Hi Everyone:

Below is the collation for Exercise 14, Hebrew-to-English, pp. 85-86. You may also want to know that all previous collations are now available at:

http://www.oocities.org/berelbeyer/answers.html

Next up: Exercise 14, English-to-Hebrew, pp. 86-87 (EVEN ONLY), due Thursday, October 31, before 4PM US Eastern time. Anyone is welcome to join in, whether or not you've participated in the past. Write your answers out by hand (or with Hebrew word-processing software that has nikudot), and send them to me by whatever means you find easiest. See the following URL for details:

http://www.oocities.org/berelbeyer/formatting.html

If you possibly can, please take a few minutes to say Tehillim (Psalms) for Israel. Please see the following URL for details and PDF file of a few interlinear Tehillim:

http://www.oocities.org/berelbeyer/tehillim.html

Have a good Shabbos, all.

Berel

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The participants this week are:

BB = Berel

WF = Wiesia

 

1 BB You are He, my king and the G-d of my salvation; and there is not (there is no one) like you.

1.WF You are (the one that is) my king, and my God of salvation, and there's none like you.

 

2 BB Abraham went out from the house of his father and from his land as (was) the command of Hashem.

2.WF Avraham went out of his father's house and from his land acc. to the Word of the Lord.

 

3 BB The king called out to his servant who was ruling all that was his.

3.WF The king called his servant ruling over all that was his (property).

 

4 BB The children of Israel did according to all which was written in the Sefer Torah which the prophets read in the ears of the people.

4.WF The sons of Israel did acc. to all that was written in the book of the Law which the prophets read into the ears of the people.

 

5 BB Moses my servant is dead, and you will become the head over Israel after Moses.

5.WF Moshe, my servant, is dead. And you'll be the head of Israel in Moshe's place.

 

6 BB Hashem spoke to Solomon in the dream: "Because you asked for wisdom from me to judge my people in righteousness, and moreover this is given to you because the thing is good which you asked from me in my eyes [to] very much.

6.WF The Lord said to Shlomo in a dream, Because you've asked wisdom from me to judge my people in righteousness, also this thing is given unto you because it is a good thing that you've asked of me in my eyes, even exceedingly/very good. (?)

 

7 BB Abraham took with him men from the servants of his house and from cities which made a covenant with him, and that night he pursued after the kings.

7.WF Avraham took with him men from his servants' house and from the cities that made a covenant with him, and in the night he pursued after the kings.

 

8 BB The gods of the peoples they are wood and stone, they have ears but they do hear, they have eyes but they do not see.

8.WF The gods of the peoples are wood and stone, they have ears and they do not hear, they have eyes and they do not see.

 

9 BB My ways are ways of righteousness and my Torah is truth.

9.WF My ways are the ways of righteousness and my Law is truth.

intermediate

 

10 BB And one woman from the wives of the children of the prophets called to the prophet, behold your servant my husband is dead, and there is nothing in the house for me and for my sons.

10.WF And a certain woman from among the wives of the sons of prophets called unto the prophet, Behold your servant, my husband, is dead. And I have nothing for myself and for my sons. {WF: again no Dagesh in 'levanaim'}

 

11 BB Write these words upon great stones and your children and your children's children will read them that Hashem split the waters of the Jordan before you.

11.WF He wrote these words upon great stones and your sons shall call by then and sons of their sons because Hashem cut off before you the waters of Yordan.

 

12 BB These days (they) are holy days.

12.WF And these days are the days of holiness

 

13 BB And all which Solomon did and his wise words, surely they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

13.WF And everything that Shlomo did and the words of his wisdom, Are they not written in the book of the kings of Israel?

 

14 BB We remember our bread which we ate in Egypt.

14.WF We remember out bread which we ate in Egypt.

 

15 BB And these books, they are guarded in the palace of the king.

15.WF And these books are kept in the king's palace.

 

16 BB Listen to the thing which I am reading in your ears.

16.WF Listen to the word which I am reading into your (pl.) ears.

 

17 BB The king wrote in the book all the mitzvot and all the laws.

17.WF The king read the book of all the commandments and of all the judgements.