#93 Sometimes the Best Things Come in Pairs
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 18 November 2025
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
ืชืืืืื are twins, from the root ืชืื which is used in Hebrewย for anything to do with matching, suiting, fitting, and coordinating. Letโs learn how to use this family of words in ourย everyday life. Matโim lachem?
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New Words and Expressions:
Teโom, teโomim โ Twin, twins โ ืชืืื, ืชืืืืื
Zug teโomot siamyot โ A pair of siamese twins (f.) โ ืืื ืชืืืืืช ืกืืืืืืช
Migdaley ha-teomim โ The twin towers โ ืืืืื ืืชืืืืื
โZeh lo taโam et ha-tsipiyotโ โ It did not match the expectations โ ืื ืื ืชืื ืืช ืืฆืืคืืืช
โEich lifgosh ben zug toโem โ How to meet a matching partner โ ืืื ืืคืืืฉ ืื ืืื ืชืืื
Eich efshar letaem pgisha merubat mishtatfim โ How can one coordinate a multi-participant meeting โ ืืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืชืื ืคืืืฉื ืืจืืืช ืืฉืชืชืคืื
Teโamti lecha tor โ Iโve coordinated an appointment for you โ ืชืืืืชื ืื ืชืืจ
Metoโemet lecha/lach pgisha โ A meeting is coordinated for you โ ืืชืืืืช ืื ืคืืืฉื
Efshar letaโem li tor? โ Is it possible to coordinate an appointment? โ ืืคืฉืจ ืืชืื ืื ืชืืจ
Teโum, teumim โ Coordination โ ืชืืืื
Teโum bitchoni โ Security coordination โ ืชืืืื ืืืืื ื
Lehatโim odem โ How to match lipstick โ ืืื ืืืชืืื ืืืื
Matโim li โ It suits me โ ืืชืืื ืื
Lo matโim shmoneh โ Eight is not good for me โ ืื ืืชืืื ืฉืืื ื
Lo matโim lecha ha-tseva ha-zeh โ This color does not suit you โ ืื ืืชืืื ืื ืืฆืืข ืืื
Ha-chultsa gdola midai, hi lo matโima lach โ This shirt is too big, it doesnโt suit you โ ืืืืืฆื ืืืืื ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืชืืืื ืื
Lo matโim achshav โ Not this now โ ืื ืืชืืื
Eich matโim achshav knafeh โ Knafeh would really hit the spot right now โ ืืื ืืชืืื ืขืืฉืื ืื ืืคื
Eich matโim achshav โ How fitting it would be now โ ืืื ืืชืืื ืขืืฉืื
Mutโam ishit โ Tailor made โ ืืืชืื ืืืฉืืช
Mutโamim le- โ Fitted for โ ืืืชืืืื ื
Lehatโim mashehu le mishehu โ To fit something to someone โ ืืืชืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืฉืื
Lehatโim chultsa le-michnasyiam โ To match a shirt to the pants โ ืืืชืืื ืืืืฆื ืืืื ืกืืื
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Playlist and Clips:
Eich letaโem โ How to coordinate a meeting
Ashley โ Eich lehatโim odemย
Sharif โ Matโim Li (lyrics)
Ep. 123 about likboโa 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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