#40 What's the 'biggest' word in Hebrew?

Streetwise Hebrew

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

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🗓️ 13 May 2014

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Gadol, 'big,' and its root, g.d.l, have made a huge career in written and spoken Hebrew. Let’s meet the family today; from mustaches and fast food chains, to towers and plastic surgery.

Words and expressions discussed:

Gadol – גָּדוֹל

Haya gadol – הָיָה גָּדוֹל

Ani yodaat elohim, ata Gadol me-hachayim – אֲנִי יוֹדַעַת אֱלוֹהִים, אַתָּה גָּדוֹל מֵהַחַיִים

Rosh gadol – רֹאשׁ גָּדוֹל

Gdolim – גְּדוֹלִים

Ha-tsara itcha she-yesh lecha einayim gdolot – הַצָּרָה אִיתְךָ שְׁיֵשׁ לְךָ עֵינַיִים גְּדוֹלוֹת

Yesh anashim she-bonim migdalim – יֵשׁ אֲנָשִׁים שֶׁבּוֹנִים מִגְדָּלִים

Ligdol – לִגְדּוֹל

Gadalti be-shana – גָּדַלְתִּי בְּשָׁנָה

Legadel yeladim – לְגַדֵּל יְלָדִים

Legadel safam, zakan – לְגַדֵּל שָׂפָם, זָקָן

Lehagdil, lehaktin – לְהַגְדִּיל, לְהַקְטִין

Ata rotse lehagdil? – אַתָּה רוֹצֶה לְהַגְדִּיל?

Hagdala – הַגְדָּלָה

Hagdalat shadayim – הַגְדַלַת שָׁדַיִים

Music:

Ha-keves ha-shisha-asar – Kshe-eheye gadol (Lyrics here)

Sarit Chadad – Rak she-teda et ha-emet (Lyrics here)

Rita – Hayinu gdolim (Lyrics here)

Arik Einstein – Einayim gdolot (Lyrics here)

Arik Einstein – Ohev lihyot ba-bayit (Lyrics here)

Gadalti be-shana – various artists

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T. A T. L. B. One radio.
0:05.0	Great, great. Make sure I like color.
0:07.0	This is still V1.
0:08.0	This is.
0:09.0	This is.
0:10.0	Tell me it is a beautiful city.
0:11.0	Great.
0:12.0	The L. V. V. V. V. V. V. This is T.L.B. 1. Streetwise Hebrew.
0:27.0	Hebrew.
0:29.0	Shalom, it's me a guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:32.0	Many people say they need to see the words written in front of them when they listen to my part, so if you go to today's episode on
0:38.4	TLv1.F.M. slash Streetwise Hebrew, you'll see everything there.
0:43.7	Today we talk about this. Kök, Köh, Köh, Käh-y-Gadol.
0:55.8	Käh-e-gadol, when I'll be big, when I'll be a grown-up.
0:59.7	So today's word is, G'dol, big, and the whole root, showish, gimel, Dalit, lamid.
1:05.4	Godol is big, but in slang it can be great.
1:08.6	So if someone tells you a story about an amazing thing they did,
1:12.4	you can go like Godol. So it's only one word but it actually
1:16.6	means it is Godol as we don't use the verb to be in the present tense with adjectives in Hebrew. In the past we do. How was the show?
1:26.2	Haia Gadol.
1:27.6	Ha yeah Gadol, it was great. I know God's Aloha.
1:33.0	I'm at Gedol Mejaha'i.
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