Here in Israel, we are preparing for our upcoming local elections on Feb. 27th. So this week we are rerunning an episode about the Hebrew word בחירות – elections.   A בחירה is a ‘choice.’ Guy teaches us how to choose, elect, and select in Hebrew, just in time for our local elections on Feb 27th.

 

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)