Help and emergencies in Hebrew
The words you hope to never need. Play the ten Hebrew words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Hebrew phrases in this lesson
- ืขืืจื!EZ-ra!
- Help!
- ืงืจื ืืจืืคืka-RA le-ro-FE
- Call a doctor
- ืืฉืืจืmis-tar-RA
- Police
- ืืืช ืืจืงืืชbet mar-ka-KHAT
- Pharmacy
- ืืืช ืืืืืbet kho-lim
- Hospital
- ืื ื ืืืืa-NEE a-BUD
- I'm lost
- ืื ื ืื ืืจืืืฉ ืืืa-NEE lo mar-GISH tov
- I don't feel well
- ืื ื ืื ืzeh nig-NAV
- It was stolen
- ืื ืืงืจื ืืืจืืzeh mik-RE khi-RUM
- It's an emergency
- ืขืืื ืืืชืa-ZOV o-TI
- Leave me alone
Pronounced like the name Ezra. For calm requests: "efshar la-azor li?" (can you help me?). English works in emergencies; Israelis speak it fluently.
Magen David Adom, the ambulance service, is 101. Police are 100.
Non-emergency number 100 as well. Israeli police speak English in urban areas. Israel is generally safe for tourists; crime is low except petty theft in busy areas.
Fewer and more regulated than southern Europe. Pharmacists speak English and advise readily. Many basic painkillers are sold in supermarkets. Green plus signs mark pharmacies.
Literally "house of sick". Major cities have multiple hospitals. Emergency treatment is available for everyone, regardless of insurance or citizenship.
Israelis help instantly and usually in English. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are walkable; being truly lost takes effort. Asking a local is the Israeli way.
Useful at a pharmacy or doctor. Add "koe ga-on ad kan" (it hurts here) plus pointing. That plus pointing is a complete medical history.
Combine: "ha-telefon sheli nignav" (my phone was stolen). Report to police for insurance. Theft is less common in small cities but real in Tel Aviv tourist areas.
To a woman: ืขืืื ืืืชื (iz-VI o-TI).