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Streetwise Hebrew

#78 Handy Hebrew Hints

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 13 January 2026

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word ื™ื“ means hand, but also so much more. Let's find out its other meanings, idioms, and expressions Israelis often use. And what's yad2? ย Guy gives us a hand with the lesson.

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New Words and Expressions:

Yad, yadayim โ€“ Hand, hands โ€“ ื™ื“, ื™ื“ื™ื™ื

Ten / tni li yad โ€“ Give me a hand โ€“ ืชืŸ ืœื™ ื™ื“

Ani lo rotse latet le-zeh yad โ€“ I don't want to collaborate with this โ€“ ืื ื™ ืœื ืจื•ืฆื” ืœืชืช ืœื–ื” ื™ื“

Bishvilech ha-yare'ach etslo ba-yadayim โ€“ For you the moon is in his hands โ€“ ื‘ืฉื‘ื™ืœืš ื”ื™ืจื— ืืฆืœื• ื‘ื™ื“ื™ื™ื

Ani yad rishona โ€“ I am the first owner of the car โ€“ ืื ื™ ื™ื“ ืจืืฉื•ื ื”

Eize yad ha-oto? โ€“ What ownership is the car? โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื™ื“ ื”ืื•ื˜ื•

Oto yad rishona โ€“ First hand car โ€“ ื™ื“ ืจืืฉื•ื ื”

Oto yad shniya โ€“ Second hand car โ€“ ื™ื“ ืฉื ื™ื™ื”

Al yedey โ€“ By โ€“ ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™

Al yedey mi? โ€“ By whom? โ€“ ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืžื™

Al yedey David โ€“ By David โ€“ ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื“ื•ื™ื“

Al yedey ha-yeled โ€“ By the child โ€“ ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื”ื™ืœื“

Leyad / Al yad โ€“ Near โ€“ ืœื™ื“ / ืขืœ ื™ื“

Ba-bayit leyad ha-mesila โ€“ At the house near the railroad tracks โ€“ ื‘ื‘ื™ืช ืœื™ื“ ื”ืžืกื™ืœื”

ย Rechev yadani โ€“ Manual car โ€“ ืจื›ื‘ ื™ื“ื ื™

Teivat hiloochim yadanit โ€“ Manual gearbox โ€“ ืชื™ื‘ืช ื”ื™ืœื•ื›ื™ื

Suzuki swift yadanit โ€“ Manual Suzuki Swift โ€“ ืกื•ื–ื•ืงื™ ืกื•ื•ื™ืคื˜ ื™ื“ื ื™ืช

Yadit, yadiyot โ€“ Handle, handles โ€“ ื™ื“ื™ืช, ื™ื“ื™ื•ืช

Yadit ha-delet โ€“ The door handle โ€“ ื™ื“ื™ืช ื”ื“ืœืช

Avodat yad โ€“ Handmade / handicraft โ€“ ืขื‘ื•ื“ืช ื™ื“

Lalechet Yad be yad โ€“ To walk hand in hand โ€“ ืœืœื›ืช ื™ื“ ื‘ื™ื“

lilchots yadayim โ€“ To shake hands โ€“ ืœืœื—ื•ืฅ ื™ื“ื™ื™ื

Lechitsat yad โ€“ Handshake โ€“ ืœื—ื™ืฆืช ื™ื“

Lakachat et atsmecha bayadaim โ€“ Pull yourself together โ€“ ืœืงื—ืช ืืช ืขืฆืžืš ื‘ื™ื“ื™ื™ื

Leharim yadayim โ€“ Put your hands up โ€“ ืœื”ืจื™ื ื™ื“ื™ื™ื

Lo leharim yadayim โ€“ Don't give up โ€“ ืœื ืœื”ืจื™ื ื™ื“ื™ื™ื

Lishloach yadayim โ€“ To grope โ€“ ืœืฉืœื•ื— ื™ื“ื™ื™ื

Im yad al halev โ€“ With hand on heart โ€“ ืขื ื™ื“ ืขืœ ื”ืœื‘

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Playlist and Clips:

The Idan Raichel Project โ€“ Bo'ee (lyrics)

Lea Shabbat โ€“ Yare'ach Ba-shamaiym (lyrics)

Yad2 Campaign

Rivka Zohar โ€“ Ha-bayit leyad ha-mesila (lyrics)

Teivat hiloochim yadanit โ€“ Manual gear

Yadiyot โ€“ Handles

Avodat Yad โ€“ Handmade

Ofra Haza โ€“ Yad Be-Yad (lyrics)

Ninet Tayeb โ€“ Be-sof Ha-olem (lyrics)

Yehudit Ravits โ€“ Lakachta et Yadi be-Yadcha (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLB1.

0:10.4

Shalom.

0:12.7

Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:15.6

Isaac Gantwerk Meyer, a student at Columbia University in New York who listens to our podcast wrote me a message

0:22.1

and asked to talk about Yad, hand, because it has so many meanings.

0:26.7

Okay, it's haq, thank a lot.

0:28.1

That's what we're going to do today.

0:29.8

I remind you, a list of the new words is on tillv1.fm slash streetwise Hebrew.

0:35.3

The easiest way is to go to iTunes and search Streetwise Hebrew or do it on your

0:40.1

podcast app or just ask your kids or nephews. So Yad is a hand. Ten li yaad. Give me a hand. Here,

0:53.0

Idan Reichel sings, Tni liaad.

0:56.0

He talks to a woman, and boy, boyi, is come, imperative, feminine form.

1:01.7

So, boy, tini liad, and nelech.

1:03.9

Come, give me your hand, and we'll go.

1:06.5

When you talk to dogs, you can say, Tenniad, ten-yad, ten-y-ad, or ten-yard, to a female dog.

1:16.0

Younger people would say taviad, taviad, because lehavi to bring is slowly replacing latet.

1:23.4

It's sad, but we have to face the music.

1:26.4

Latette yad lezze.

1:27.8

Lett yet lezze.

1:29.0

So literally to give a hand to this

1:31.1

means to collaborate with something.

1:33.5

And I don't want to lette lette lezai ad.

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