Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hebrew term or phrase:
שינה עריבה
English translation:
Sleeping soundly
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Mary Jane Shubow
Dec 21, 2012 03:49
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Hebrew term
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שינה עריבה
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What kind of sleep is this?
ישנתי שינה עריבה ואף לא יצאתי לשמירה
Thanks!
ישנתי שינה עריבה ואף לא יצאתי לשמירה
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | Sleeping soundly |
Michal Circolone
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| 5 | I had sweet dreams |
Denise Levin (X)
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Proposed translations
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Michal Circolone
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Sleeping soundly
It means one is sleeping very well. :)
Note from asker:
| Thanks! That makes sense. I wrote a deep sleep, which is similar. |
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15 days
I had sweet dreams
I wouldn't translate שינה ערבה (BTW, no need for the yod between the resh and the vet) as 'to sleep soundly'. The latter is לישון שינה עמוקה in Hebrew. I'd translate as 'I had sweet dreams', or something to that effect, such as 'I slept very well' or 'I had a very good night's sleep'. Of course, context is everything. That being said, if you translate ערבה as 'sound', something is lost, and needlessly, in the translation, and the question arises: Why was ערבה used to start with? Why not עמוקה, which indeed means soundly?
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