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What does chavera mean in Hebrew?

What does chavera mean in Hebrew?

Noun. chaver (plural chaverim) (Jewish) A friend or comrade; a member of a chevra.

What does Yalla mean in Hebrew?

let’s go
9. Yalla. One of the most popular Arabic words is also widely used in Hebrew. Yalla, just like its Yiddish sister Nu, is used to encourage someone to do something — anything: ‘Yalla, eat your food’; ‘Yalla, let’s go’; ‘Yalla, you said you’d be here ages ago’; ‘Yalla, zazim?

What does Shay mean in Hebrew?

gift
Shay is also a Hebrew name, meaning gift, deriving as a variation of Shai.

What’s the other word for friend in Hebrew?

The other word for friend which doesn’t mean gf or bf but isn’t as strong a word as “Haver” is “yadid”. People would usually use that word to emphasize that’s it’s their friend and not their gf / bf. The short form is yedidi (for a male friend) and yedidati (for a female friend).

What does it mean when someone says I am a friend?

When someone is saying in English ‘I am a friend’, that means the person is willing to state his friendly intentions. While it is true that ‘friend’ can be translated to Hebrew as ‘haver’, the word ‘haver’ usually means a very close friend and it also have some connotation of ‘boyfriend’.

What’s the difference between a male and female friend in Hebrew?

In Hebrew, the word for “friend” differs in gender. A male friend is one word and a female friend is another. But good news is that the difference is just grammatical and tiny: And pronounced like this: Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. And pronounced like this:

What is the word for affection in Hebrew?

If you want to be cute you can use the Arabic and call your friend Chabibi. The word for affection in Hebrew, BTW is Chiba. If you have trouble with the guttural CH replace it with an H. Don’t pronounce it like the ch in chair.