#444 Sorry, It Slipped My Mind
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 25 November 2025
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
The Hebrew word ืืืจืื means to escape, but the same root has other interesting meanings in other verb formats. Guy also explains the meaning of ืืืจ ืืจืืื.
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New Words and Expressions:
Livro'ach โ To escape โ ืืืจืื
"Ma ze be'etsem meshaneh mi-ma be'estem hem borchim" โ What does it really matter what exactly they're running from โ ืื ืื ืืขืฆื ืืฉื ื ืืื ืืขืฆื ืื ืืืจืืื
Livro'ach mi-mashehu โ To flee something โ ืืืจืื ืืืฉืื
"Isha borachat mi-bsora" โ "A woman flees a message'" โ ืืืฉื ืืืจืืช ืืืฉืืจื
"Barach li pipi" โ I peed myself โ ืืจื ืื ืคืืคื
Oy, barach li me-ha-rosh, slicha โ Sorry, it slipped my mind โ ืืื, ืืจื ืื ืืืจืืฉ
Bricha โ Escape โ ืืจืืื
Brichat mochot โ Brain drain โ ืืจืืืช ืืืืืช
Lehavri'ach โ To smuggle- ืืืืจืื
Neshek โ Firearms โ ื ืฉืง
Samim โ Drugs โ ืกืืื
Hu mavri'ach et kol ha-haverot shelo โ He drives all his girlfriends away โ ืืื ืืืจืื ืืช ืื ืืืืจืืช ืฉืื
Perot muvrachim โ Smuggled fruits โ ืคืืจืืช ืืืืจืืื
Ananas โ Pineapple โ ืื ื ืก
Havracha โ Smuggling โ ืืืจืื
Havrachot mi-Surya le-israel โ Smuggling from Syria to Israel โ ืืืจืืืช ืืกืืจืื ืืืฉืจืื
Chadar bricha โ Escape room โ ืืืจ ืืจืืื
Borchanoot, eskepizem โ Escapism โ ืืกืงืคืืื, ืืืจืื ืืช
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Playlist and Clips:
Miri Aloni โ Ha-balada Al Hedva U-Shlomik (lyrics)
Tel Aviv University โ Brichat Mochot โ Brain drain
Transcript
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| 0:47.0 | Listener and patron Matt Sherman from Washington, D.C., Shalom Matt, wrote to say that I should |
| 0:52.2 | talk about Livroach to escape and it's shorish, |
| 0:55.9 | Bet Reschhet. |
| 0:57.1 | So yalla. |
| 0:57.9 | Livroach is to escape, to flee. |
| 1:00.3 | And it usually comes with preposition, |
| 1:02.6 | me. |
| 1:03.2 | Lvroach, |
| 1:03.8 | mi, ma's who, |
| 1:05.5 | me, |
| 1:06.0 | Mishu. |
| 1:06.7 | Like in this classical song. |
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