#49 Sex Words 2: Zayin

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 5 August 2014

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The word זַיִן, which is also how we say the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, is defined as the male reproductive organ. It is a word we hear a lot in Hebrew because it is in many slang terms – many of which are not necessarily related to sex.

Today we learn a few of these sayings and find out the connection between the term ‘friends with benefits’ and Austrian composer Franz Schubert.

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New Words and Expressions:

Zayin – Penis – זין

Koos –Vagina – כוס

“Ha-aretz mitpatachat kmo ha-zayin sheli” – “The country is developing like my dick” – הארץ מתפתחת כמו הזין שלי

Yedidoot – Friendship – ידידות

Yezizoot – “friendship with benefits” – יזיזות

Yadid – Platonic friend – ידיד

Yaziz – Friend with benefit – יזיז

Eize zayin – What a bummer – איזה זין

Eize zayin hu – He is such a prick – איזה זין הוא

Ani sam zayin – I don’t give a damn – אני שם זין

Lasim zayin – Not to give a damn – לשים זין

Ani lo sam alav zayin – I don’t give a damn about him – אני לא שם עליו זין

Al hazayin sheli – I don’t care – על הזין שלי

Playlist and Clips:

Alef-bet – Naomi Shemer, lyrics

Franz Schubert – Gretchen am Spinnrade

Rami Kleinstein – Chutz mimech klum, lyrics

Johnny Blaze – Yedidim o yezizim

Yafti – Dvarim Muzari, lyrics

Ha-yehudim – Im kvar, lyrics

Hagar Dadon – Al ha-zayin sheli (lyrics under youtube clip)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1.
0:10.0	Street-wise Hebrew. Shalo. It's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. Shil'Hiloh, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:15.1	Today we're going to talk about sex in modern Hebrew, so this is sex words number two.
0:20.5	If you're under 18 or have moral or religious issues with this, feel free to press the stop button now.
0:27.0	The root Zain, Zain-Yud Nun, is the root of the word penis, Zain.
0:32.0	In the Bible, it's's a weapon and there are many
0:34.5	speculations about how it came to mean a penis. I'm not getting into this
0:38.9	today. Zine is also the name of a letter with this zz sound like Z Z in English.
0:45.0	This is a children's a children's
0:50.0	this is a children's song which teaches the Hebrew alphabet. You can listen to the whole song on our
0:54.5	show's page TLv1.F.m. slash Streetwise Hebrew on today's show.
0:59.4	Koos is the vulgar word for vagina and we got it from Arabic.
1:03.2	You can listen to the first sex words episode to learn more about it.
1:06.5	So now you understand why this lead by France Schubert
1:10.6	is a bit funny for Hebrew speakers.
1:13.2	And a,
1:15.0	a, a,
1:17.0	or in another version?
1:21.0	Or in another version, or by another singer just that you get the idea.
1:30.0	And all, I'm going to... What do they sing there? In German it's Undach Seine Kuss and oh his kiss it's from Faust but in Hebrew it sounds like
1:48.5	Zine Kuss the male and female organ together in the same phrase.
1:53.0	Funny.
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