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#442 Got It!

Streetwise Hebrew

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2 September 2025

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

The verbs of the Hebrew root kbl are everywhere: To get, to receive, to be hired, plus things which are just not done and are considered unacceptable.

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New Words and Expressions:

Lekabel โ€“ To receive โ€“ ืœืงื‘ืœ

Kibalti hodaโ€™ah โ€“ I received a message โ€“ ืงื™ื‘ืœืชื™ ื”ื•ื“ืขื”

โ€œBa-boker kibalit email katsar ve-nechmadโ€ โ€“ In the morning I got a short and nice email โ€“ ื‘ื‘ื•ืงืจ ืงื™ื‘ืœืชื™ ืื™ืžื™ื™ืœ ืงืฆืจ ื•ื ื—ืžื“

Kibalta/kibalt et hahodaa sheli? Ken, kibalti. โ€“ Did you get my message? Yes, I did โ€“ ืงื™ื‘ืœืช ืืช ื”ื”ื•ื“ืขื” ืฉืœื™? ื›ืŸ, ืงื™ื‘ืœืชื™

Tagidu, kibaltem kvar heshbon hashmal? โ€“ Say, did you guys already get the electricity bill? โ€“ ืชื’ื™ื“ื•, ืงื™ื‘ืœืชื ื›ื‘ืจ ื—ืฉื‘ื•ืŸ ื—ืฉืžืœ

Kibalti โ€“ โ€œRoger thatโ€ โ€“ ืงื™ื‘ืœืชื™

Kibalti machzor โ€“ I got my period โ€“ ืงื™ื‘ืœืชื™ ืžื—ื–ื•ืจ

โ€œAfilu kos mayim lo kibaltiโ€™โ€ โ€“ I didnโ€™t even get a glass of water โ€“ ืืคื™ืœื• ื›ื•ืก ืžื™ื ืœื ืงื™ื‘ืœืชื™

โ€œSlicha, atem mekablim kartisei ashrai?โ€ โ€“ Excuse me, do you take credit cards? โ€“ ืกืœื™ื—ื”, ืืชื ืžืงื‘ืœื™ื ื›ืจื˜ื™ืกื™ ืืฉืจืื™ย 

Kibalti/hatafi shock โ€“ I was shocked โ€“ ืงื™ื‘ืœืชื™/ื—ื˜ืคืชื™ ืฉื•ืง

Hu kibel/hataf makot โ€“ He was beaten up โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืงื™ื‘ืœ/ื—ื˜ืฃ ืžื›ื•ืช

Dvarim she-mekubal laโ€™asot โ€“ Things which are โ€˜doneโ€™ โ€“ ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืฉืžืงื•ื‘ืœ ืœืขืฉื•ืช

Ze lo mekubal โ€“ Itโ€™s not done โ€“ ื–ื” ืœื ืžืงื•ื‘ืœ

โ€œBe-eropa lo mekubal lalechet lelevaya im t-shirt ve-shortsโ€ โ€“ In Europe itโ€™s unacceptable to go to a funeral in t-shirt and shorts โ€“ ื‘ืื™ืจื•ืคื” ืœื ืžืงื•ื‘ืœ ืœืœื›ืช ืœืœื•ื•ื™ื” ืขื ื˜ื™ืฉื™ืจื˜ ื•ืฉื•ืจื˜ืก

โ€œZe lo mekubal alayโ€ โ€“ Itโ€™s unacceptable to me โ€“ ื–ื” ืœื ืžืงื•ื‘ืœ ืขืœื™ื™

Ha-mekubalimโ€ โ€“ The popular kids at school โ€“ ื”ืžืงื•ื‘ืœื™ื

Ha-hodaโ€™ah hitkabla โ€“ The message was received โ€“ ื”ื”ื•ื“ืขื” ื”ืชืงื‘ืœื”

Ha-kesef hitkabel โ€“ The money was received โ€“ ื”ื›ืกืฃ ื”ืชืงื‘ืœ

Lehitkabel la-avoda โ€“ To get a job, to be hired โ€“ ืœื”ืชืงื‘ืœ ืœืขื‘ื•ื“ื”

โ€œEich lehitkabel lemisra ba-tโ€™hoom hachi nechshak ve-rivchi hayom bameshekโ€ โ€“ How to get accepted for a job in the most desirable and profitable field in the economy today โ€“ ืื™ืš ืœื”ืชืงื‘ืœ ืœืžืฉืจื” ื‘ืชื—ื•ื ื”ื›ื™ ื ื—ืฉืง ื•ืจื•ื•ื—ื™ ื”ื™ื•ื ื‘ืžืฉืง

Lehitkabel la-universta โ€“ To get into university โ€“ ืœื”ืชืงื‘ืœ ืœืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ื”

Eich lehitkabel le-mishpatim โ€“ How to get accepted to law school โ€“ ืื™ืš ืœื”ืชืงื‘ืœ ืœืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื

โ€œHitkabltaโ€ โ€“ Youโ€™re hired โ€“ ื”ืชืงื‘ืœืช

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Playlist and Clips:

Miri Massika โ€“ Af Ahat (lyrics)

How to get a hi-tech job

Shlomo Artzi โ€“ Yoter Mi-ze Anachnu Lo Tsrichim (lyrics)

Ep. no. 4 about Ima Polaniya HEB

Ep. no. 210 about lahtof, to snatch HEB

Ep. no. 440 about kabala, reception HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLV1.

0:10.4

Shalom.

0:13.4

It's me, Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.

0:15.7

Today we'll talk about the word le cabal to receive.

0:19.2

In episode number 440, we spoke about the noun cabala reception receiving

0:25.1

and today we'll be talking about the verbs le cabal is the p l infinitive and it means to receive to get

0:33.3

kibbalti hodda'a means I received a message or an email

0:38.1

Inbukkah, I gottair and nechmatt,

0:43.8

Ktavtah, hafutte, and not said,

0:47.7

and I'mtum, kimatathe shan,

0:50.5

lewapat.

0:52.8

In the morning, I got a email,

0:55.0

Katsar and Nachmad.

0:56.0

In the morning, I got a short and nice email.

1:00.0

Kibalt?

1:01.0

Kibalt?

1:02.0

Kibaltta, the oddash of me?

1:04.0

Kibaltta?

1:05.0

Kibaldt.

1:06.0

You got,

1:07.0

Kibaltem,

1:08.0

KATH.

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