[HANASHIR:3518] Re: Hebrew Question

[Adina Sutlin <asutlin...>]

Ruth,
It's "neshira" not nashira which means the falling off of the leaves in
autumn. You are right, the spelling in Hebrew is the same when it is
written without "nikud", but Neshira is spelled with a sh'va under the
letter Nun, and therefore  it's pronounced "ne" and not "na".

Adina Sutlin - Chesterton, IN.


--- Ruth Levenstein <RuthEllen (at) ibm(dot)net> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a question.  I am not sure what hanashir and
> hava nashirah mean.
> 
> Here's what I know:  shir means song, nashir means
> we will sing, hava
> means let us, hava nashira sounds much like hava
> nagilah which I also
> can't translate. :(
> 
> So hava nashirah must mean let us sing but I can't
> explain the 'ah' at
> the end. HELP!
> 
> Less useful things that I know: nashir also means
> diciduous, nashirah
> means falling off or out as in leaves or hair. :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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