Streetwise Hebrew

From face and voice recognition, to identifying with a character from a book, for these and others linguistic uses we utilize the Hebrew root זהה. And how do we say, “Shazam, can you recognize this song?” Guy explains. Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon   New Words and Expressions: Zihuy panim – Face recognition – זיהוי פנים Zihuy plili – Forensics – זיהוי פלילי Mazap, Ma’abada le-zihuy plili – Forensics lab – מעבדה לזיהוי פלילי Mazapnikim – The forensics guys – מז”פניקים Zihuy koli – Voice recognition – זיהוי קולי Lezahot – To identify, to recognize – לזהות Ata lo mezahé oti? At lo mezaha oti? – Don’t you recognize me? – את/ה לא מזהה אותי Teuda mezaha – Proof of identity – תעודה מזהה “Shirim she-ha-shazam lo mezahé – Songs that Shazam won’t recognize – שירים שהשזאם לא מזהה Ha-rishon she-mezahé – The first person to recognize – הראשון שמזהה “Tsipor lo mezuha” – An unidentified bird – ציפור לא מזוהה Mispar lo mezuhé – Unidentified number – מספר לא מזוהה Eich lachsom et ha-sichot – How to block the calls –