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מה נשמע

ma nish-MA

Phonetics · ma nish-MA

What's up (lit. "what is heard").

Register: casualPart of speech: greeting formulaHebrew (עברית, Ivrit)

"What's up" — literally "what is heard?": the standard Israeli check-in.

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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