Urmi, Jewish: A Missed Opportunity

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Urmi. Gorgias Neo-Aramaic Studies vol. 2. Gorgias Press, 2008	Nisan Aviv	Tel Aviv, IL

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0:00	ítwa góra baxtàˈ wazyătú jwān-là-wela.ˈ góra baqatyóm gezə̀lwa,ˈ léle gdèwa,ˈ ⁺ánjaġ ⁺məsséwa kìