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Streetwise Hebrew

#93 Sometimes the Best Things Come in Pairs

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 18 November 2025

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

ืชืื•ืžื™ื are twins, from the root ืชืืž which is used in Hebrewย for anything to do with matching, suiting, fitting, and coordinating. Letโ€™s learn how to use this family of words in ourย everyday life. Matโ€™im lachem?

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New Words and Expressions:

Teโ€™om, teโ€™omim โ€“ Twin, twins โ€“ ืชืื•ื, ืชืื•ืžื™ื

Zug teโ€™omot siamyot โ€“ A pair of siamese twins (f.) โ€“ ื–ื•ื’ ืชืื•ืžื•ืช ืกื™ืืžื™ื•ืช

Migdaley ha-teomim โ€“ The twin towers โ€“ ืžื’ื“ืœื™ ื”ืชืื•ืžื™ื

โ€œZeh lo taโ€™am et ha-tsipiyotโ€ โ€“ It did not match the expectations โ€“ ื–ื” ืœื ืชืื ืืช ื”ืฆื™ืคื™ื•ืช

โ€œEich lifgosh ben zug toโ€™em โ€“ How to meet a matching partner โ€“ ืื™ืš ืœืคื’ื•ืฉ ื‘ืŸ ื–ื•ื’ ืชื•ืื

Eich efshar letaem pgisha merubat mishtatfim โ€“ How can one coordinate a multi-participant meeting โ€“ ืื™ืš ืืคืฉืจ ืœืชืื ืคื’ื™ืฉื” ืžืจื•ื‘ืช ืžืฉืชืชืคื™ื

Teโ€™amti lecha tor โ€“ Iโ€™ve coordinated an appointment for you โ€“ ืชื™ืืžืชื™ ืœืš ืชื•ืจ

Metoโ€™emet lecha/lach pgisha โ€“ A meeting is coordinated for you โ€“ ืžืชื•ืืžืช ืœืš ืคื’ื™ืฉื”

Efshar letaโ€™em li tor? โ€“ Is it possible to coordinate an appointment? โ€“ ืืคืฉืจ ืœืชืื ืœื™ ืชื•ืจ

Teโ€™um, teumim โ€“ Coordination โ€“ ืชื™ืื•ื

Teโ€™um bitchoni โ€“ Security coordination โ€“ ืชื™ืื•ื ื‘ื˜ื—ื•ื ื™

Lehatโ€™im odem โ€“ How to match lipstick โ€“ ืื™ืš ืœื”ืชืื™ื ืื•ื“ื

Matโ€™im li โ€“ It suits me โ€“ ืžืชืื™ื ืœื™

Lo matโ€™im shmoneh โ€“ Eight is not good for me โ€“ ืœื ืžืชืื™ื ืฉืžื•ื ื”

Lo matโ€™im lecha ha-tseva ha-zeh โ€“ This color does not suit you โ€“ ืœื ืžืชืื™ื ืœืš ื”ืฆื‘ืข ื”ื–ื”

Ha-chultsa gdola midai, hi lo matโ€™ima lach โ€“ This shirt is too big, it doesnโ€™t suit you โ€“ ื”ื—ื•ืœืฆื” ื’ื“ื•ืœื” ืžื“ื™ื™, ื”ื™ื ืœื ืžืชืื™ืžื” ืœืš

Lo matโ€™im achshav โ€“ Not this now โ€“ ืœื ืžืชืื™ื

Eich matโ€™im achshav knafeh โ€“ Knafeh would really hit the spot right now โ€“ ืื™ืš ืžืชืื™ื ืขื›ืฉื™ื• ื›ื ืืคื”

Eich matโ€™im achshav โ€“ How fitting it would be now โ€“ ืื™ืš ืžืชืื™ื ืขื›ืฉื™ื•

Mutโ€™am ishit โ€“ Tailor made โ€“ ืžื•ืชืื ืื™ืฉื™ืช

Mutโ€™amim le- โ€“ Fitted for โ€“ ืžื•ืชืืžื™ื ืœ

Lehatโ€™im mashehu le mishehu โ€“ To fit something to someone โ€“ ืœื”ืชืื™ื ืžืฉื”ื• ืœืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Lehatโ€™im chultsa le-michnasyiam โ€“ To match a shirt to the pants โ€“ ืœื”ืชืื™ื ื—ื•ืœืฆื” ืœืžื›ื ืกื™ื™ื

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Playlist and Clips:

TV10 โ€“ Siamese twins

Eich letaโ€™em โ€“ How to coordinate a meeting

Ashley โ€“ Eich lehatโ€™im odemย 

Sharif โ€“ Matโ€™im Li (lyrics)

Ep. 123 about likboโ€™a tor, set an appointment

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLV1.

0:10.5

Shalom. It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:15.7

Taf alfmem is a showish we use a lot.

0:18.6

The core meaning of this route is to match, matching, something that

0:22.7

fits another thing. So Taf alif Vav Mem means a twin, a twin. Tawomimim twins.

0:30.5

Bessop a show of Shiamiyah, Fashinite, Mekhruvon, Zoug Thoumot Siamyot, who are mixed in Liban and Hulkot Kavad Xiamyot. Zug is a pair. Teomot Tuins, plural, feminine. So Tiaom, Tama, taomimimimis. Siamiots. Siamis. Why, Oat at the end? Because it's plural, so Zugte omot Siamiot.

0:56.4

We have also Migdelei Hateomim, the twin towers.

1:00.7

By the way, a list of the new words and idioms I'm talking about is on TLV1.fm slash

1:05.7

streetwise Hebrew on today's episode.

1:08.5

And if you use your iPad or smartphone, press the TLV1 logo and you'll see the new words. Let's episode. And if you use your iPad or smartphone, press the TLV1 logo and you'll see the new words.

1:14.7

Let's talk about the verb patterns in which this route appears. In Pa'al, it's ta'am, and that's past singular, just like Katav, he wrote, so ah-a-sound.

1:27.0

So, ze lo ta'am et

1:28.3

t'est sippiot.

1:29.3

It did not match the expectations.

1:32.3

Attention, ta'am with tete ain mem is he tasted,

1:38.3

and ta'am is flavor.

1:40.3

It's not related to our shoresh, which is written with Taf alf mem.

1:45.2

By the way, how do we say matching in the present tense?

1:49.4

Shalom, Kanylianakranes from kore mesn.com, master in bet teteeling.

1:54.2

And today I want to let's give to give them to have sure to meet with a duke.

1:59.0

This is a YouTube clip I found.

2:01.4

It's a lady who talks about the energetic frequency of the partners we choose.

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