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title: "Yalla in Hebrew"
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question: "What does Yalla mean in Hebrew?"
answer: "Let’s go — from Arabic, now the country’s punctuation."
description: "Let’s go — from Arabic, now the country’s punctuation."
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# Yalla

יאללה — Yalla

Let’s go — from Arabic, now the country’s punctuation.

Not a news term, but it leaks into quotes from politicians and coaches. When a minister says yalla, the desk is telling you the register dropped.