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Culture โ€ข 2025-02-05

Hebrew Slang Guide: Top 10 Words for Tel Aviv

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Gal Itach

Founder, ValoremAI

How to Speak Like a Sabra

Ulpan (Hebrew school) teaches you grammar, but the street teaches you life. If you want to survive in Israel, you need slang. Modern Hebrew is a dynamic fusion of Biblical roots, Arabic loanwords, and English tech terms.

Essential Vocabulary

  1. Sababa (ืกื‘ื‘ื”): Cool / Great / No problem. (Origin: Arabic).
  2. Yalla (ื™ืืœืœื”): Let's go / Hurry up.
  3. Tachles (ืชื›ืœืก): Bottom line / To be honest. (Origin: Yiddish/Ashkenazi).
  4. Stam (ืกืชื): Just kidding / No reason.

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