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Streetwise Hebrew

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

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 9 September 2025

โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes

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Summary

In Hebrew, ื‘ื˜ื— or ื‘ื˜ื•ื— โ€“ โ€œsureโ€ or โ€œfor 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:

โ€œIsrael betach be-elokimโ€ โ€“ People of Israel have faith in God โ€“ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื‘ื˜ื— ื‘ืืœื•ืงื™ื

Livtoโ€™ach be-mishehu โ€“ To trust in someone โ€“ ืœื‘ื˜ื•ื— ื‘ืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Batuโ€™ach โ€“ Safe, secure โ€“ ื‘ื˜ื•ื—

Ani margish batuโ€™ach โ€“ I feel safe โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืจื’ื™ืฉ ื‘ื˜ื•ื—

Batuโ€™ach โ€“ For sure, sure thing โ€“ ื‘ื˜ื•ื—

Betach she-agiโ€™a โ€“ Sure Iโ€™ll come โ€“ ื‘ื˜ื— ืฉืื’ื™ืข

Bituโ€™ach โ€“ Insurance โ€“ ื‘ื™ื˜ื•ื—

Levateโ€™ach โ€“ To insure โ€“ ืœื‘ื˜ื—

Polisat bituโ€™ach โ€“ Insurance policy โ€“ ืคื•ืœื™ืกืช ื‘ื™ื˜ื•ื—

Bituโ€™ach leumi โ€“ Social security โ€“ ื‘ื™ื˜ื•ื— ืœืื•ืžื™

โ€œBi-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€“ ื‘ืžื“ื™ื ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื›ืœ ืชืœืžื™ื“ ืžื‘ื•ื˜ื— ื‘ืคื•ืœื™ืกื” ืฉื ืงืจืืช ืคื•ืœื™ืกืช ืชืœืžื™ื“ื™ื

โ€œHivtachtem yona, aleh shel zayit, hivtachtem shalom ba-bayitโ€ โ€“ You promised a dove, an olive leaf, you promised peace at home โ€“ ื”ื‘ื˜ื—ืชื ื™ื•ื ื”, ืขืœื” ืฉืœ ื–ื™ืช, ื”ื‘ื˜ื—ืชื ืฉืœื•ื ื‘ื‘ื™ืช

Lehavtiโ€™ach โ€“ To promise โ€“ ืœื”ื‘ื˜ื™ื—

Havtachot tsarich lekayem โ€“ One needs to keep promises โ€“ ื”ื‘ื˜ื—ื•ืช ืฆืจื™ืš ืœืงื™ื™ื

Bitachon โ€“ Security โ€“ ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ

Ish bitachon โ€“ Security person โ€“ ืื™ืฉ ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ

Bitachon atsmi โ€“ Self confidence โ€“ ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ ืขืฆืžื™

โ€œEich lechazek et ha-bitachon ha-atzmiโ€ โ€“ How to strengthen self confidence โ€“ ืื™ืš ืœื—ื–ืง ืืช ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ ื”ืขืฆืžื™

Misrad habitachon โ€“ Ministry of defence โ€“ ืžืฉืจื“ ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ

Sherut ha-bitachon ha-klali โ€“ The Israeli internal security service โ€“ ืฉื™ืจื•ืช ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ ื”ื›ืœืœื™, ืฉื‘โ€ื›

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 ื‘ื“ืจื›ื™ื

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 Batuโ€™ach (lyrics)

Mosh Ben-Ari โ€“ Betach She-Avo (lyrics)

Insurance ad

Bituach talmidim โ€“ Students insurance

Lahakat Hel Hinuch โ€“ Horef 73 (lyrics)

Bitachon atsmi โ€“ Self confidence

Up airline โ€“ Safety instructions clip

Transcript

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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.

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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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