[HANASHIR:14252] Re: hebrew phrase for "takin' good care"

[rahel <rahel...>]

Hi - You might try something like:

Livriut commonly said as Labriut) , chaver - which would literally mean - 
to your health, friend.


Rahel



  - At 06:09 PM 5/10/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Shamor, shomer is nice, although it has associations
>for me of guarding (as in standing guard duty, because
>the word "shomer" on it's own means "guard").
>If this isn't exactly what you meant, you might also
>play around with, for example, "tishmor, chaver",
>which is more like "take care, friend" and has a more
>modern, colloquial sound to it.
>The accents would fall on the last syllables of each
>word.
>It might be easier to make suggestions if we saw the
>words of the verse that the Hebrew phrase would be
>coming out of.
>Just my two shekels, good luck with the song!
>Ilana Axel
>
>--- Ellen Allard <ellen (at) peterandellen(dot)com> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> >
> >
> > My husband and I have been working on a new song
> > called "Takin' Good
> > Care". I need a little help with some Hebrew and
> > would most appreciate
> > any input.
> >
> >
> >
> > We are looking for a Hebrew phrase that reflects the
> > English phrase
> > "takin' good care". We need the last word of the
> > Hebrew phrase to rhyme
> > with care. I don't think it needs to be a complete
> > sentence. If the
> > entire song were in English, I would be comfortable
> > using the phrase
> > "takin' good care", without it being part of a full
> > sentence.
> >
> >
> >
> > A suggestion for a Hebrew phrase was made to us, but
> > I'd like to reach
> > out to members of this list who are fluent in Hebrew
> > who can comment or
> > add their own ideas.
> >
> >
> >
> > The idea we were given is "shamor, shomer". This
> > works well especially
> > because "shomer" rhymes with "care". But I'm not
> > sure if it works
> > grammatically. It works really well in the song, so
> > I'd love to use it,
> > but wonder what some of you think?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts would be most appreciated!
> >
> >
> >
> > Shabbat Shalom to all.
> >
> >
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Ellen Allard
> >
> > Worcester, MA
> >
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