Streetwise Hebrew

#309 Hold This for a Second, Will You?


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It's asked as a question but it's actually a statement: ?תחזיק רגע That's how we ask a friend to hold our bags while we run into another store to buy something. And how would we say, "I think highly of him" (or not so highly)?

Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Tachzik/tachziki/tachziku rega – Hold this for a sec. – תחזיק/תחזיקי/תחזיקו רגע

'Tachzik rega neshama' – Hold it for a sec., darling – תחזיק רגע, נשמה

Tachzik shniya – Hold it for a sec. – תחזיק שנייה

Tachziku oti! – hold me, guys! – תחזיקו אותי

Tachziki/tachzik ma'amad – Hang in there – תחזיקי/תחזיק מעמד

Lehachzik yadaim – To hold hands – להחזיק ידיים

Lehachzik hazak – To hold tight – להחזיק חזק

Tachzik/tachziki/tachziku hazak – Hold tight – תחזיק/תחזיקי/תחזיקו חזק

Lehachzik mi-mishehu – To think highly of someone – להחזיק ממישהו

Ani machzik mimcha ish hagun – I respect you as a sincere person – אני מחזיק ממך איש הגון

Ani machzik mimech isha inteligentit – I see you as an intelligent woman – אני מחזיק ממך אישה אינטליגנטית

[Ani machzik mi-someone + Noun]

Davka mimena ani machzik – Actually it is her that I look up to – דווקא ממנה אני מחזיק

Hu ma-ze machzik me-atsmo – He is so full of himself – הוא מה-זה מחזיק מעצמו

Hi ma-ze machzika me-atsma – She is so full of herself – היא מה-זה מחזיקה מעצמה

Hu machzik me-atsmo minimum elohim – He thinks he's no less than god himself – הוא מחזיק מעצמו מינימום אלוהים

Ani lo machzik mimeno mi-yode'a-ma – I don't think too highly of him – אני לא מחזיק ממנו מי-יודע-מה

Lehachzik mishehu katsar – To keep someone on a tight leash – להחזיק מישהו קצר

Af echad lo machzik otcha po be-koach – Nobody is keeping you here against your will – אף אחד לא מחזיק אותך פה בכוח

Machzik maftechot – Keyholder – מחזיק מפתחות

Machzikei maftechot – Keyholders – מחזיקי מפתחות

Eich lehachin machzikei maftechot be-tsurat perot – How to make fruit-shaped keyholders – איך להכין מחזיקי מפתחות בצורת פירות

Hu muchzak be-ma'atsar – He is in a police detention center – הוא מוחזק במעצר

Ha-gav muchzak – The back is 'held' – הגב מוחזק

Ha-beten muchzeket – The stomach is held – הבטן מוחזקת

Ve-hakol muchzak – And everything is "held" – והכל מוחזק

Playlist and Clips:

Tachzik rega, neshama (commercial)

Ha-hatser ha-achorit – Kol ha-optsiyot al ha-shulchan (lyrics)

Mercedes Band – Tachziki Ma'amad

Daniel Salomon – Adif (lyrics)

Maor Titon – Tachzik Hazak

Ania Bukstein – Af echad (lyrics)

Machzikei Maftachot – Key holders

Yitzhak Klepter – Machzik Ma'amad (lyrics)

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