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בטן-גב

BE-ten GAV

Phonetics · BE-ten GAV

Lounging around, R&R (lit. "belly-back").

Register: casualPart of speech: idiomatic noun phraseHebrew (עברית, Ivrit)

"Lounging around" — belly-up, back-down: army slang for rest and relaxation.

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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