#77 Election Finger-Pointing (Rerun)
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 20 August 2024
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
There's lots of talk about looming elections, so today weโll talk about voting in Hebrew. Guy also explains how itโs connected to the word for finger - ืืฆืืข.
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New Words and Expressions:
Lehatsbiโa โ To vote โ ืืืฆืืืข
Etsba, etsbaโot โ Finger, fingers โ ืืฆืืข, ืืฆืืขืืช
Lehatsbiโa al mashehu โ To point at something โ ืืืฆืืืข
โEin lachem adayin zchut hatsbaโaโ โ You still donโt have the right to vote โ ืืื ืืื ืขืืืื ืืืืช ืืฆืืขื
โAval yesh lachem zchut hashpaโaโ โ But you do have the right to influence โ ืืื ืืฉ ืืื ืืืืช ืืฉืคืขื
Hatsbaa le-mishehu โ Voting for someone โ ืืฆืืขื ืืืืฉืื
Le-mi / avoor mi ata matsbiโa โ Whom do you vote for? โ ืืื / ืขืืืจ ืื ืืชื ืืฆืืืข
Hatsbaโa ba bchirot โ Vote in the elections โ ืืฆืืขื ืืืืืจืืช
Hatsbaโa al hahachlata โ Vote on a decision โ ืืฆืืขื ืขื ืืืืืื
Lehatsbiโa al mashehu โ Pointing at something โ ืืืฆืืืข ืขื ืืฉืื
โAni rotse lehatsbiโa al ha-gormim ha-hashuvimโ โ I want to highlight the key factors โ ืื ื ืจืืฆื ืืืฆืืืข ืขื ืืืืจืืื ืืืฉืืืื
Hatsbaa chashait โ Secret ballot โ ืืฆืืขื ืืฉืืืช
Neged โ Against โ ื ืื
Beโad โ For โ ืืขื
Aval be-hatsbaโah โ You need to raise your hand first โ ืืื ืืืฆืืขื
Matsbiโa โ Voter (m.) / He is voting โ ืืฆืืืข
Matsbiโah โ Voter (f.) / She is voting โ ืืฆืืืขื
Sovev oto al ha-etsba haktana shelo โ He has him wrapped around his little finger โ ืกืืื ืืืชื ืขื ืืืฆืืข ืืงืื ื ืฉืื
Be eser etsbaot โ On his own, without getting any help โ ืืขืฉืจ ืืฆืืขืืช
Notnim lo etsba, hu rotse et kol hayad โ You give him a finger, he wants the whole hand (Give someone an inch and theyโll take a mile) โ ื ืืชื ืื ืื ืืฆืืข, ืืื ืจืืฆื ืืช ืื ืืื
Itsbooโa โ Fingering (music) โ ืืืฆืืืข
Etsbaโon โ Thimble โ ืืฆืืขืื
Playlist and Clips:
Uzi Hitman โ Eser Etsbaot (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:03.0 | This week we are replaying an episode from our archive. |
| 0:06.0 | Patrons will find the brand new All Hebrew sister episode |
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| 0:14.5 | streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private |
| 0:18.7 | podcast feed. As you may already know, we started creating the All Hebrew episodes starting with episode |
| 0:25.5 | 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. |
| 0:35.2 | Enjoy. |
| 0:36.2 | This is TLV1. One. Street-wise Hebrew. Today is Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:48.0 | Shanno, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:52.0 | 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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