Eavesdrop on any phonecall on a bus or sherut, count to ten, and you’ll probably hear be’emet? ('really'?)
'Truth,' emet, and its derivatives are found in all shapes and sizes in Hebrew. Let’s learn some words and expressions with the alef-mem-tav root... we mean it! Be’emet!
Words and expressions discussed:
Rak she-teda et ha-emet – רָק שֶׁתֵּדַע אֶת הָאֶמֶת
Ta’emet / Ha-emet – תָּ'אֶמֶת / הָאֶמֶת
Kol ha-emet ve-rak emet – כֹּל הָאֶמֶת וְרָק אֶמֶת
Aval im telchi im ha’emet shelach, at ...
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