Streetwise Hebrew surpassed 700,000 downloads, and Guy thinks this is a great reason to talk about the root of number seven in Hebrew – שבע – and get to learn its other meanings.

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New Words and Expressions:

Sheva – Seven – שבע

Sheva banot – Seven girls – שבע בנות

Shiv'ah banim – Seven boys – שבעה בנים

Shiv'ah – The traditional seven days of mourning in Judaism – שבעה

Ani holech le-shiv'ah – I'm going to a shiv'ah – אני הולך לשבעה

Yesh li shiv'ah shel aba shel haver – I have a shiv'ah for a friend's father – יש לי שבעה של אבא של חבר

Efo ha-shiva'ah? – Where is the shiv'ah? – איפה השבעה

Efo hem yoshvim shiv'ah? – Where are they siting shiv'ah? – איפה הם יושבים שבעה

Shavu'a, shavu'ot (m.) – Week, weeks – שבוע, שבועות

Shavu'ah tov – Have a good week – שבוע טוב

She-yihye lecha / lach shavu'ah tov – May you have a good week – שיהיה לך שבוע טוב

Shvu'ayim -Two weeks – שבועיים

Shvu'ah ha-sefer – Book week (book fair) – שבוע הספר

Sof Shavu'ah – Weekend – סופשבוע

Shvu'ah ha-avoda – Work week – שבוע העבודה

"Shavu'ah-Shavu'ah" – One week at the army base, one week at home – שבוע שבוע

Ani nishba lach – I swear to you – אני נשבע לך

Shvu'ah – Oath – שבועה

Lehishava – Swear – להישבע

lehashbi'ah – To swear someone in – להשביע

Hashba'ah – Swearing in ceremony – השבעה

Save'ah – Full (Had enough food) – שבע

Lisbo'ah – To become full after eating – לשבוע

Playlist and Clips:

Oshik Levy – Ze Mi-kvar (lyrics)

Efraiym Di Zahav – Shavu'ah tov (lyrics)

Ariel Zilber – Shvu'ayim be-ir zara (lyrics)

Moshe Peretz – Nishba Lach (lyrics)

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