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#439 It Ain't Cheap

Streetwise Hebrew

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

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 17 June 2025

โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes

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Summary

The word ื–ื•ืœ means cheap and is used in spoken Hebrew in all kinds of interesting ways. For example, whatโ€™s ื–ื™ืœ ื”ื–ื•ืœ? Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Zol โ€“ Cheap โ€“ ื–ื•ืœ

Periferia โ€“ Periphery, places outside the big cities โ€“ ืคืจื™ืคืจื™ื”

Yoker ha-mihya โ€“ Cost of living โ€“ ื™ื•ืงืจ ื”ืžื—ื™ื”

โ€œAd achshav ha-amira hayta keโ€™ilu, lechu la-periferia, ba-periferia zol, az hine halachnu laperiferia, ve-pitom po anachnu magiโ€™im lemehirim shel tel aviv.โ€ โ€“ Until now everybody said โ€˜go to the periphery, itโ€™s cheap there. So we went there, and suddenly we get to Tel Aviv pricesโ€™ โ€“ ืขื“ ืขื›ืฉื™ื• ื”ืืžื™ืจื” ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ื›ืื™ืœื•, ืœื›ื• ืœืคืจื™ืคืจื™ื”, ื‘ืคืจื™ืคืจื™ื” ื–ื•ืœ. ืื– ื”ื ื” ื”ืœื›ื ื• ืœืคืจื™ืคืจื™ื” ื•ืคืชืื•ื ืคื” ืื ื—ื ื• ืžื’ื™ืขื™ื ืœืžื—ื™ืจื™ื ืฉืœ ืชืœ ืื‘ื™ื‘

Mehirim zolim โ€“ Cheap prices โ€“ ืžื—ื™ืจื™ื ื–ื•ืœื™ื

Shuk ha-carmel โ€“ Tel Avivโ€™s ha-carmel market โ€“ ืฉื•ืง ื”ื›ืจืžืœ

Be-zol โ€“ For cheap โ€“ ื‘ื–ื•ืœ

Liknot mashehu be-zol โ€“ To buy something for cheap โ€“ ืœืงื ื•ืช ืžืฉื”ื• ื‘ื–ื•ืœ

Rak ha-yom โ€“ Today only โ€“ ืจืง ื”ื™ื•ื

Zil ha-zol โ€“ Cheaply, on sale โ€“ ื–ื™ืœ ื”ื–ื•ืœ

Hazol hu ha-yakar โ€“ The cheap is the expensive โ€“ ื”ื–ื•ืœ ื”ื•ื ื”ื™ืงืจ

Tisot zolot midai โ€“ Overly cheap flights โ€“ ื˜ื™ืกื•ืช ื–ื•ืœื•ืช ืžื“ื™ื™

Hatsi mechir โ€“ Half price โ€“ ื—ืฆื™ ืžื—ื™ืจ

Stalbet โ€“ Chill โ€“ ืกืชืœื‘ื˜

โ€œHa-shir asa lanu achla shel shivuk aval hafuchโ€ โ€“ The song did us great marketing, but in the wrong way โ€“ ื”ืฉื™ืจ ืขืฉื” ืœื ื• ืื—ืœื” ืฉืœ ืฉื™ื•ื•ืง ืื‘ืœ ื”ืคื•ืš

โ€œLo zol po. Shelo ledaber al ze she-en diyur.โ€ โ€“ Itโ€™s not cheap here. Not to mention the fact that there is no available housing โ€“ ืœื ื–ื•ืœ ืคื”, ืฉืœื ืœื“ื‘ืจ ืขืœ ื–ื” ืฉืื™ืŸ ืคื” ื“ื™ื•ืจ

Zol โ€“ Common, vulgar, unrefined โ€“ ื–ื•ืœ

Ze margish zol โ€“ It feels cheap โ€“ ื–ื” ืžืจื’ื™ืฉ ื–ื•ืœ

Lehozil โ€“ To lower the price โ€“ ืœื”ื•ื–ื™ืœ

Hozala โ€“ Price reduction โ€“ ื”ื•ื–ืœื”

Mivtsaei hozalot โ€“ Sales โ€“ ืžื‘ืฆืขื™ ื”ื•ื–ืœื•ืช

Mechirim muzalim โ€“ Reduced prices โ€“ ืžื—ื™ืจื™ื ืžื•ื–ืœื™ื

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Playlist and Clips:

KAN TV โ€“ Ba-periferia zol?

Hadashot 13 โ€“ Shuk Ha-carmel celebrates 100 years

Natan Cohen โ€“ Zil Ha-zol (lyrics)

Full Trunk โ€“ Stalbet ba-kibbutz (lyrics)

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Ep. no. 135 about yatsata be-zol

Ep. no. 148 about sales

Ep. no. 438 about deals

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLV1.

0:10.4

Shalom. It's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew. Today I'd like to talk about the word

0:17.1

Zol, Zain Vav, Lamed, cheap, the opposite of yakar expensive let's start with the can tv news story

0:25.1

about prices in the perifera perifera are places outside the big cities the canne news team

0:32.3

went to the upper galilee to talk to people about yokerker Hamichia, cost of living.

0:39.4

Had to now, the amirah,

0:41.2

like, look to the periphery,

0:41.8

the periphery, so here,

0:43.1

we're going to perifery, and

0:44.2

suddenly, we're coming

0:45.5

to the mechirms of Tel Aviv.

0:48.1

The interviewer, he says,

0:50.1

until now, the

0:52.2

Amira had,

0:53.3

like, the saying was like, meaning people were saying,

0:58.0

Lachu the peripheria, go to the peripheria.

1:01.2

The periphery Zol. It's cheap there.

1:03.9

So here we are. So here we are. We came here.

1:08.1

And bithom, here, we're making to Tel Mechreem of Tel Aviv. And suddenly here,

1:12.8

we're reaching Tel Aviv prices.

1:15.3

Yep, who doesn't like

1:16.6

Mechirim Zolim? Cheap

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