To: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] SOBIY
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 12:46:06 -0400
You may find this of some linguistic interest. Here is the rousing
refrain SOBIY, SOBIY MAMTERAH, turn, turn sprinkler :
סובי, סובי, ממטרה, הי
סובי, סובי, ממטרה
לפזר פניני אורה
סובי והתיזי מים
עץ יריע בשדרה
אדמה תיתן פריה
באין גשם משמיים
from the popular Israeli song HORAH MAMTERAH. Here: http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRUyFyRJOUE you may listen to it being
performed by the prima diva, the תימניה Shoshanah Damari. What
is interesting in this is that I think I hear her sing SOVIY, SOVIY,
with a soft B, and not SOBIY, SOBIY, with a hard B.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
Re: [b-hebrew] A question for Isaac Fried
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