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[b-hebrew] Hava Nagila

From: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Hava Nagila
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 16:40:32 -0700 (PDT)

Karl,

Perhaps singing at least the first line of this
song (which became a favorite of singer Harry
Belafonte among others) will clear up some of the
confusion.

And, sorry, there is no HBH root in biblical Hebrew.

The first word of the song is simply an 'extended'
Imperative of YHB.

Uri Hurwitz

[b-hebrew] Hava Nagila, Uri Hurwitz, 05/05/2012
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