Aug 12, 2007 17:18
16 yrs ago
English term
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine
English to Hebrew
Art/Literary
Religion
This is taken from Song of Solomon 6:3 of the Biblical text. I understand that in the original text "beloved" spoken from a feminine point of view. I am interested in seeing this phrase in both the original context and how it would be written if spoken from a masculine point of view where the subject is feminine.
Proposed translations
(Hebrew)
| 5 +7 | אני לדודי ודודי לי |
Ron Armon
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Proposed translations
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אני לדודי ודודי לי
That's the original, but...
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-08-12 17:42:14 GMT)
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...although the original sounds like: "Ani ledoddi ve'doddi li",
nowadays the word "Doddi" does not usually mean "my beloved" anymore, but "my uncle"...
That's why it's hard to convert the oroginal phrase, because "Doddi" has no feminine parallel, (except for "my aunt"...)
In more contemporary words it would be:
(f) to (m): אני לאהובי ואהובי לי - Ani Le'ahuvi ve'ahuvi li
(m) to (f): אני לאהובתי ואהובתי לי - Ani Le'ahuvati ve'ahuvati li
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-08-12 17:42:14 GMT)
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...although the original sounds like: "Ani ledoddi ve'doddi li",
nowadays the word "Doddi" does not usually mean "my beloved" anymore, but "my uncle"...
That's why it's hard to convert the oroginal phrase, because "Doddi" has no feminine parallel, (except for "my aunt"...)
In more contemporary words it would be:
(f) to (m): אני לאהובי ואהובי לי - Ani Le'ahuvi ve'ahuvi li
(m) to (f): אני לאהובתי ואהובתי לי - Ani Le'ahuvati ve'ahuvati li
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Iris Bat-Or
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tutta_karlson
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Leslie Gabor (X)
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Juliana Brown
: a classic...I wouldn't try to improve on the original
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boostrer
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liora (X)
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Smantha
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