#7 Sahbak

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 24 September 2013

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The word סחבק comes from Arabic and means "your friend." So what's its meaning when used in Hebrew? And what's סחבקייה? Oh, and there's even a verb, להסתחבק. Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

"Sahbak qal li" – Your friend told me (Ar.) – صاحبك قالي – סחבק קאל לי

"Ve'az sahbak ro'eh she-hamatsav lo tov" – And then yours truly sees that things are not going well". – ואז סחבק רואה שהמצב לא טוב

Ha-sahbakiyoot ha-israelit – The notion of the lack of protocol, and genuine friendliness in Israel – הסחבקיות הישראלית

Fraier – Sucker – פראייר

"Sahbak lo fraier" – I am not a fraier – סחבק לא פראייר

Hibook sahbaki – A hearty hug – חיבוק סחבקי

Sahbakiya – Army slang for lack of distance – סחבקייה

"Patachnu po sahbakiya?" – We're not friends hanging out together – פתחנו פה סחבקייה

I am not your sahbak – I am not your mate – אני לא סחבק שלך

Lehistahbek – To be chummy with someone – להסתחבק

"Nisiti lehistahbek im ha-shoter, aval ze lo halach li" – I tried to be chummy with the policeman, but it didn't work out – ניסיתי להסתחבק עם השוטר אבל זה לא הלך לי

"Ehud Barak lo sahbak, manhig" – Ehud Barak is not a dude, he's a leader – אהוד ברק לא סחבק, מנהיג

Lashevet, lakoom – To sit, to stand up – לשבת, לקום

"Dai im ha-nimnoom, sahbak lo rotse lihyot radoom" – Enough with the numbness, sahbak does not want to be numb – די עם הנמנום, סחבק לא רוצה להיות רדום

Playlist and Clips:

Hassan El Asmar – Sahbak Qal Li

Tachles – Shuvo shel ha-sahbak (lyrics)

Sahbak lo fraier

Shabak Samech – Lashevet: Lakoom! (lyrics)

Ep. no. 67 about Fraier, sucker HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0	Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:02.6	Sachbak Ali,
0:05.0	a new ani,
0:06.0	ai, ai, ai,
0:07.0	a la,
0:08.0	a bahhah ali,
0:10.0	a that's Arabic for your friend told me, the name of this song sung by Egyptian singer Hassan al-Asmar.
0:18.2	Sahabak Ali, my friend told me, you might have heard this word Sahbak because we use it in Hebrew we took it from
0:25.1	Arabic like half of our slang really and we use it as well as sachbak. This is a songbak, the return of the Sakbak by a song called Shuvoshela Sakbach, the return of the Sakbach by a band called
0:44.9	Tahliss. Sakbach Arabic, Tahlez, the name of this band from Yiddish, from the word
0:50.0	Tachlitt and you have our story in a nutshell.
0:52.2	Anne has Sakbak, they sing, I am. the word Tachlit and you have our story in a nutshell.
0:53.0	An Nih has Sakbach, they sing, I am the Sakbach, and indeed, Sakbach is used many times to say
0:58.3	I, something like yours truly.
1:01.2	Sakbak means your friend in Arabic Arabic but many times people use it while
1:04.6	telling a story so instead of saying ani a ni a ni me me me me
1:09.0	they would say stuff like that's achbakoue sha mitzav Lautov, and then Sakbak sees that things are not going well,
1:16.3	meaning I saw that.
1:18.2	Sakbak is you and me, anyone really the guy in the street.
1:22.4	The Israeli with no manners or protocol, a friend, a
1:26.0	good guy usually. Throughout the years we started to talk about the noun, sachbaki Ute, with the suffix out for nouns this notion of
1:34.7	Israeliness where you become someone's friend in no time you help them if they are in
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