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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:SMURF::FENSTER
Created:Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1524
Total number of notes:18709

1230.0. "Hebrew words needed" by SELL1::FERRIGNO () Fri May 22 1992 20:06

    I have a client here in the library that would like to know the
    Hebrew words (and pronounciation) for the following English words:
    
    			eagle
    			moon
    			rainbow
    
    Can anyone help?
    
    Thankyou in advance.
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1230.1ITAI::LEVIL. Rosenhand - XSEL/XCONFri May 22 1992 20:483
   			eagle     - ne'sher        
    			moon	  - yah-re'-ach
    			rainbow	  - ke'-shet
1230.2TOOK::ALEXAlex AllisterTue May 26 1992 20:116
    re .-1
    
    I thought that "yareakh" stood for crescent. If not is there a
    distinction and what are the two terms?
    
    Alex
1230.3Not the sameTAVENG::FENSTERYaacov FensterWed May 27 1992 01:226
    yareakh - Moon
    Sahar - Crescent.
    
    In certain periods of anchient hebrew they were the same.
    
    	Yaacov