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Streetwise Hebrew

#77 Election Finger-Pointing (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 20 August 2024

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

There's lots of talk about looming elections, so today weโ€™ll talk about voting in Hebrew. Guy also explains how itโ€™s connected to the word for finger - ืืฆื‘ืข.

Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

New Words and Expressions:

Lehatsbiโ€™a โ€“ To vote โ€“ ืœื”ืฆื‘ื™ืข

Etsba, etsbaโ€™ot โ€“ Finger, fingers โ€“ ืืฆื‘ืข, ืืฆื‘ืขื•ืช

Lehatsbiโ€™a al mashehu โ€“ To point at something โ€“ ืœื”ืฆื‘ื™ืข

โ€œEin lachem adayin zchut hatsbaโ€™aโ€ โ€“ You still donโ€™t have the right to vote โ€“ ืื™ืŸ ืœื›ื ืขื“ื™ื™ืŸ ื–ื›ื•ืช ื”ืฆื‘ืขื”

โ€œAval yesh lachem zchut hashpaโ€™aโ€ โ€“ But you do have the right to influence โ€“ ืื‘ืœ ื™ืฉ ืœื›ื ื–ื›ื•ืช ื”ืฉืคืขื”

Hatsbaa le-mishehu โ€“ Voting for someone โ€“ ื”ืฆื‘ืขื” ืœืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Le-mi / avoor mi ata matsbiโ€™a โ€“ Whom do you vote for? โ€“ ืœืžื™ / ืขื‘ื•ืจ ืžื™ ืืชื” ืžืฆื‘ื™ืข

Hatsbaโ€™a ba bchirot โ€“ Vote in the elections โ€“ ื”ืฆื‘ืขื” ื‘ื‘ื—ื™ืจื•ืช

Hatsbaโ€™a al hahachlata โ€“ Vote on a decision โ€“ ื”ืฆื‘ืขื” ืขืœ ื”ื”ื—ืœื˜ื”

Lehatsbiโ€™a al mashehu โ€“ Pointing at something โ€“ ืœื”ืฆื‘ื™ืข ืขืœ ืžืฉื”ื•

โ€œAni rotse lehatsbiโ€™a al ha-gormim ha-hashuvimโ€ โ€“ I want to highlight the key factors โ€“ ืื ื™ ืจื•ืฆื” ืœื”ืฆื‘ื™ืข ืขืœ ื”ื’ื•ืจืžื™ื ื”ื—ืฉื•ื‘ื™ื

Hatsbaa chashait โ€“ Secret ballot โ€“ ื”ืฆื‘ืขื” ื—ืฉืื™ืช

Neged โ€“ Against โ€“ ื ื’ื“

Beโ€™ad โ€“ For โ€“ ื‘ืขื“

Aval be-hatsbaโ€™ah โ€“ You need to raise your hand first โ€“ ืื‘ืœ ื‘ื”ืฆื‘ืขื”

Matsbiโ€™a โ€“ Voter (m.) / He is voting โ€“ ืžืฆื‘ื™ืข

Matsbiโ€™ah โ€“ Voter (f.) / She is voting โ€“ ืžืฆื‘ื™ืขื”

Sovev oto al ha-etsba haktana shelo โ€“ He has him wrapped around his little finger โ€“ ืกื•ื‘ื‘ ืื•ืชื• ืขืœ ื”ืืฆื‘ืข ื”ืงื˜ื ื” ืฉืœื•

Be eser etsbaot โ€“ On his own, without getting any help โ€“ ื‘ืขืฉืจ ืืฆื‘ืขื•ืช

Notnim lo etsba, hu rotse et kol hayad โ€“ You give him a finger, he wants the whole hand (Give someone an inch and theyโ€™ll take a mile) โ€“ ื ื•ืชื ื™ื ืœื• ืืฆื‘ืข, ื”ื•ื ืจื•ืฆื” ืืช ื›ืœ ื”ื™ื“

Itsbooโ€™a โ€“ Fingering (music) โ€“ ืื™ืฆื‘ื•ืข

Etsbaโ€™on โ€“ Thimble โ€“ ืืฆื‘ืขื•ืŸ

Playlist and Clips:

Uzi Hitman โ€“ Eser Etsbaot (lyrics)

Ruti Navon โ€“ Bein Ha-etsbaโ€™ot (lyrics)

Yinon Magal

Ep. No. 304 about neged HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0

Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.

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This week we are replaying an episode from our archive.

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Patrons will find the brand new All Hebrew sister episode

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written and recorded this week on Patreon.com

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streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private

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podcast feed. As you may already know, we started creating the All Hebrew episodes starting with episode

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number 181.

0:28.2

So once in a while we go back into the archives and create the Hebrew versions for previous episode like this week.

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Enjoy.

0:36.2

This is TLV1. One. Street-wise Hebrew. Today is Street-wise Hebrew.

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Shanno, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew.

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Today is election day in Israel,

0:53.7

so we're going to talk about Lehat's Bia to vote.

0:56.9

But before that, I want to share with you a message I got

0:59.2

from Judy Rubin from New York,

1:01.2

who replied to my question on how you guys use the podcast and Judy says that, first of all, she copies the whole list of new words in Hebrew from our website.

1:11.0

Then she listens to every episode a few times. She says it takes me an

1:16.3

hour to do one episode and I plan on doing two a week. Judy also chooses one song

1:21.6

from each episode and tries to learn it

1:24.1

well done kolokavot judi i'm impressed

1:27.0

do you guys also want to tell me what you do with the podcast do you sip champagne

1:31.2

with it do you work on your macrammy?

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