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Word of the day: שלט - sign, billboard

20 December 2017

This is a random שֶׁלֶט shelet "street sign" taken from the Internet.

הפצת ספרי קודש מיללער

It reads (with vowel signs added):

הֲפָצַת סִפְרֵי קֹדָש מִיללֶער
Hafatzat sifrei kodesh Miller
Miller holy books distribution

The first three words make a triple smichut construction: הֲפָצָה hafatza "distribution" becomes הֲפָצַת hafatzat, סְפָרִים sfarim "books" becomes סִפְרֵי sifrei, and קֹדֶשׁ ~ קודש kodesh "sanctity, holiness" remains as it is. Chained together, these words literally mean "distribution of books of holiness".


The surname מיללער Miller is written according to the Yiddish orthography: an ע ayin is used to indicate the e sound. In Hebrew, no special letter would be inserted to indicate that sound, and the ל lamed wouldn't have been doubled - it would be just מילר.

Note: we are not associated in any way with this distribution office and use its sign only as an example.

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