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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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  • 1019 - #453 All Together Now

    The Hebrew word ื™ื—ื“ means together. This root has many useful words you should know: singular, unique, individual and more.

    Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

    New Words and Expressions:

    Yachad, be-yachad โ€“ Together โ€“ ื™ื—ื“

    Be-yachad? โ€“ Are you paying together? โ€“ ื‘ื™ื—ื“

    Ha-yachid โ€“ The only one โ€“ ื”ื™ื—ื™ื“

    Ha-yachid lelo shemen dkalim โ€“ The only one without palm oil โ€“ ื”ื™ื—ื™ื“ ืœืœื ืฉืžืŸ ื“ืงืœื™ื

    Yachid / Rabim โ€“ Singular / Plural โ€“ ื™ื—ื™ื“ / ืจื‘ื™ื

    Ben yachid / Bat yechida โ€“ An only child โ€“ ื‘ืŸ ื™ื—ื™ื“ / ื‘ืช ื™ื—ื™ื“ื”

    "Hu yachid u-meyoochad me'od" โ€“ He's unique and very special โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื™ื—ื™ื“ ื•ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ ืžืื•ื“

    Yechida โ€“ Unit โ€“ ื™ื—ื™ื“ื”

    Yechida meyoochedet โ€“ Special unit โ€“ ื™ื—ื™ื“ื” ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ืช

    Yechidat diyoor โ€“ Housing unit โ€“ ื™ื—ื™ื“ืช ื“ื™ื•ืจ

    Ani gar be-yechidat diyoor etsel ha-horim sheli โ€“ I live in a housing unit at my parents' house โ€“ ืื ื™ ื’ืจ ื‘ื™ื—ื™ื“ืช ื“ื™ื•ืจ ืืฆืœ ื”ื”ื•ืจื™ื ืฉืœื™

    Yechidim โ€“ Individuals โ€“ ื™ื—ื™ื“ื™ื

    Ein mechira le-yechidim โ€“ No individual sales โ€“ ืื™ืŸ ืžื›ื™ืจื” ืœื™ื—ื™ื“ื™ื

    Ha-mechira be-sitona'oot bilvad โ€“ Wholesale only โ€“ ื”ืžื›ื™ืจื” ื‘ืกื™ื˜ื•ื ืื•ืช ื‘ืœื‘ื“

    Heder le-yachid โ€“ Single room โ€“ ื—ื“ืจ ืœื™ื—ื™ื“

    Em yechidanit โ€“ Single mother โ€“ ืื ื™ื—ื™ื“ื ื™ืช

    Leyached โ€“ To designate, to individualize โ€“ ืœื™ื™ื—ื“

    Anachnu meyachdim et ha-heder ha-zeh le-sport โ€“ We designate this room for sports โ€“ ืื ื—ื ื• ืžื™ื™ื—ื“ื™ื ืืช ื”ื—ื“ืจ ื”ื–ื” ืœืกืคื•ืจื˜

    Yichood โ€“ Uniqueness โ€“ ื™ื™ื—ื•ื“

    Yichoodi โ€“ Unique โ€“ ื™ื™ื—ื•ื“ื™

    Proyekt yichoodi โ€“ A unique housing project โ€“ ืคืจื•ื™ื™ืงื˜ ื™ื™ื—ื•ื“ื™

    Meyoochad โ€“ Special โ€“ ืžื™ื•ื—ื“

    Ha-Kafe ha-zeh meyoochad la-allah. Rotzeh litom? โ€“ This coffee is really special. Wanna taste it? โ€“ ื”ืงืคื” ื”ื–ื” ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ ืœืืœืœื”, ืจื•ืฆื” ืœื˜ืขื•ื

    Playlist and Clips:

    Halav u-dvash โ€“ Yahad (lyrics)

    Meir Banai โ€“ Shiro shel Shafshaf (lyrics)

    Ha-yachid โ€“ The only one

    Lahakat ha-nachal โ€“ Le-ahad ha-chayalim (lyrics)

    Ep. no. 122 HEB about stuff servers say

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 - 09min
  • 1018 - #133 "A Glorious Failure is Better Than Dreams in the Drawer"

    In a country where everybody tells you what to do, how to do it and when, it's only natural that the word ืขื“ื™ืฃ โ€“ "it's preferable" โ€“ is one you'd hear every day. Guy explores the ืขื“ื™ืฃ family of words, and shows us the link between preference, priority, and pasta.

    Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

    New Words and Expressions:

    Adif โ€“ Preferable โ€“ ืขื“ื™ืฃ

    Adif machar โ€“ Better (to do it) tomorrow โ€“ ืขื“ื™ืฃ ืžื—ืจ

    "Az adif lehisha'er" โ€“ So, it's better to stay โ€“ ืื– ืขื“ื™ืฃ ืœื”ื™ืฉืืจ

    "Adif lalechet achshav" โ€“ It's better to go now โ€“ ืขื“ื™ืฃ ืœืœื›ืช ืขื›ืฉื™ื•

    Adif la'asot et ze kacha โ€“ It's better to do it this way โ€“ ืขื“ื™ืฃ ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืืช ื–ื” ื›ื›ื”

    Adif she- -We'd better, you'd better, it's better โ€“ ืขื“ื™ืฃ ืฉ

    Adif she-telech achshav โ€“ You'd better leave now โ€“ ืขื“ื™ืฃ ืฉืชืœืš ืขื›ืฉื™ื•

    Ma adif, ze o ze? โ€“ What's better, this one or that one? โ€“ ืžื” ืขื“ื™ืฃ, ื–ื” ืื• ื–ื”

    Eizo gvina adifa? โ€“ Which cheese is better? โ€“ ืื™ื–ื• ื’ื‘ื™ื ื” ืขื“ื™ืคื”

    "Kulam adifim al korbanot ha-milchama" โ€“ They are all better over korbanot ha-milchama- ื›ื•ืœื ืขื“ื™ืคื™ื ืขืœ ืงื•ืจื‘ื ื•ืช ื”ืžืœื—ืžื”

    "Halcha elav, azva oti, hayiti adifut shniya" โ€“ She went to his place, she left me, I was the second priority โ€“ ื”ืœื›ื” ืืœื™ื•, ืขื–ื‘ื” ืื•ืชื™, ื”ื™ื™ืชื™ ืขื“ื™ืคื•ืช ืฉื ื™ื™ื”

    Adifut gvoha yoter โ€“ Higher priority โ€“ ืขื“ื™ืคื•ืช ื’ื‘ื•ื”ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ

    Latet adifut le-mashehu โ€“ To give priority to something โ€“ ืœืชืช ืขื“ื™ืคื•ืช ืœืžื™ืฉื”ื•

    Seder adifuyot โ€“ Priorities โ€“ ืกื“ืจ ืขื“ื™ืคื•ื™ื•ืช

    Odef โ€“ Change (Money) โ€“ ืขื•ื“ืฃ

    Odef mishkal โ€“ Overweight โ€“ ืขื•ื“ืฃ ืžืฉืงืœ

    Odafim โ€“ Surplus, outlet stock, extra โ€“ ืขื•ื“ืคื™ื

    Ma at ma'adifa โ€“ What do you prefer? โ€“ ืžื” ืืช ืžืขื“ื™ืคื”

    Leha'adif โ€“ To prefer โ€“ ืœื”ืขื“ื™ืฃ

    Ani maadifa lishtok โ€“ I prefer to keep quiet- ืœื”ืขื“ื™ืฃ

    Ma hayita ma'adif, ma hayit maadifa โ€“ What would you prefer? โ€“ ืžื” ื”ื™ื™ืช ืžืขื“ื™ืฃ/ืžืขื“ื™ืคื”

    Ani ma'adif pasta al humus โ€“ I prefer pasta over hummus โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืขื“ื™ืฃ ืคืกื˜ื” ืขืœ ื—ื•ืžื•ืก

    Eizo hultsa ata ma'adif? โ€“ Which shirt do you prefer? โ€“ ืื™ื–ื• ื—ื•ืœืฆื” ืืชื” ืžืขื“ื™ืฃ

    Mu'adaf โ€“ Preferred, favored โ€“ ืžื•ืขื“ืฃ

    Ha'adafa โ€“ Preference โ€“ ื”ืขื“ื™ืคื”

    Yesh lecha ha'adafa? โ€“ Do you have any preference? โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืœืš ื”ืขื“ืคื”

    Haadafa metakenet โ€“ Affirmative action โ€“ ื”ืขื“ืคื” ืžืชืงื ืช

    Playlist and Clips:

