Biblical Hebrew Forum

["gfsomsel AT juno.com" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

Uri Hurwitz wrote:

>yes, Yigal, but as you said these are simply translations.
 
>Marianne discussed the famous 1 Kings 20:11 --  )L YTHLL  XGR KMPTX and  
>provided a dozen words or so of English translation. I wonder if there is a 
>more 
compact translation that approaches the impact of the original?
 
>Now the structure of Semitic languages is different from  that of the 
>English, 
yet it is the power of biblical Hebrew that is captivating to this day.
> 
>Uri
>
>Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: 
>To: 
>Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 11:15 AM
>Subject: [b-hebrew] A Request


>> To diverge--I need a little help with modern Hebrew. How would one say
>> "Let's put our cards on the table"--meaning "quit bluffing 
and show me
your
>> hand"--aw, you know what I mean. There must be some expression like
that--and if
>> it's in Biblical Hebrew that would be fine, too. Certainly, I know how to
say
>> this in Yiddish, but it's rather vulgarly put ;-(
>>
>>

>Hi Marianne,
>
>The expression in modern Hebrew is almost a translation of the English (or
maybe of an equivilant German of French expression): Ptah et kol hakkelafim
(open all of the cards), or, Hasof et kol hakkelafim (expose all of teh
cards).
>
>Yigal
_________

Uri,

How about "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched"?

george 
gfsomsel