#95 In Case of Emergency, Call Streetwise Hebrew
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 23 December 2025
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
Many things "happen" here in the Holy Land, which is why the root "kara" โ ืง.ืจ.ื โ with all its derivatives, is so popular. Guy Sharett explains how it's related to murder, earthquakes, and soy milk, and finishes with an anecdote (in Hebrew) about a lady called Carmela.
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New Words and Expressions:
Karah โ Happened โ ืงืจื
"Ma kara la-yeled" โ What happened to the child โ ืื ืงืจื ืืืื
Ma kara, ma kara? โ What on earth? โ ืื ืงืจื, ืื ืงืจื
Ma koreh achi? โ What's going on, dude? โ ืื ืงืืจื ืืื
Az ma od koreh itach โ So what else is happening with you? โ ืื ืื ืขืื ืงืืจื ืืืชื
Ma koreh imโฆ โ What's happening withโฆ โ ืื ืงืืจื ืขื
Ma kara im โ What happened toโฆ โ ืื ืงืจื ืขื
Tagidi ma kore itach? โ Tell me, what's happening with you โ ืชืืืื ืื ืงืืจื ืืืชื
Ma koreh itach? โ What on earth is going on with you? โ ืื ืงืืจื ืืืชื
Ma leazazel koreh itcha? โ What the hell is going on with you? โ ืื ืืขืืืื ืงืืจื ืืืชื
Ze ma she-kara โ This is what happened โ ืื ืื ืฉืงืจื
Ze lo kore li โ It's not happening to me โ ืื ืื ืงืืจื ืื
Ze lo yikre shuv โ It won't happen again โ ืื ืื ืืงืจื ืฉืื
Kara mashehu? โ Did something happen? โ ืงืจื ืืฉืื
Nu ve-kara mashehu? โ So did something happen? โ ื ื, ืืงืจื ืืฉืื
Mikreh, mikrim โ Case, cases โ ืืงืจื, ืืงืจืืย ย
"Ani gam kacha mikreh avud" โ Anyway I am a lost cause โ ืื ื ืื ืืื ืืงืจื ืืืื
Mikre katseh โ Edge case โ ืืงืจื ืงืฆื
Mikre cherum โ Emergency โ ืืงืจื ืืืจืื
Be-mikre cherum ata yachol tamid lehitkasher elai โ In case of an emergency you can always call me โ ืืืงืจื ืืืจืื ืืชื ืืืื ืชืืื ืืืชืงืฉืจ ืืืื
Mikrey retsach โ Murder cases โ ืืงืจื ืจืฆื
"Ani rotseh lifgosh ota pit'om be-mikreh โ I want to meet her suddenly, by chance โ ืื ื ืจืืฆื ืืคืืืฉ ืืืชื ืคืชืืื ืืืงืจื
Be-mikreh โ Accidentally โ ืืืงืจื
Ze kara be-mikreh โ It happened accidentally โ ืื ืงืจื ืืืงืจื
Yesh lachem be-mikreh chalav soya? โ Do you happen to have soy milk by any chance? โ ืืฉ ืืื ืืืงืจื ืืื ืกืืื
Le-mikreh she โ In case you need me, here is my number โ ืืืงืจื ืฉืชืฆืืจื ืืืชื, ืื ื ืืืกืคืจ ืฉืื
Be-mikreh shel re'idat adama โ In case of an earthquake โ ืืืงืจื ืฉื ืจืขืืืช ืืืื
Bechol pgisha mikrit โ At every random meeting โ ืืื ืคืืืฉื ืืงืจืืช
Mikri โ Random โ ืืงืจื
Mikriyoot โ Coincidence โ ืืงืจืืืช
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Playlist and Clips:
Matti Caspi โ Yemei Binyamina (lyrics)
Moshe Peretz โ Ma Kore Itach (lyrics)ย
Ozi Zoltak โ Afilu Lo At (lyrics)
Meir Ariel โ Pluga Ba-kav (lyrics)
Arik Lavie โ Haya o lo haya (lyrics)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TLV1. |
| 0:10.5 | Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:12.7 | Shalom. |
| 0:13.6 | It's me, Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.7 | Today we'll talk about the route Kara, Kuf, Resh, H, to happen. |
| 0:20.4 | Not to confuse with Kara Kuf resh alif to read |
| 0:24.5 | what kara la yelad what happened to the kid ma kara la yelad what happened to the kid |
| 0:35.2 | a mona kara lyeled a nostalgic song we all know, sung by the one |
| 0:39.6 | and only Mati Kaspi. |
| 0:41.4 | Ma Kara, what happened? |
| 0:44.1 | But if you repeat it twice, a bit angry, ma'erah, ma'erah, it means what happened? |
| 0:50.7 | This is something you can scream to another driver who cut your lane, something like, |
| 0:55.5 | what on earth happened that allowed you to think you could do this? |
| 0:59.3 | Check out my episode cursing drivers in Hebrew. |
| 1:02.3 | You can just Google it. |
| 1:04.0 | List of the new words, by the way, if you're subscribed to the podcast and listen through a podcast app, |
| 1:09.2 | you'll find a list of the new words in the show notes of each episode. |
| 1:13.2 | If not, head over to tlv1.fm slash streetwise Hebrew and click on today's episode. |
| 1:19.2 | What's called, Achie? Achshelho. Benadamus. |
| 1:23.8 | Habuya. |
| 1:24.6 | What's going on, what's going on, dude? |
| 1:29.8 | And on our episode about flow in conversation in Hebrew, we learned, |
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