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Streetwise Hebrew

#59 Hebrew Is to Die For (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 22 April 2025

โฑ๏ธ 7 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word ืžืช means dying and the word ืœืžื•ืช means to die. Today, Guy teaches us to use these words to mean 'cool' and 'happy.'

As usual, prepositions must rear their ugly head. But donโ€™t worry, weโ€™re stronger!

Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

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New Words and Expressions:

Lamoot โ€“ To die โ€“ ืœืžื•ืช

โ€œAta chayav lamoot alaiโ€ โ€“ You must go crazy about me โ€“ ืืชื” ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืœืžื•ืช ืขืœื™ื™

โ€œAni meta aleyhemโ€ โ€“ I am crazy about them โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชื” ืขืœื™ื”ื

Ani meta al shokolad โ€“ I am crazy about chocolate โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชื” ืขืœ ืฉื•ืงื•ืœื“

Hu met mi-sartan โ€“ He died of cancer โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžืช ืžืกืจื˜ืŸ

โ€œHayom kvar lo metim me-ahavaโ€ โ€“ Today people donโ€™t die over love โ€“ ื”ื™ื•ื ื›ื‘ืจ ืœื ืžืชื™ื ืžืื”ื‘ื”

Lamoot mi-tschok โ€“ To die of laughter โ€“ ืœืžื•ืช ืžืฆื—ื•ืง

Lamoot mi-shiamoom โ€“ To die of boredom โ€“ ืœืžื•ืช ืžืฉืขืžื•ื

Hu met mi-pachad โ€“ Heโ€™s really scared โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžืช ืžืคื—ื“

Ani met me-raav โ€“ I am really hungry โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืช ืžืจืขื‘

Ani raev met โ€“ Iโ€™m dead hungry โ€“ ืื ื™ ืจืขื‘ ืžืช

Ani ayef met โ€“ I am really tired โ€“ ืื ื™ ืขื™ื™ืฃ ืžืช

Ani holรฉ met โ€“ I am really sick โ€“ ืื ื™ ื—ื•ืœื” ืžืช

Ani meta mi-ze โ€“ I cannot stand it โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชื” ืžื–ื”

Ani meta le-croissant โ€“ I am dying for a croissant right now โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชื” ืœืงืจื•ืืกื•ืŸ

โ€œAni met lirot ota ha-lailaโ€ โ€“ I am dying to see her tonight โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืช ืœืจืื•ืช ืื•ืชื” ื”ืœื™ืœื”

Hi meta al shokolad โ€“ Sheโ€™s crazy about chocolate โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืžืชื” ืขืœ ืฉื•ืงื•ืœื“

Hi meta mi-shokolad โ€“ She died of too much chocolate โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืžืชื” ืžืฉื•ืงื•ืœื“

Hi meta le-shokolad โ€“ Sheโ€™s got this urge to have some chocolate โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืžืชื” ืœืฉื•ืงื•ืœื“

Hi meta leโ€™echol shokolad โ€“ She really feels like eating chocolate โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืžืชื” ืœืื›ื•ืœ ืฉื•ืงื•ืœื“

โ€œMateti le-shokoladโ€ โ€“ I was dying for chocolate โ€“ ืžืชืชื™ ืœืฉื•ืงื•ืœื“

Hayita met โ€“ You wish โ€“ ื”ื™ื™ืช ืžืช

Ani met/meta โ€“ I cannot believe it โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืช/ืžืชื”

Taโ€™im mavet โ€“ Hysterically delicious โ€“ ื˜ืขื™ื ืžื•ื•ืช

Yafรฉ mavet โ€“ Amazingly handsome โ€“ ื™ืคื” ืžื•ื•ืช

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Playlist and Clips:

Chamsa โ€“ Hayav Lamoot Alay (lyrics)

Boaz Sharabi โ€“ Etsli Ha-kol Beseder (lyrics)

Arik Einstein โ€“ Ha-or Ba-katse (lyrics)

Lahakat Pikud Ha-darom โ€“ Ani Met (lyrics)

Subliminal โ€“ Eize Seret (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLB1.

0:10.4

Shalom. It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:15.6

Today we're talking about Lamut to die and how we use death words in cool and actually happy Hebrew slang terms.

0:23.6

First of all, prepositions can really change the meaning as you know.

0:26.6

So Lamut al to die on, Lamut me to die from,

0:30.6

Lamut le to die too.

0:32.6

Each one means something else.

0:34.6

Let's start with Lamut al. You must die on me.

0:40.7

You must die on me.

0:48.4

You must die on me, literally.

0:50.6

You must go crazy about me.

0:52.6

In Hebrew, we die on someone here al ayn lamed plus

0:57.8

ani becomes alai on me if it's on them it sounds like this

1:03.9

I'm gonna kutkka korek afoot

1:06.7

and muslimat I found this 12 year old Israeli girl who talks about fashion on YouTube,

1:12.9

and she says here, I'm metta al-hem.

1:15.5

I am dead on them.

1:18.7

I'm crazy about them.

1:20.2

She talks about shoes, naalaisem, which is plural feminine in Hebrew,

1:25.4

naalaiim, yefot.

1:26.8

So officially, we should actually say, I metta al-ehen, withalim yafot. So officially we should actually say

1:29.0

I metta alehen, with a noon

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