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Streetwise Hebrew

#436 Poison

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 25 March 2025

โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word ืจืขืœ means poison. Its root provides us with interesting words related to the military and to bosses, some of whom make our work environments toxic.

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New Words and Expressions:

Ra'al โ€“ Poison โ€“ ืจืขืœ

Re'alim โ€“ Poisons โ€“ ืจืขืœื™ื

Ra'al neged achbarim โ€“ Mouse poison โ€“ ืจืขืœ ื ื’ื“ ืขื›ื‘ืจื™ื

Ra'al neged chuldot โ€“ Poison against rats โ€“ ืจืขืœ ื ื’ื“ ื—ื•ืœื“ื•ืช

Nikuy re'alim โ€“ Detoxification โ€“ ื ื™ืงื•ื™ ืจืขืœื™ื

Sadnat nikuy re'alim โ€“ Detox workshop โ€“ ืกื“ื ืช ื ื™ืงื•ื™ ืจืขืœื™ื

Raalan โ€“ Toxin โ€“ ืจืขืœืŸ

Noged ra'alanim โ€“ Neutralizes toxins โ€“ ื ื•ื’ื“ ืจืขืœื ื™ื

Ru'ach ha-lechima, Rahal โ€“ The fighting spirit โ€“ ืจื•ื— ื”ืœื—ื™ืžื”, ืจื”"ืœ

"Ani rotse lir'ot raal ba-einayim" โ€“ I want to see in your eyes the enthusiasm to fight โ€“ ืื ื™ ืจื•ืฆื” ืœืจืื•ืช ืจืขืœ ื‘ืขื™ื ื™ื™ืย 

Ra'il โ€“ Toxic โ€“ ืจืขื™ืœ

Homarim re'ilim โ€“ Toxic, poisonous substances โ€“ ื—ื•ืžืจื™ื ืจืขื™ืœื™ื

Svivat avoda re'ila โ€“ Toxic work environment โ€“ ืกื‘ื™ื‘ืช ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืจืขื™ืœื”

Avira re'ila ba-avoda โ€“ Toxic atmosphere at work โ€“ ืื•ื•ื™ืจื” ืจืขื™ืœื” ื‘ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”

Ma'arechet yechasim re'ila โ€“ Toxic relationship โ€“ ืžืขืจื›ืช ื™ื—ืกื™ื ืจืขื™ืœื”

Benadam ra'il โ€“ Toxic person โ€“ ื‘ื ืื“ื ืจืขื™ืœ

"Hashash she-ha-iranim yenasoo lehar'il et mekorot ha-mayim be-israel" โ€“ Fear that the Iranians will try to poison water sources in Israel โ€“ ื—ืฉืฉ ืฉื”ืื™ืจืื ื™ื ื™ื ืกื• ืœื”ืจืขื™ืœ ืืช ืžืงื•ืจื•ืช ื”ืžื™ื ื‘ื™ืฉืจืืœ

Lehar'il mishehu โ€“ To poison someone โ€“ ืœื”ืจืขื™ืœ ืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Lehar'il et ha-avira โ€“ To poison the social atmosphere โ€“ ืœื”ืจืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืื•ื•ื™ืจื”

Har'ala โ€“ Poisoning โ€“ ื”ืจืขืœื”

Har'alat mazon โ€“ Food poisoning โ€“ ื”ืจืขืœืช ืžื–ื•ืŸ

Hu hur'al โ€“ He was poisoned โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื”ื•ืจืขืœ

Tapu'ach mur'al โ€“ Poisoned apple โ€“ ืชืคื•ื— ืžื•ืจืขืœย 

Hayal mur'al โ€“ A soldier who is excited about army life โ€“ ื—ื™ื™ืœ ืžื•ืจืขืœ

Mur'al al ha-tsava โ€“ Obsessed with military โ€“ ืžื•ืจืขืœ ืขืœ ื”ืฆื‘ื

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Playlist and Clips:

Or Litman โ€“ Ra'al (lyrics)

Nikuy re'alim

Lehar'il et ha-mayim

Omer Moskovich โ€“ Lo Zman Tov (lyrics)

Lahakat Ha-nachal โ€“ Haver sheli mur'al al Ha-tsava

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLV1.

0:10.4

Shalom. It's me, Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.

0:15.8

Today I'd like to talk about Raal, Res, Ayn, Lamed, poison, and its root.

0:44.3

Aisha, she is Rael, a woman who is Rale, a woman who is Raal poison, but the man is still addicted to her. It's a song about a toxic relationship, and in a sec, we'll learn how to say toxic relationship in Hebrew.

0:51.3

Ra'al, poison, belongs to the Segoli noun family, which means the stress is in the

0:58.0

first syllable. Raal. Other words in this family, Begad, Melch, Kelov, Delet, Sifel. In plural, this family of words

1:07.7

sounds like Eaim, or E' ae aot so Melch Melchim

1:12.9

Kelov Kleevee

1:14.4

Sifers Svarym

1:15.4

Begadim so

1:17.1

Raal Realim in plural

1:19.5

poisons

1:20.5

Raal negad Akbarim

1:23.0

mouse poison

1:24.2

Raal negad

1:25.3

Khuldot literally poison

1:27.4

against rats Nikuri Raal negate Choldot, literally poison against rats.

1:29.7

Nikui Raleim is

1:30.8

detoxification,

1:32.0

detox, so there are

1:33.3

people conducting

1:34.3

sadnet

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