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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Uri Hurwitz
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 2:41 AM
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Hava Nagila
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.