#449 Air It Out

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word for air is אוויר, while אווירה is atmosphere/ambience. There are other interesting words taken from אוויר, like fluffy or ceiling fan.

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New Words and Expressions:

Mezeg avir – Weather – מזג אוויר

Le'avrer et ha-heder – To air out the room – לאוורר את החדר

Hu me'avrer et ha-bayit – He airs out the house – הוא מאוורר את הבית

Le'avrer et ha-rosh – To clear one's head – לאוורר את הראש

Me'avrer – Fan, ventilator – מאוורר

Me'avrer tikra – Ceiling fan – מאוורר תקרה

Mazgan – Air conditioning – מזגן

Ivroor – Airing, ventilation – אוורור

"Ein po avir, ani potachat halon" – There's no air in here, I am opening the window – אין פה אוויר, אני פותחת חלון

"Hayavim le'avrer, eich ata yashen kacha?" – We've got to air out the room, how do you sleep like this? – חייבים לאוורר, איך אתה ישן ככה

Ma'arechet ha-ivroor – The ventilation system – מערכת האוורור

Ha-heder lo me'oovrar – The room is not ventilated – החדר לא מאוורר

Ha-dira me'oovreret – The apartment is airy – הדירה מאווררת

Lehitavrer – To air oneself out – להתאוורר

Ani hayav hofesh, lehitavrer ktsat – I need a vacation to get some fresh air – אני חייב חופש, להתאוורר קצת

Hoofshat hit'avreroot – A vacation to clear your mind – חופשת התאווררות

Hel ha-avir – Air Force – חיל האוויר

Avira – Atmosphere, ambience – אווירה

Yesh sham avira kefit – There's a fun atmosphere there – יש שם אווירה כיפית

Kav aviri – Direct distance / As the crow flies – קו אווירי

Be-kav aviri ha-batim shelanoo lo rechokim, aval ba-oto ze yikach lecha sha'ah – Our houses aren't far apart as the crow flies, but by car, it will take you an hour. – בקו אווירי הבתים שלנו לא רחוקים, אבל באוטו זה ייקח לך שעה

Shayara avirit – Air convoy – שיירה אווירית

Ha-taasiya ha-avirit Le-Israel – Israeli Aerospace Industries – התעשייה האווירית לישראל

Ugah avririt – Fluffy cake – עוגה אוורירית

Aviron – Plane – אווירון

Playlist and Clips:

Gidi Gov – Ne'echaz Ba-avir (lyrics)

Me'avrer tikra – Ceiling fan

Kan TV – Hel Avir (Air Force)

Omer Adam – Avira shel Sof (lyrics)

Ha-taasiya Ha-avirit – The aerospace industry

13TV – Ugah avririt

Ilanit – Red Elenu Aviron (lyrics)

Zemereshet – Aviron

Ep. no. 75 about weather HEB

Ep. no. 337 about mazgan, aircon HEB

Ep. no. 392 about kivoon, direction HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TLD1.
0:10.4	Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.
0:15.4	I'll be giving a few talks about street Hebrew in July 2026 in Warsaw University's Hebrew Summer Ulpan.
0:23.4	It's a two-week in-person crash course with great teachers,
0:27.1	and I know many of you will find it both fun and beneficial.
0:30.9	More details on our Streetwise Hebrew Facebook and Instagram pages.
0:35.1	It's a great opportunity for me to meet you if you happen to pass by Warsaw or join the summer ulpan, so let me know. Today we'll talk about Avir. Alif Vav Vav, Yud Resh, Air. And you're nother in your, in a macop where amade you, Andish a ragas You're at least In the Where it Avir Avir, and one of the air,
1:19.6	and one of the first things that comes to mind is Mezeg Avir, the weather.
1:24.7	I dedicated episode number 75 to words relating to weather, so after absorbing this week's episode,
1:32.1	scroll down to episode 75 in your podcast app and have a listen.
1:37.0	The show notes on Patreon will also have a link to the all-Hebrew 75th episode.
1:44.1	Let's start with verbs and check Piel, Puel, Puel, and Hidbal. to the all-Hebrew 75th episode.
1:48.1	Let's start with verbs and check Piel, Puel, and Hidpail.
1:53.0	Leavrer, Leavrear at the cheder, is to air out the room.
1:55.6	When you wake up in the morning, at least in Israel,
2:00.1	you open the window and meavrere, meavrear it at a bight.
2:04.6	You can see that from Avir we created the root alif, vav, Resh, Resh, a four letter, shorres, shorosh meruba,
2:08.5	which we can use in these three bignanim.
2:11.6	Piel, p'el, p'all, it p'al, it p'el.
2:13.6	To clear out the head, to clear your mind. I'll out of hutsa head To clear your mind
2:18.3	I'm going to out of the horse
2:20.8	I'm going to out of course a little
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