Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>]

isaac,

there is nothing isolated about shoshana damari. her family migrated to
israel when she was ONE year old. she was raised in israel and spoke 
modern hebrew, and probably made an enormous effort to auppress 
her accent and use modern hebrew. as immigrants were supposed to do
those days. i added a biography below.

soviy is already passé. nowadays they say tistoveviy. and the lyrics is
clearly not biblical since mamterah (sprinkler) is a modern invention.

damari is no proof to your theories about naqdanim, nor about darshanim.
and if she is, you'd better look for better ones.

are we going to discuss modern hebrew forever or return to BHebrew?

nir cohen

-------------------------

De: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
Cópia: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Para: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
Data: Wed, 18 May 2011 17:37:38 -0400
Assunto: Re: [b-hebrew] SOBIY
This is a modern song written in biblical Hebrew, and performed by a  
superb singer of Yemenite origin. The isolated Jews of Yemen are  
believed to have kept a very ancient pronunciation of Hebrew.
There is no evidence that anyone ever spoke (spoke!) Biblical Hebrew.
I believe that the NAQDANIYM had a well established tradition, or  
MASORAH, of how to read the Hebrew bible in general, and the TORAH in  
particular.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

----------------------------

Shoshana Damari
Curtir
Ator/Diretor
Descrição
De Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre

Shoshana Damari (born 1923 - died February 14, 2006) was a Yemenite-Israeli
singer known as the "queen of Hebrew music."
Biography

Shoshana Damari was born in Dhamar, Yemen. The family immigrated to Mandate
Palestine in 1924 in the wake of growing persecution against the Jews, and
settled in Rishon LeZion. At a young age, Damari played drums and sang
accompaniment for her mother, who performed at family celebrations and
gatherings of the Yemenite community in Palestine. At 14, her first songs were
broadcast on the radio. She studied singing and acting at the Shulamit Studio
in Tel Aviv, where she met Shlomo Bosmi, the studio manager who became her
personal manager. They wed in 1939, when she was only 16.
Musical career

In 1945, Damari joined Li-La-Lo, a revue theater established by impresario
Moshe Wallin. The group performed light entertainment and satire as a
counterweight to the serious theater of the time. Damari became known for her
distinctive husky voice and Yemenite pronunciation. Her first record was
released in 1948 and her best known song Kalaniyot (Anemones) dates from that
period. She was especially popular among Israeli soldiers, for whom she
frequently performed. In the mid-1980s, Damari teamed up with Boaz Sharabi for
a duet that brought her back into the limelight. She was awarded the Israel
Prize in 1988 for Hebrew song and a Life Achievement Award by the Israeli
Composers and Publishers Association (ACUM) in 1995.