Streetwise Hebrew

These days, it seems as if everything is measured by ratings and rankings. Businesses ask us to rate them even before we’ve left their doors. It’s all a bit too much sometimes. So how do we rank something in Hebrew? Guy explains the root דרג which includes within it the Hebrew words for army rank, escalators and the highest echelons. Listen to the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon   New Words and Expressions: Az erkod al madregot ha-rabanut – I’ll dance on the rabbinate stairs – אז ארקוד על מדרגות הרבנות Madrega, madregot – Steps, stairs – מדרגה, מדרגות Hadar madregot – Staircase – חדר מדרגות Madregot naot  – Escalator – מדרגות נעות, דרגנוע Darga, dargot – Rank, ranks – דרגה, דרגות Derug – Rating, ranking – דירוג Derug FIFA – FIFA rankings – דירוג פיפ”א Derug ashrai – Credit rating – דירוג אשראי Ledareg – To rank – לדרג Atem muzmanim ledareg otanu – You’re invited to rate us – אתם מוזמנים לדרג אותנו Israel medorget ba-makom ha-shmini be-hityakrut dirot ba-shana ha-achrona – Israel is ranked eighth in the world fo