What Are You Sitting On‪?‬ Streetwise Hebrew

The word לשבת means to sit, and there’s a plethora of uses for this verb in Hebrew. We’ll be talking about jails and cafes, dog trainers, Ottoman Jews, and restaurant hosts, all in the same episode!
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New Words and Expressions:
Yoshev – Sitting – יושב
Yoshev al ha-gader – Sitting on the fence – יושב על הגדר
Yoshev alai bool – It fits me perfectly – יושב עליי בול
Ze yoshev aleicha/alayich bool – It fits you perfectly – יושב עליך/עלייך בול
Eich ze yoshev alai? – How does it look? – איך זה יושב עליי
Lo yodea, ze lo yoshev alai tov – I don’t know, it doesn’t fit – לא יודע, זה לא יושב עליי טוב
Efo atem yoshvim? – Where are you located? – איפה אתם יושבים
Yoshvim shiva’h – Sitting shiv’ah – יושבים שבעה
Efo atem yoshvim? – Where are you sitting? – איפה אתם יושבים
Hu yoshev ba-kele – He sits in jail – הוא יושב בכלא
Al ma hu yoshev? Al ma hi yoshevet? – What is he/she sitting for? – על מה הוא יושב/היא יושבת
Yoshev/yoshevet rosh – Chairperson – יושב/יושבת ראש, יו”ר
Yoshev rosh ha-opozitsya – The head of the opposition in the Knesset – יושב ראש האופוזיציה
Ha-boss sh’li yoshev li al ha-rosh ligmor mashehu – My boss is pressuring me to finish something – הבוס שלי יושב לי על הראש לגמור משהו
Ha-horim sheli yoshvim li al ha-rosh ba-byit – My parents are breathing down my neck at home – ההורים שלי יושבים לי על הראש בבית
Ha-horim sheli yoshvim li al ha-vrid – My parents are breathing down my neck – ההורים שלי יושבים לי על הווריד
Yeshiva – Jewish religious school (see more here) – ישיבה
Hit’amloot be-Yeshiva al kise – Doing exercise while sitting on a chair – התעמלות בישיבה על כיסא
Lashevet be-batei kafe – To sit in cafes – לשבת בבתי קפה
Bo neshev al kafe, nedaber – Let’s sit over coffee, we’ll talk – בוא נשב על קפה, נדבר 
Lashevet o lakachat? – Sit down or take away? – לשבת או לקחת
Shev/shvi! – Sit! – שב/שבי
Shev/shvi/shvoo bevakasha – Sit down please – שב/שבי/שבו בבקשה
Shev shev – Sit down, sit down – שב, שב
Lama ata lo yoshev? Shev! – Why aren’t you sitting down, sit! – למה אתה לא יושב? שב
Le’an ata rats? Bo shev daka – Where are you running? Sit down for a sec. – לאן אתה רץ? בוא שב דקה
Yishuv – Village – ישוב
Ha-yishuvim ba-tsafon – The places in the north of Israel – הישובים בצפון
“Ha-yishuv” – Jews in Israel before 1948 (see more here) – הישוב 
Moshav – Village (see more here) – מושב
Moshava – Colony (see more here) – מושבה
Moshav ba-matos – Seat on a plane – מושב במטוס
 
Playlist and Clips:
Arik Einstein – Yoshev Al Ha-gader (lyrics)
Shazamat – Yoshev Alai Bool (lyrics)
Yoshev Rosh – Chairperson
Shababnikim 
Qigong be-yeshiva
Ivri Lider – Batei Cafe (lyrics)
Shev!
Ha-yishuv
Moshavim ba-matos – Seats on the plane
Teapacks – Yoshvim be-beit cafe (lyrics)
 
Moshav in Wikipedia 
Moshava in Wikipedia
Ha-yishuv in Wikipedia