Hebrew, Ancient Tongue Twisters
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| Original: | שתי פרוח עלוח אשר לא עלה עליהם על |
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| Transcription: | shtey parot `alot asher lo' `alah `aleyhem `ol |
| English: | two cows that have calved and no yoke has been put on them. |
| Original: | שָׁנָה שָׁנָה בַּעֲוֹנָה |
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| English: | Year after year in sin |
| Original: | דָּגָן דְּגָנִים דְּגָנַיִם |
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| English: | Grain of grains of grains |
| Original: | עַגָּבָן עֲגָבִים עֲגָבַיִם |
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| English: | Gourd of gourds of gourds |
| Original: | עַתָּה עַתָּה תְּעַתֶּה |
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| English: | Now now, future now |
| Original: | קַרְקַר קַרְקַרְתִּי קַרְקָרִים |
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| English: | I barked, I barked at the barkers |
| Original: | פְּנֵי פָּנִים בְּפָנִים |
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| English: | Face to face, in the face |
| Original: | תַּנִּין תַּנִּינִים תַּנִּינַיִם |
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| English: | Serpent of serpents of serpents |
| Original: | צַדִּיק צַדִּיקִים צַדִּיקַיִם |
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| English: | Righteous man of righteous men of righteous men |
| Original: | כַּף כַּפָּיִם כַּפַּיִם |
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| English: | Palm of palms of palms |
| Original: | נָעַר נְעָרִים נְעָרַיִם |
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| English: | Youth of youths of youths |
| Original: | מַיִם מֵיְהֹודָה מַיִם |
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| English: | Water of Judah, water |
| Original: | אָרֶץ אֲרָצִים אֲרָצַיִם |
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| English: | Land of lands of lands |
| Original: | דָּגָן דְּגָנִים דְּגָנַיִם |
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| English: | Grain of grains of grains |
| Original: | עָרֶב עֲרָבִים עֲרָבַיִם |
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| English: | Evening of evenings of evenings |
| Original: | עֶשֶׂר עֲשָׂרִים עֲשָׂרַיִם |
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| English: | Ten of tens of tens |
| Original: | שְׁעָרִים שָׁעָרְתָּ שְׁעָרִים עַל־פְּנֵי־הַחַיָּה |
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| English: | Thou hast set a bar for the doors of the beast |
| Original: | אָמַרְתִּי בִּתְנוּפָה אָמַרְתִּי בְּפִתְנוּפָה |
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| English: | I said with a flutter, I said with a tremble |
| Original: | כִּי־תָבֹא כִּי־תָבֹא עַל־הַפְּנִינִים |
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| English: | When thou comest, when thou comest upon the pinnacles |
| Original: | נְפָלָה נְפָלָה אֲנִי־נְפָלָה |
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| English: | I am fallen, fallen, I am fallen |
| Original: | אָמַרְתִּי בִּתְנוּפָה אָמַרְתִּי בְּפִתְנוּפָה |
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| English: | I said with a flutter, I said with a tremble |
| Original: | כַּפָּיִם־כַּפָּיִם־כַּפַּיִם־עָלָיִם |
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| English: | Palms of palms of palms upon my hands |
| Original: | קָרָאתִי־קָרָאתִי־קָרָאתִי־אֵלֶיךָ |
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| English: | I called, I called, I called unto thee |