#435 I’m Getting Into the Game
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The Hebrew word אירוע means an event, most often a happy event, like a wedding or bar/bat mitzvah. But its usage has changed lately. Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
Eru’ah yeri – Shooting – אירוע ירי
Eru’ah dkira – Stabbing – אירוע דקירה
Eru’ah mitgalgel – Developing event – אירוע מתגלגל
“Yesh li eru’ah” – I have an event (wedding, bar/bat mitzvah) – יש לי אירוע
“Slicha, atem osim eru’im?”- Do you do events? – סליחה, אתם עושים אירועים
“Wai, yesh li maleh eru’im ha-hodesh” – Oh no, I have many events this month – וואי, יש לי מלא אירועים החודש
Bein avodot – Between jobs – בין עבודות
Eru’ah hevra – Company event – אירוע חברה
“Le-hazmanat eru’im” – To book an event – להזמנת אירועים
Eru’ah hokara – Tribute – אירוע הוקרה
“Eru’ah hokara le-tsivtey hachinuch shel ha-ir bat yam” – A tribute to the teachers and educators of the city of bat yam – אירוע הוקרה לצוותי החינוך של העיר בת ים
Erua hokara le-mishehu – Tribute to someone – אירוע הוקרה למישהו
Eru’ah be-hafrada / eru’ah nifrad – An event with separation between men and women – אירוע בהפרדה / אירוע נפרד
“Ani nichnas la-eru’ah” – I am getting into this – אני נכנס לאירוע
“Ze lo ha-eru’ah” – It’s not the same – זה לא האירוע
“Ze eru’ah acher / shoneh” – It’s a different thing altogether – זה אירוע אחר/שונה
“Ani ba-eru’ah”- I am on the case – אני באירוע
Playlist and Clips:
Shuli Rand – Eru’ah Mitgalgel (lyrics)
Kama lehavi – The event gift calculator
Ep. no. 103 about dkira, stabbing
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TLV1. |
| 0:10.5 | Shalom. It's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew. Today I'd like to talk about the word Errua, |
| 0:17.9 | Aleph, Yud, Resh, Vav, Ain. Eruaua means event in the context of news erua could be something which happened |
| 0:26.5 | eruah yerry a shooting erua dkira a stabbing i mentioned the word zkira in episode number |
| 0:33.8 | 103 what's erua Metckelgel? |
| 0:37.7 | Three days that not packached the an eye. |
| 0:44.2 | Shlash aloehlot, |
| 0:45.4 | and me shodek, and seele, |
| 0:49.6 | that's a shakabre kind |
| 0:51.1 | in, |
| 0:51.2 | bytack, left, |
| 0:53.6 | to be ademach a-gol-gol-gene. Ereouam back on back leg, meh. |
| 0:57.0 | Mitzgolgelg. |
| 1:01.6 | Erroa mitsgolgelgel is a happening which is still developing, evolving, |
| 1:04.4 | unfolding, usually something bad. |
| 1:07.6 | But more often than not, Errua is a good thing. |
| 1:10.8 | I mentioned Erua in episode number 220. Yesi Erua means I have an event, |
| 1:13.8 | Simcha, bar or Bat Mitzvah, wedding, etc. Friends might ask if you are free to meet up. |
| 1:21.3 | No, yes me erua. No, I've already got a family event. If there is a restaurant that you love and are thinking of holding an event there, |
| 1:31.0 | you can call to ask, |
| 1:32.5 | Sliha, |
| 1:33.0 | Atte moussim eruim, do you do events? |
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