#92 Which Way to the 'Sherutim'?

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 21 July 2015

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word 'sherut' means 'service,' but the plural – 'sherutim' – is more commonly used to mean something quite different. From toilets to angels, Guy Sharett teaches us what else we can learn from this root. Hope you're happy with our sherut!

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New Words and Expressions:

Sherut – Service – שירות

Lesharet – To serve – לשרת

Hi mesharetet – She serves – היא משרתת

Sherut tsva'i – Army service – שירות צבאי

Sherut le'umi – National service – שירות לאומי

Sherut atsmi – Self service – שירות עצמי

Monit sherut – Shared taxi – מונית שירות

Sherut lakochot – Customer service – שירות לקוחות

Sherut chadarim – Room service – שירות חדרים

Sherutim – Toilets, bathroom – שירותים

Sherutim tsiburiyim – Public toilets – שירותים ציבוריים

Hayinu me'ashnim be-sherutei ha-banim – We used to smoke in the boys toilets – היינו מעשנים בשירותי הבנים

Sheruti – Service-oriented – שירותי

Le-sherutcha – At your service – לשירותך

Lo kolel sherut – Doesn't include service – לא כולל שירות

Sharat – Computer server; janitor – שרת

Mal'achey ha-sharet – Ministering angels – מלאכי השרת

Shalom aleychem mal'achey ha-sharet – Peace be upon you, ministering angels – שלום עליכם מלאכי השרת

Playlist and Clips:

Arik Einstein – Ani Roe'e Ota Ba-derech La-gimnasya (Lyrics)

Monit Sherut

TV10 story about public toilets

Yehuda Poliker – Sof Ha-zikaron (Lyrics)

Sasi Keshset – Shalom Aleychem (Lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L. V. 1. Streetwise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shihr.
0:15.0	It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:17.0	Today we'll talk about service,
0:19.0	Sherut and about this showish, shin,ish, tough and important one in Hebrew. A list of the new words and idioms I'm talking
0:26.6	about is on Telv1.pham slash streetwise Hebrew on today's episode and if you use your
0:32.3	iPad or smartphone,
0:34.0	press the TL-1 logo and you'll see the new words.
0:37.9	So, Sherrut, usually written with Yud,
0:40.5	so Xin Yudrech v Vav Taf is the noun of P.L like Diberdibour,
0:47.1	Sherat-Sheut. Why isn't it shirut like Dibour? when we have Resh as a middle letter in some binanyim, some verb
0:56.8	formats it's problematic and the vowel before it might change. If it's like
1:02.4	Dibur le Dabir, le Charet means to serve. He macheretetetet shesheret t'vahukta. He macherette t'vah ukda.
1:20.0	She serves and the meaning here is she serves in the army.
1:24.4	So we talk about Sherrut Zvai Army service.
1:27.6	This is a classic by Eric Einstein.
1:30.0	Some more Sherrut plus adjectives, so Sherrut Leumi National Service, which means you don't go to Sherrut's
1:38.2	vay to the army, but you do other kind of chirrut in hospitals, schools, etc.
1:44.0	Shrrut atzmi is self-service.
1:47.0	Monit Shrut is shared taxi.
1:52.0	These are the vans you can find all over the country.
1:55.6	For short, we call it just Sherrut. In Tel Aviv, the famous lines of Sherrut's are four, five.
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