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Streetwise Hebrew

#406 Words of War

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 24 October 2023

โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes

๐Ÿงพ๏ธ Download transcript

Summary

Israel is at war. There are a few words that we hear on the news all the time โ€” words you should absolutely know.

Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

New Words and Expressions:

Retsuโ€™at aza โ€“ The Gaza Strip โ€“ ืจืฆื•ืขืช ืขื–ื”

Retsua la-kelev โ€“ Leash for a dog โ€“ ืจืฆื•ืขื” ืœื›ืœื‘

Otef aza (Ha-otef) โ€“ The area bordering with the Gaza Strip โ€“ ืขื•ื˜ืฃ ืขื–ื”, ื”ืขื•ื˜ืฃ

Yeshuvey otef aza โ€“ Villages near the Gaza Strip, inside Israel โ€“ ื™ืฉื•ื‘ื™ ืขื•ื˜ืฃ ืขื–ื”

Matach kaved shel raketot โ€“ Heavy barrage of rockets โ€“ ืžื˜ื— ื›ื‘ื“ ืฉืœ ืจืงื˜ื•ืช

Azโ€™aka, azโ€™akot โ€“ Sirens โ€“ ืื–ืขืงื”, ืื–ืขืงื•ืช

Mamad (merchav mugan dirati) โ€“ Protected space within the apartment โ€“ ืžืจื—ื‘ ืžื•ื’ืŸ ื“ื™ืจืชื™

Miklat, miklatim โ€“ Bomb shelters โ€“ ืžืงืœื˜

Pikud ha-oref โ€“ Home Front Command โ€“ ืคื™ืงื•ื“ ื”ืขื•ืจืฃ

Harugim โ€“ The killed โ€“ ื”ืจื•ื’ื™ื

Ptsooโ€™im โ€“ The injured โ€“ ืคืฆื•ืขื™ื

Hatufim โ€“ Kidnapped โ€“ ื—ื˜ื•ืคื™ื

Bnei aruba โ€“ Hostages โ€“ ื‘ื ื™ ืขืจื•ื‘ื”

Mehablim โ€“ Terrorists โ€“ ืžื—ื‘ืœื™ื

Neโ€™edar, neโ€™edarim โ€“ Missing โ€“ ื ืขื“ืจ, ื ืขื“ืจื™ื

Hamal โ€“ Tactical Operations Center, War room โ€“ ื—ื“ืจ ืžืœื—ืžื”, ื—ืžโ€ืœ

Tarchish โ€“ Scenario โ€“ ืชืจื—ื™ืฉ

Ha-tarchish ha-garua be-yoter โ€“ The worst possible scenario โ€“ ื”ืชืจื—ื™ืฉ ื”ื’ืจื•ืข ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ

Playlist and Clips:

Otef aza

Matach shel raketot

Mamad

Hatufim

Rachel from Ofakim

Hamal neโ€™edarim

Daniela Spector โ€“ Ha-kochav Ha-ze Met (lyrics)

Ep. #277 about ptsatsa, bomb

Can We Talk? the podcast of the Jewish Womenโ€™s Archive

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TELV1.

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St.LV1. Streatwise.

0:12.0

Shilum, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.

0:16.0

Listener, patron and friend Jen Richler from Bloomington, Indiana wrote me to say,

0:21.0

I watched the Israeli news and there were some words I didn't understand.

0:25.3

I made a list of these words. Maybe this could be a podcast episode?

0:30.2

Totally Jen Todaraba. By the way Jen produces the show Can We Talk the

0:35.8

podcast of the Jewish women's archive which I recommend checking out. So let's go

0:41.0

over Jen's list. First let's learn how we say Gaza Strip in Hebrew.

0:47.0

Retsuat Aza, literally the Gaza Strip.

0:51.0

Retsua is a strap but it is also a leash for a dog. Retsua la Kellev.

0:56.7

Retsuwa in Smichut compound noun, Retsuat Aza.

1:01.8

Gaza is Aza in Hebrew.

1:05.0

Ain, Zain, He.

1:07.0

You may have also heard this on Israeli TV.

1:11.0

Beinayor said this on Israeli TV. Otef Aza, Otef Aza, Aine Vavte, Tepi Sufi.

1:24.0

Otef Aza is Israeli territory that borders the Gaza Strip.

1:29.0

Otef means raps and envelopes.

1:32.0

The Yeshuvae Otef Aza are the moshovim and kibbutzim located within this area including the town of Stilut.

1:45.8

According to Wikipedia, 70,000 people live in the Otef area. Yep, for short, we call it Ha Otef.

1:49.7

This is a Channel 13 TV story about residents of the Otef, refugees forced to leave their homes

1:56.2

who were reunited with their pets that were left behind. It has Hebrew subtitles and

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