A bite-size podcast showcasing modern Hebrew and its slang. Host Guy Sharett explains what we can learn about Israeli psyche, society, and culture through the Hebrew language.
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#68 The Choice Is Yours (Rerun)
Everyone in Israel is talking about the local elections on Feb. 27th. So we are reruning an episode about b’chirot – ‘elections.’
A b’chira is a ‘choice.’ Guy Sharett teaches us how to choose, elect, and select in Hebrew, in time for Feb 27.
New Words and Expressions:
Bacharti becha – בָּחַרְתִי בְּךָ
Ki banu bacharta ve’otanu kidashta mikol ha’amim – כִּי בָּנוּ בָֹחַרְתָּ וְאוֹתָנוּ קִידַּשְׁתָ מִכֹּל הַעַמִּים
Ve-otanu > veoysano – וְאוֹתָנוּ
Ha-am ha-nivchar – הַעַם הַנִּבְחָר
Bachar, nivchar – בָּחַר, נִבְחַר
Ha-sikuy shel peres le-hibacher gavar – הַסִּיכּוּי שֶׁל פֶּרֶס לְהִיבָּחֵר גָּבַר
At lo nivchart ki at isha? – אָת לֹא נִבְחַרְתְ כִּי אָת אִישָׁה?
Nivchar – נִבְחַר
Nivchart – נִבְחַרְתְ
Nivcheret – נִבְחֶרֶת
Ha-nivcheret ha-israelit – הַנִּבְחֶרֶת הַיִּשְרְאֵלִית
Nivcheret kaduregel – נִבְחֶרֶת כַּדּוּרֶגֶל
Mutsar chalav – מוּצַר חָלָב
Nivcheret shel rechivim tzoonatiyim – נִבְחֶרֶת שֶׁל רְכִיבִים תְּזוּנָתִיִים
Ha-bchirot shelach tamid nigmarot ba’enayim sheli – הַבְּחִירוֹת שֶׁלָךְ תָּמִיד נִגְמָרוֹת בָּעֵינַיִים שֶֹלִי
Playlist and Clips:
Ayala Ingedashet – Bacharti becha (Lyrics)
Kiddush (Ashkenazi version) (Text)
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach – Kiddush
Who is the chosen people / Avi Becker – London & Kirschenbaum, TV10
Collette Avital – interview, Knesset TV Channel
1956 football game, USSR vs. Israel, The Nathan Axelrod Newsreel Collection
Israeli Dairy Council commercial
Noi Roithenberg – Ha-bchirot Shelach (lyrics)