Sunday, November 30, 2014

יהודה הלוי - אֲחִי שֵׂכֶל Judah Halevi - A good host





a bowl inscription

אֲחִי שֵׂכֶל אֲשֶׁר יָדָיו לְאֹרְחִים וְלַהֵלָךְ בְּהִתְנַדֵּב בְּנֵי עָב
מְלֵאָה מִנְּעִים אֹכֶל תְּנֵנִי לְנֶגְדָּם כִּי עֲטוּפִים הֵם בְּרָעָב


A good host hospitably offers a gift to guests and visitors, preparing it with the finest delicacies from the pantry and setting it before them on account of their voracious appetite.

translated into English by Mark F Westergreen

In this context
  עָב is an architectual term meaning
"threshold" or  מוט עץ ארוך 

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