8 Jun
2017
8 Jun
'17
2:28 p.m.
On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
<< And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
<< Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
< 'ej tagha' repDaj lop Ha'DIbaH naQbe'
< 'ej boghmeH betle'HemDaq yItlI'. [3]
I’m not sure I understand {naQbe’} “un-full/un-whole” here. Perhaps {Doch} “be rude”, {Qut} “be vulgar”, {qej} “be grouchy/mean” or -- best of all --- {naH} "be hostile/malicious":
It took me a while to decide on the best way to translate "rough", since {ghegh} appears to be used only for texture. I went with "rough" in the sense of "basic, incomplete" (as in a "rough draft"), since the beast is not yet born.