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#48 How to Talk ‘Ceasefire’ in Hebrew (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

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

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Everyone’s talking about הפסקת אש, ceasefire. Let’s get to know the word הפסקה (break) and other words in its family which come from the root פסק.

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New Words and Expressions:

Hafsakat-esh – Ceasefire – הפסקת אש

Hafsaka – Break, stop, halting – הפסקה

“Maga’im intensiviyim lehafsakat esh, ach ha-esh lo poseket” – There are intensive talks for a ceasefire, but the fire won’t stop – מגעים אינטנסיביים להפסקת אש, אך האש לא פוסקת

Hafsakat esh humanitarit – Humanitarian ceasefire – הפסקת אש הומניטרית

Ha-hafsaka ha-gdola – “The big break” – ההפסקה הגדולה

Hifsakti lenasot – I stopped trying – הפסקתי לנסות

Hifsakti le’ashen lifeni shavua – I stopped smoking a week ago – הפסקתי לעשן לפני שבוע

“Choshev lehasik le’ashen? Eize yofi” – Do you think of stopping smoking? That’s great – חושב להפסיק לעשן? איזה יופי

“Kshe’at noga’at bi, ani mafsik lachshov” – When you touch me I stop thinking – כשאת נוגעת בי, אני מפסיק לחשוב

Lo tafsiki lekavot – You will not stop hoping – לא תפסיקי לקוות

Hufsak – Halted, stopped – הופסק

Ha-sherut hufsak – The service was discontinued – השירות הופסק

Piska – Paragraph – פסקה

Psik – Comma – פסיק

Pisuk – Punctuation – פיסוק

Pisuk raglayim – Spreading the legs – פיסוק רגליים

Pasuk – Biblical verse – פסוק

Pesek zman – Time off / Name of a chocolate snack – פסק זמן

Kach pesek zman – Take some time off – קח פסק זמן

 

Playlist and Clips:

Roy Tal – Hifsakti Lenasot

Boaz Sharabi -Kshe-at Nogaat Bi (lyrics)

Gali Atari – Ha-shir she-yavi lach Ahava (lyrics)

Arik Einstein – Pesek Zman (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLV1.

0:03.2

Streetwise Hebrew Hebrew.

0:12.0

Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:16.0

Everybody's talking today about this.

0:18.0

The day 18, for the make sure, it's not much

0:21.2

the end up

0:22.5

time intonsivim

0:23.5

to have fack at

0:24.1

ash,

0:24.7

but the ice

0:25.2

not pusseked.

0:26.5

Magaeim intensive

0:27.8

to havesak at

0:29.0

ash.

0:29.6

Mgahem

0:30.2

intensiveing

0:31.0

to havesak

0:31.7

ash,

0:32.5

but the

0:33.0

air is taken

0:34.6

from the

0:35.1

Israeli

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