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Questions about translation in general, or about translation of specific words in Jewish texts.
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singular of ותדבר, according to this view, might require something like this translation:
"Miriam spoke - with Aharon [agreeing] - against Moshe..."
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answered Jun 16 '11 by Alex
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It's pretty much the consensus that arneves is the hare (or rabbit - they're different species but are pretty closely related).
Various translators identify the shafan as another species of hare (or …
answered Apr 16 '10 by Alex
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Well, Ibn Ezra (to Songs 5:10) says that paz actually means "precious stones." Rashi seems to agree, because he explains זהב מופז (I Kings 10:18) as meaning that "it gleams like a pearl", and in Danie …
answered Oct 5 '10 by Alex
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There is at least one possible usage of קרח in Tanach in the sense of "ice" - Ezek. 1:22 (כעין הקרח הנורא), which Targum Yonasan translates as גליד חסין, "strong ice." [Metzudos also renders some othe …
answered May 25 '11 by Alex
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Targum Jonathan consistently translates this phrase (it also appears a few times in I and II Kings) as ידע מדע, "one who knows knowledge." Rashi explains that he gets this from the Hebrew by taking מש …
answered Sep 27 '11 by Alex
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סארטין מנאליווקעס seems to mean "sorts (types) of liqueur" - nalivka being the Russian word for a beverage of that type, some formulations of which, I guess, might contain chametz.
I think that Dave …
answered Mar 22 '12 by Alex
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A few lines further down he spells it out more: שבהשתכלות תבוא לידי השגה, וימצא לך תענוג ותבוא האהבה בהכרח - contemplation will lead to understanding, then to enjoyment, which will necessarily result …
answered Jul 22 '11 by Alex