    Daniel Solomon โ€“ Adif (lyrics)

    Teapacks โ€“ Adif Lalechet Achshav (lyrics)

    Menachmem Begin โ€“ speech

    Michael Hen โ€“ Tamim Hayiti (lyrics)

    Tipim la-meltsar, tips for the waiter

    Ninet Tayeb โ€“ Medabrim (lyrics)

    MK Akram Hasson

    Ep. no. 125 about heshbon

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 - 08min
  • 1017 - #130 Streetwise Hebrew in Seventh Heaven

    Streetwise Hebrew surpassed 700,000 downloads, and Guy thinks this is a great reason to talk about the root of number seven in Hebrew โ€“ ืฉื‘ืข โ€“ and get to learn its other meanings.

    Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

    New Words and Expressions:

    Sheva โ€“ Seven โ€“ ืฉื‘ืข

    Sheva banot โ€“ Seven girls โ€“ ืฉื‘ืข ื‘ื ื•ืช

    Shiv'ah banim โ€“ Seven boys โ€“ ืฉื‘ืขื” ื‘ื ื™ื

    Shiv'ah โ€“ The traditional seven days of mourning in Judaism โ€“ ืฉื‘ืขื”

    Ani holech le-shiv'ah โ€“ I'm going to a shiv'ah โ€“ ืื ื™ ื”ื•ืœืš ืœืฉื‘ืขื”

    Yesh li shiv'ah shel aba shel haver โ€“ I have a shiv'ah for a friend's father โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืœื™ ืฉื‘ืขื” ืฉืœ ืื‘ื ืฉืœ ื—ื‘ืจ

    Efo ha-shiva'ah? โ€“ Where is the shiv'ah? โ€“ ืื™ืคื” ื”ืฉื‘ืขื”

    Efo hem yoshvim shiv'ah? โ€“ Where are they siting shiv'ah? โ€“ ืื™ืคื” ื”ื ื™ื•ืฉื‘ื™ื ืฉื‘ืขื”

    Shavu'a, shavu'ot (m.) โ€“ Week, weeks โ€“ ืฉื‘ื•ืข, ืฉื‘ื•ืขื•ืช

    Shavu'ah tov โ€“ Have a good week โ€“ ืฉื‘ื•ืข ื˜ื•ื‘

    She-yihye lecha / lach shavu'ah tov โ€“ May you have a good week โ€“ ืฉื™ื”ื™ื” ืœืš ืฉื‘ื•ืข ื˜ื•ื‘

    Shvu'ayim -Two weeks โ€“ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื™ื™ื

    Shvu'ah ha-sefer โ€“ Book week (book fair) โ€“ ืฉื‘ื•ืข ื”ืกืคืจ

    Sof Shavu'ah โ€“ Weekend โ€“ ืกื•ืคืฉื‘ื•ืข

    Shvu'ah ha-avoda โ€“ Work week โ€“ ืฉื‘ื•ืข ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”

    "Shavu'ah-Shavu'ah" โ€“ One week at the army base, one week at home โ€“ ืฉื‘ื•ืข ืฉื‘ื•ืข

    Ani nishba lach โ€“ I swear to you โ€“ ืื ื™ ื ืฉื‘ืข ืœืš

    Shvu'ah โ€“ Oath โ€“ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”

    Lehishava โ€“ Swear โ€“ ืœื”ื™ืฉื‘ืข

    lehashbi'ah โ€“ To swear someone in โ€“ ืœื”ืฉื‘ื™ืข

    Hashba'ah โ€“ Swearing in ceremony โ€“ ื”ืฉื‘ืขื”

    Save'ah โ€“ Full (Had enough food) โ€“ ืฉื‘ืข

    Lisbo'ah โ€“ To become full after eating โ€“ ืœืฉื‘ื•ืข

    Playlist and Clips:

    Oshik Levy โ€“ Ze Mi-kvar (lyrics)

    Efraiym Di Zahav โ€“ Shavu'ah tov (lyrics)

    Ariel Zilber โ€“ Shvu'ayim be-ir zara (lyrics)

    Moshe Peretz โ€“ Nishba Lach (lyrics)

    Ep. no. 96 about may you have HEB

    Ep. no. 302 about condolences HEB

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 - 08min
  • 1016 - #126 Use Your Imagination

    "You guys look so alike, it's crazy!" The Israeli street is all about exclamations, including strangers telling you how much you resemble someoneโ€ฆ or not. It's important to understand what's being said, so today Guy focuses on the Hebrew word ื“ื•ืžื” and its relatives. And what does this all have to do with virtual reality and imagination?

    Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

    New Words and Expressions:

    Domeh โ€“ Resembles, looks like โ€“ ื“ื•ืžื”

    "Hi lo doma le-af achat acheret" โ€“ She does not resemble anyone else โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืœื ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืืฃ ืื—ืช ืื—ืจืช

    Hu domeh le-mishehu โ€“ He looks like someone โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืžื™ืฉื”ื•

    Hu domeh la-ima โ€“ He resembles his mom โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืื™ืžื

    Ata ma-ze domeh lo โ€“ You really look like him โ€“ ืืชื” ืžื”-ื–ื” ื“ื•ืžื” ืœื•

    At ma-ze doma la โ€“ You really look like her โ€“ ืืช ืžื”-ื–ื” ื“ื•ืžื” ืœื”

    Atem ma ze domim, mamash copy โ€“ You really look alike โ€“ ืืชื ืžื”-ื–ื” ื“ื•ืžื™ื, ืžืžืฉ ืงื•ืคื™

    Atem domim echad la-sheni โ€“ You resemble each other โ€“ ืืชื ื“ื•ืžื™ื ืื—ื“ ืœืฉื ื™

    Atem davka lo domim โ€“ You actually don't look alike โ€“ ืืชื ื“ื•ื•ืงื ืœื ื“ื•ืžื™ื

    Hu nir'aa kmo โ€“ He looked like (past tense) โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื ืจืื” ื›ืžื•

    Hu haya domeh le-mishehu โ€“ He looked like someone โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื”ื™ื” ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืžื™ืฉื”ื•

    Dmooy Or โ€“ Leather-like โ€“ ื“ืžื•ื™ ืขื•ืจ

    Dmooy schnitzel โ€“ Faux schnitzel โ€“ ื“ืžื•ื™ ืฉื ื™ืฆืœ

    "Ve-ulai ze rak nidmeh li" โ€“ And maybe it's just my imagination โ€“ ื•ืื•ืœื™ ื–ื” ืจืง ื ื“ืžื” ืœื™

    Nidmeh li sheโ€ฆ โ€“ It seems to me that โ€“ ื ื“ืžื” ืœื™ ืฉ

    Nidmeh lecha! โ€“ It only seems that way to you โ€“ ื ื“ืžื” ืœืš

    Haya nidmeh li โ€“ It seemed to me โ€“ ื”ื™ื” ื ื“ืžื” ืœื™

    Ledamot โ€“ To visualize, to imagine โ€“ ืœื“ืžื•ืช

    Dimooy โ€“ Metaphor โ€“ ื“ื™ืžื•ื™

    Dimooy atsmi โ€“ Self image โ€“ ื“ื™ืžื•ื™ ืขืฆืžื™

    Metsi'oot meduma โ€“ Virtual reality โ€“ ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช ืžื“ื•ืžื”

    Ha-choleh ha-medumeh โ€“ Le Malade Imaginaire โ€“ The Imaginary Invalid โ€“ ื”ื—ื•ืœื” ื”ืžื“ื•ืžื”

    "At lo yoda'at im zo stam metsi'oot o dimyon" โ€“ You don't know if it's just reality or imagination โ€“ ืืช ืœื ื™ื•ื“ืขืช ืื ื–ื• ืกืชื ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช ืื• ื“ืžื™ื•ืŸ

    "Ba-leilot rak otcha medamyenet" โ€“ At night I imagine only you โ€“ ื‘ืœื™ืœื•ืช ืจืง ืื•ืชืš ืžื“ืžื™ื™ื ืช

    Medoomyan โ€“ Imagined โ€“ ืžื“ื•ืžื™ื™ืŸ

    "El hiboor dimyoni" โ€“ To an imaginary connection โ€“ ืืœ ื—ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ื“ืžื™ื•ื ื™

