How to Say Take Care of Yourself in Hebrew

Hebrew changes by who's talking and who they're talking to. Here's exactly how this one works.

You are wrapping up a message thread with your father back home and want to sign off with the warmth Israelis put into their goodbyes.

How it's said

Texting a man	Texting a woman
תשמור על עצמךtishmor al atzmecha	תשמרי על עצמךtishmeri al atzmech

Texting a man

Texting a woman

תשמור על עצמךtishmor al atzmecha

תשמרי על עצמךtishmeri al atzmech

This phrase doesn't change based on who's sending it. Only who you're texting to changes the Hebrew here: the speaker's gender never appears in this sentence.

Why this matters

The colloquial future-as-imperative tishmor/tishmeri agrees with the addressee's gender (the true imperative shmor/shimri reads stiffer than how Israelis text); the reflexive עצמך carries addressee gender in pronunciation only.

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