#414 Are You in the Country?
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 5 March 2024
โฑ๏ธ 12 minutes
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Summary
The Hebrew word ืืจืฅ means land/country. But it changes when we add prepositions to it. It's also an important word if you are training your dog to lie on the floor. Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
Eretz โ Land, country โ ืืจืฅ
Eretz Israel โ The land of israel โ ืืจืฅ ืืฉืจืื
Be-khol ha-aretz โ All over the country โ ืืื ืืืจืฅ
Kadur ha-aretz โ The earth, the globe โ ืืืืจ ืืืจืฅ, ืืื"ื
Shatu'ah โ Flat โ ืฉืืืึท
Boor ve-am ha-aretz โ Ignorant โ ืืืจ ืืขื ืืืจืฅ
Melah ha-aretz โ Salt of the earth โ ืืื ืืืจืฅ
La-aretz โ To Israel โ ืืืจืฅ
Izru lahem lachzor la-aretz โ Help them to get back to Israel โ ืขึดืืจื ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืจืฅ
Lachzor la-aretz โ Return to Israel โ ืืืืืจ ืืืจืฅ
Linso'a lechul โ Going abroad โ ืื ืกืืข ืืื"ื
Tagid, ata bechul? Lo, ani ba-aretz! โ Are you abroad? No, I am in Israel โ ืชืืื, ืืชื ืืื"ื? ืื, ืื ื ืืืจืฅ
Alisa be-erets ha-pla'ot โ Alice in Wonderland โ ืขืืืกื ืืืจืฅ ืืคืืืืช
Aratsot โ Countries โ ืืจึธืฆืืช
Artsot ha-chom โ The warm countries โ ืืจืฆืืช ืืืื
Artsot ha-brit โ The United States โ ืืจืฆืืช ืืืจืืช, ืืจื"ื
Artsot arav โ Arab countries โ ืืจืฆืืช ืขืจื
Artsa โ To Israel โ ืืจืฆื
Anu banu artsa livnot u-lehibanot ba โ We came to the land of Israel to build and to be built โ ืื ื ืืื ื ืืจืฆื ืืื ืืช ืืืืืื ืืช ืื
Matai at tasa artsa/la-arets? โ When do you go to Israel? โ ืืชื ืืช ืืกื ืืืจืฅ
Hu tas artsa/la-arets machar โ He is flying to Israel tomorrow โ ืืื ืืก ืืจืฆื/ืืืจืฅ ืืืจ
Anachnu rotsim linsoa artsa/la-arets ba-kaiyts โ We want to go to Israel in the summer โ ืื ืื ื ืจืืฆืื ืื ืกืืข ืืจืฆื/ืืืจืฅ ืืงืืฅ
Artsa! โ Down boy! (to a dog) โ ืืจืฆื
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Playlist and Clips:
Ze'ev Revach โ Ach Ya Rab (lyrics)
Ravid Plotnik โ Bur Ve-am Ha-aretz
Ruhama Raz โ Sheleg Al Iri (lyrics)
Ha-Gevatron โ Anu Banu Artsa (lyrics)
Shlomo Artzi โ Eretz Hadasha (lyrics)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
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| 0:11.0 | Hibro. |
| 0:12.0 | Shalo, it's me Guy with street-wise Hebrew. Ere's Ere's t'ritt t'chole in a, |
| 0:24.0 | the hah a shemesh la kideevash mehala. |
| 0:30.0 | Ere's banoladu, Ere tzpanihier, |
| 0:37.0 | venehier, veneh ere vahier, my sheh, |
| 0:41.0 | ere. Today I'd like to talk about the word Eretz. The inspiration came from an online |
| 0:49.6 | lesson I had with Captain Nico, an American pilot, Shalom Nico, who is one of our $100 tier patrons. |
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| 1:08.4 | and gain access to all the Hebrew episodes. |
| 1:11.6 | Eretz Aleth Resh Zadiksofit, means a land, a country, and it's a feminine noun. |
| 1:19.2 | The song we heard is a classic, its name is Eretz, but most people call it eretz eretz, |
| 1:25.6 | which is how the song begins. |
| 1:27.6 | You can find a link to the song lyrics in the show notes. |
| 1:31.2 | They of course talk about erettz Israel, the land of Israel. Aye a willy a we ae a fau a fau a fau |
| 1:47.0 | erret is a |
| 1:50.0 | a rhetisrael isihut, compound noun, the land of Israel. |
| 1:56.0 | The term Errat Israel is often used when we talk about the geographical region before 1948. |
| 2:02.0 | After 1948, it's called Medina Israel the state of Israel. |
| 2:07.0 | This is a famous song from the Salach Shabati comedy film from 1964. If you've never heard about this movie, it is a classic and this is part of any |
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