    Dmoot โ€“ Image, figure, personality โ€“ ื“ืžื•ืช

    "Ani kol kach harbeh dmooyot" โ€“ I am so many figures, I have so many personalities โ€“ ืื ื™ ื›ืœ ื›ืš ื”ืจื‘ื” ื“ืžื•ื™ื•ืช

    Hadmaya โ€“ Simulation โ€“ ื”ื“ืžื™ื™ื”

    Playlist and Clips:

    Arkadi Duchin โ€“ Hi Lo Doma (lyrics)

    Hava Alberstein โ€“ Shir Tishrei (lyrics)

    Dana Berger โ€“ Hamimoot Holefet (lyrics)

    Moliรจre โ€“ Ha-holeh ha-medoomeh

    Ariel Zilber โ€“ Rootsi Shmulik (lyrics)

    Sarit Haddad โ€“ Aba (lyrics)

    Yehuda Poliker โ€“ Ha-tsel ve-ani (lyrics)

    Natan Goshen โ€“ Od (lyrics)

    Ep. no. 62 about davka HEB

    Ep. no. 180 about metsi'oot, reality

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 - 09min
  • 1015 - #452 Once and for All

    The Hebrew word ืื—ื“ means one, a word we Israelis use all the time. From its root we also get the words for homogeneous and unity. Oh, and you should definitely know what ืื—ื“ ืคืœื•ืก ืื—ื“ means.

    Check Out the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

    New Words and Expressions:

    Echad - One (m.) - ืื—ื“

    "Am echad im shir echad" - One nation with one song - ืขื ืื—ื“ ืขื ืฉื™ืจ ืื—ื“

    Achat - One (f.) - ืื—ืช

    Shi'oor echad al echad - One on one private lesson - ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ ืื—ื“ ืขืœ ืื—ื“

    "yesh matsav le-kafe echad al echad?" - Is there any chance of getting a coffee one-on-one? - ื™ืฉ ืžืฆื‘ ืœืงืคื” ืื—ื“ ืขืœ ืื—ื“

    Echad she-yode'a - Someone in the know - ืื—ื“ ืฉื™ื•ื“ืข

    How do I know he's the one? - Eich ani eda she-ze ha-echad? She-zo ha-achat? - ืื™ืš ืื ื™ ืื“ืข ืฉื–ื” ื”ืื—ื“, ืฉื–ื• ื”ืื—ืช

    Echad plus echad - Buy one get one free - ืื—ื“ ืคืœื•ืก ืื—ื“

    Mispar achat - Number one - ืžืกืคืจ ืื—ืช

    Ani ha-maaritz mispar achat shelo - I am his number one fan - ืื ื™ ื”ืžืขืจื™ืฅ ืžืกืคืจ ืื—ืช ืฉืœื•

    Kav hamesh - Bus number five - ืงื• ื—ืžืฉ

    Yamim achadim - A few days (formal) - ื™ืžื™ื ืื—ื“ื™ื

    Achid - Uniform, unified, homogeneous - ืื—ื™ื“

    Lechem achid - Subsidized bread - ืœื—ื ืื—ื™ื“

    Tahat piku'ach - Under government price control - ืชื—ืช ืคื™ืงื•ื—

    Tilboshet achida - School uniform - ืชืœื‘ื•ืฉืช ืื—ื™ื“ื”

    Swecher - Sweatshirt - ืกื•ื•ืฆ'ืจ

    Achdoot - Unity - ืื—ื“ื•ืช

    Achat u-letamid - Once and for all - ืื—ืช ื•ืœืชืžื™ื“

    Echad ba-peh ve-echad ba-lev - Two-faced - ืื—ื“ ื‘ืคื” ื•ืื—ื“ ื‘ืœื‘

    Echad ha- - One of the mostโ€ฆ - ืื—ื“ ื”

    Zeh echad ha-falfelim hachi te'imim ba'ir - This is one of the tastiest falafel spots in town - ื–ื” ืื—ื“ ื”ืคืœืืคืœื™ื ื”ื›ื™ ื˜ืขื™ืžื™ื ื‘ืขื™ืจ

    Playlist and Clips:

    Am Echad Shir Echad (lyrics)

    Amir Dadon - Ha-ma'aritz mispar achat (lyrics)

    Kan Hadashot - Lechem Achid

    TV2 - Tilboshet achida - school uniform

    Margalit Tsan'ani - Od Yihiye Li (lyrics)

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