#90 Safety, Security, and a Bit of Self-Confidence
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 9 September 2025
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
In Hebrew, ืืื or ืืืื โ โsureโ or โfor sureโ โ 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, ืืื comes from.
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New Words and Expressions:
โIsrael betach be-elokimโ โ People of Israel have faith in God โ ืืฉืจืื ืืื ืืืืืงืื
Livtoโach be-mishehu โ To trust in someone โ ืืืืื ืืืืฉืื
Batuโach โ Safe, secure โ ืืืื
Ani margish batuโach โ I feel safe โ ืื ื ืืจืืืฉ ืืืื
Batuโach โ For sure, sure thing โ ืืืื
Betach she-agiโa โ Sure Iโll come โ ืืื ืฉืืืืข
Bituโach โ Insurance โ ืืืืื
Levateโach โ To insure โ ืืืื
Polisat bituโach โ Insurance policy โ ืคืืืืกืช ืืืืื
Bituโach leumi โ Social security โ ืืืืื ืืืืื
โBi-mdinat Israel kol talmid mevutach be-polisa shenikret polisat talmidimโ โ In the state of Israel every student is insured with a policy called student insurance policy โ ืืืืื ืช ืืฉืจืื ืื ืชืืืื ืืืืื ืืคืืืืกื ืฉื ืงืจืืช ืคืืืืกืช ืชืืืืืื
โHivtachtem yona, aleh shel zayit, hivtachtem shalom ba-bayitโ โ You promised a dove, an olive leaf, you promised peace at home โ ืืืืืชื ืืื ื, ืขืื ืฉื ืืืช, ืืืืืชื ืฉืืื ืืืืช
Lehavtiโach โ To promise โ ืืืืืื
Havtachot tsarich lekayem โ One needs to keep promises โ ืืืืืืช ืฆืจืื ืืงืืื
Bitachon โ Security โ ืืืืืื
Ish bitachon โ Security person โ ืืืฉ ืืืืืื
Bitachon atsmi โ Self confidence โ ืืืืืื ืขืฆืื
โEich lechazek et ha-bitachon ha-atzmiโ โ How to strengthen self confidence โ ืืื ืืืืง ืืช ืืืืืืื ืืขืฆืื
Misrad habitachon โ Ministry of defence โ ืืฉืจื ืืืืืืื
Sherut ha-bitachon ha-klali โ The Israeli internal security service โ ืฉืืจืืช ืืืืืืื ืืืืื, ืฉืโื
Betichoot โ Safety โ ืืืืืืช
Daf hanchayot ha-betichoot โ The safety information card โ ืืฃ ืื ืืืืช ืืืืืืืช
Betichoot ba-drachim โ Road safety โ ืืืืืืช ืืืจืืื
Hagorat betichoot โ Safety belt โ ืืืืจืช ืืืืืืช
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Playlist and Clips:
Kobi Peretz & Of Simches โ Israel (lyrics)
Regev Hod โ Margish Batuโach (lyrics)
Mosh Ben-Ari โ Betach She-Avo (lyrics)
Bituach talmidim โ Students insurance
Lahakat Hel Hinuch โ Horef 73 (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TLV1. |
| 0:10.5 | Shalom. |
| 0:13.7 | It's me, Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.9 | Today we're talking about bettach, batuach, |
| 0:19.2 | anything with bett, tte, ch safety security and the like a list of the new words |
| 0:27.8 | and idioms i'm talking about is on tlv1 dot fm slash streetwise hebrew on today's episode and if you use your |
| 0:34.3 | iPad or smartphone press the logo of tl1, and you'll see the new words. |
| 0:39.5 | Israel, beth, belokim, by Elokim, the Eishua. |
| 0:46.5 | Israel, beth, be al-Belokim, people of Israel, have faith in God. This is the, people of Israel have faith in God. |
| 0:55.0 | This is the imperative. |
| 0:56.0 | You should have faith in God. |
| 0:58.0 | It's taken from the book of Psalms in the Bible. |
| 1:01.0 | King James' Bible translated as, |
| 1:03.0 | O Israel, trust thou in the Lord. |
| 1:06.0 | So, Betach, Israel, bethah, by Elohim. |
| 1:10.0 | So the verb is, Lvtoach, |
| 1:11.8 | Lvtoach, just like Liktov. |
| 1:14.4 | It should have been Lvtok, |
| 1:16.7 | but because we have a chet at the end, |
| 1:19.2 | we added a helping vowel. |
| 1:21.4 | So, Lvtoach, |
| 1:23.0 | Lvtoach, |
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