Meaning: The rich uncle (or family member or even a friend) from the US who spoils all his “poor” Israeli relatives with many gifts.Įxample: I wish I had a dod m’America who would send me the new iPhone. Meaning: You’ve spent a lot on your credit cardĮxample: You did a lot of shopping today – Gihatzta et HaCartis AhsrayĮxample: You’re not gonna believe it but they’re making onion flavored crackers now. Meaning: From an Arabic word meaning an embarrassing failure or mess-upĮxample: Eizeh fadicha – I fell asleep at work today Eizeh seret! Of course if you saw a great movie, you would also say – Gee, the Titanic, eizeh seret! Meaning: A series of out-of-the-ordinary events in real-life, usually with a negative connotationĮxample: You can’t believe what we went through at the border crossing…. Meaning: Being absolutely certain about something.Įxample : Are you sure you he is having an affair? Yes – elef ahuzĮxample: Eichsa, this food is not tasty at all Meaning: Nice of you to remember to show up / rememberĮxample: Boker tov Eliyahu where have you been – we said 10am and it’s now12

Meaning: A time of relaxation, when all one does is turn over from ones back to ones stomach.Įxample: I’ve been working hard, I really need some beten gav. Meaning: Doing something quietly or secretively, behind the scenes without notifying anyoneĮxample: Why do you do things be’shu’shu? Meaning: A mess, a catastrophe or complicated situation.Įxample: There is such a balagan in the kitchen, I better clean up / There is such a balagan in the government at the moment, every day there is something else happens. Meaning: We overcame that hardship, we will overcome this one too.Įxample: It’s been two hours already and we haven’t solved the problem – Don’t worry, avarnu et Pharaoh, na’avor gam et zeh Translation: We overcame Pharaoh, we will get through this too I’ve started with the list I found here - the Alpha Bet of Hebrew Slang.Įxample: Achla dress / Achla movie / Achla hummous (there is even a brand of hummous called Achla)Įxample: This flu is really getting to me – I am feeling al ha’panim

This is an attempt to collect all the slang I can find in one complete list - with both the Hebrew and the transliteration. Transliteration is nice but I prefer having the Hebrew. Some of the lists have it written in Hebrew, others in transliteration. There are so many pages of Hebrew slang on the internet ( and a lot of them are copies of each other.

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