#47 What’s the First Hebrew Word You Learned? (Rerun)
Streetwise Hebrew
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🗓️ 28 January 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Shalom means ‘peace,’ ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ – it’s one of the most popular words in Hebrew, and the first one everybody learns. But there are other words, all derived from the root sh.l.m, that are very active in our language. Let’s meet the family!
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New Words and Expressions:
Shalom – Peace, hello, goodbye – שלום
Shalom rav lachem ve-erev tov – Hello and good evening to you – שלום רב וערב טוב
Shalem – Whole – שלם
Ma shlom Tomer? – How is Tomer? – מה שלום תומר
Shlomi, shlomcha, shlomech, shlomo, shloma, shlomenu, shlomchem, shlomam
Ma shlomenu ha-yom? – How are we doing today? – מה שלומנו היום
Shalom aleichem – Peace be upon you – שלום עליכם
Shalom aleichem malachei ha-shalom – Peace be upon you, ministering angels – שלום עליכם, מלאכי השלום
Salam alaykum – Peace be upon you (Arabic) – ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ – סלאם עליכום
Shulem aleichem – Shalom aleichem in Yiddish – שלום עליכם
“Sholem shloem le’olam, b-rogez b-rogez af pa’am” – A Pinky Swear in Hebrew (literal translation: Peace, peace forever, quarrel quarrel never) – שולם שולם לעולם, ברוגז ברוגז אף פעם
Drishat shalom – Regards – דרישת שלום, ד”ש
Timsor dash ba-bayit – Say hi at home – תמסור ד”ש בבית
“Tni li lehashlim et ha-chaser” – Let me complete the loss – תני לי להשלים את החסר
Lehashlim et ha-proyeket – To complete the project – להשלים את הפרוייקט
“Lehashlim im ha-shaon” – To make peace with the clock – להשלים עם השעון
Lehashlim mashehu – To complete something – להשלים משהו
Lehashlim im mishehu – To make peace with someone – להשלים עם מישהו
Le’af echad ein or mushlam – No one has perfect skin – לאף אחד אין עור מושלם
Mushlam – Perfect – מושלם
Yom mushlam – A perfect day – יום מושלם
Playlist and Clips:
Ha-dag Nachash – Shalom, Salam, Peace (lyrics)
Idan Yaniv & The Kinderlach – Shalom aleychem (lyrics)
Wikipedia about Sholem Aleichem
Rinat & Guy – Sholem, b’rogez (lyrics)
Lahakat Ha-nahal & Yardena Arazi – Drishat Shalom (lyrics)
Eyal Golan – Neshika Ahat Mimech (lyrics)
Kobi Aflalo – Yam Ha-rachamim (lyrics)
Ashley Waxman – Or mushlam (perfect skin)
Ep. no. 61 about acronyms HEB
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Shalom. It's me, Guy, with Streetwise Hebrew. This week we are replaying an episode from our archive. |
| 0:06.8 | Patrons will find the brand new All-Hebrewsister episode written and recorded this week on patreon.com |
| 0:14.4 | slash Streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private podcast feed. As you may |
| 0:20.3 | already know, we started creating the All-Hebrew episodes, starting with episode |
| 0:25.5 | number 181. |
| 0:27.7 | So once in a while, we go back into the archives and create the Hebrew versions for previous |
| 0:33.4 | episode like this week. |
| 0:35.3 | Enjoy. |
| 0:36.8 | This is TLLV1. |
| 0:43.6 | Streetwise, Hebrew. |
| 0:49.1 | Shalom. It's me, Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:52.0 | Shalom, Salam peace, Shalom Salaam peace. |
| 0:55.3 | Today we speak about |
| 1:00.0 | Shalom, peace. |
| 1:01.4 | But it's not only peace. |
| 1:05.8 | Shalom Rav Lachem and Aerev Tov. |
| 1:07.1 | This is how the Channel 2 TV News Bulletin starts. What's Shalom Rav Lachem and Erev Tov. This is how the Channel 2 TV News Bulletin starts. |
| 1:12.3 | What's Shalom Rav Lachem? |
| 1:14.3 | Rav is like Harbe a lot. |
| 1:16.2 | So Shalom Rav is great hello, a big hello to you, plural, the viewers. |
| 1:22.3 | Shalom Rav Lachem and A good evening. |
| 1:26.0 | Shalom, by the way, is hello and goodbye. |
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