

that no one does say a

0:36.9

a sense of she has par

0:39.0

oh and al-like

0:40.6

a hahmm a la like a mime chavin a taut go and who is directing the traffic.

0:45.0

Lech haven to direct Lech haven't at no one.

0:49.0

It can also mean to aim, le Michelle, to aim a gun at someone, Lechan a kdach le vermichu.

0:56.4

When setting a meeting with someone, you can say,

0:59.5

Azan ichaven le Schmonikaze.

1:02.0

I'll aim to get there at 8-ish perfect non-committal Hebrew because Achavin and Schmonekaze keep it vague enough

1:11.2

for more goodies on non-committal language like this, check out episode

1:15.1

number 45. Lechavan also means to tune.

1:19.3

I'm not sure I'm going to

1:23.0

I'm sure here, but I'm going to be

1:26.0

to go to my tava and I'm going to go and

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