#90 Safety, Security, and a Bit of Self-Confidence

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 7 July 2015

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In Hebrew, בטח or בטוח – "sure" or "for sure" – are words we hear a lot on the Israeli streets, so we need to know how to use them properly. Guy does some excavation work so we can see where this root, בטח comes from.

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New Words and Expressions:

"Israel betach be-elokim" – People of Israel have faith in God – ישראל בטח באלוקים

Livto'ach be-mishehu – To trust in someone – לבטוח במישהו

Batu'ach – Safe, secure – בטוח

Ani margish batu'ach – I feel safe – אני מרגיש בטוח

Batu'ach – For sure, sure thing – בטוח

Betach she-agi'a – Sure I'll come – בטח שאגיע

Bitu'ach – Insurance – ביטוח

Levate'ach – To insure – לבטח

Polisat bitu'ach – Insurance policy – פוליסת ביטוח

Bitu'ach leumi – Social security – ביטוח לאומי

"Bi-mdinat Israel kol talmid mevutach be-polisa shenikret polisat talmidim" – In the state of Israel every student is insured with a policy called student insurance policy – במדינת ישראל כל תלמיד מבוטח בפוליסה שנקראת פוליסת תלמידים

"Hivtachtem yona, aleh shel zayit, hivtachtem shalom ba-bayit" – You promised a dove, an olive leaf, you promised peace at home – הבטחתם יונה, עלה של זית, הבטחתם שלום בבית

Lehavti'ach – To promise – להבטיח

Havtachot tsarich lekayem – One needs to keep promises – הבטחות צריך לקיים

Bitachon – Security – ביטחון

Ish bitachon – Security person – איש ביטחון

Bitachon atsmi – Self confidence – ביטחון עצמי

"Eich lechazek et ha-bitachon ha-atzmi" – How to strengthen self confidence – איך לחזק את הביטחון העצמי

Misrad habitachon – Ministry of defence – משרד הביטחון

Sherut ha-bitachon ha-klali – The Israeli internal security service – שירות הביטחון הכללי, שב"כ

Betichoot – Safety – בטיחות

Daf hanchayot ha-betichoot – The safety information card – דף הנחיות הבטיחות

Betichoot ba-drachim – Road safety – בטיחות בדרכים

Hagorat betichoot – Safety belt – חגורת בטיחות

Playlist and Clips:

Kobi Peretz & Of Simches – Israel (lyrics)

Regev Hod – Margish Batu'ach (lyrics)

Mosh Ben-Ari – Betach She-Avo (lyrics)

Insurance ad

Bituach talmidim – Students insurance

Lahakat Hel Hinuch – Horef 73 (lyrics)

Bitachon atsmi – Self confidence

Up airline – Safety instructions clip

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1. Streetwise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Hebrew.
0:14.0	Chalo.
0:15.0	It's me a guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:17.0	Today we're talking about Betach, Batuach, Livtach, anything with Bette,ete, chet, safe, secure, safety security and the like.
0:27.7	A list of the new words and idioms I'm talking about is on TLV1.
0:31.0	fam slash streetwise Hebrew on today's episode and if you use your iPad or smartphone press the logo of
0:38.0	TL1 and you'll see the new words. Israel, the Tach be a Kim, me a kimaya shua.
0:47.0	Israel, the tach, be a locim, people of Israel have faith in God. This is the imperative. You
0:57.7	should have faith in God. It's taken from the book of Psalms in the Bible. King James's Bible translate it as, oh Israel, trust
1:05.8	thou in the Lord. So betach, Israel betach be Elohim. So the verb is Livedach, L Livedauch just like Likauv. It should have been Livedoch, but because we have a Chet at the end we added a helping vowel so live toach
1:24.0	live toach be michu to trust in Hebrew in someone be michu So the third form of the verb, just like right road.
1:37.0	The separate mache o verb ballet.
1:40.0	Margish-bat-tuach, so the third form of the verb, just like write wrote written in English,
1:46.7	katov, for example, written, is Batuach, which means safe, secure. And in Margish Batuach, means safe secure animal gish batuach I feel secure safe
1:55.8	Batuach on its own is for sure or sure thing so you can use it as an answer. Are you coming today?
2:04.0	At Abayom, but duach, for sure.
2:06.0	Another way to say for sure is this one. Betrau I, sure I'll come. So Betac, Betac, Tchet could be stand alone, sure, or betach, she, of course, that, sure, that.
2:38.0	So, plus a pronoun and a verb,
2:40.0	Batuach, she avo, that's the same thing. Back to verbs in P.L. this chorish means something else.
2:48.0	Mr. Vintra, the same thing. What's Bittuach? Bittuach?
2:55.0	Bittuach, that's insurance.
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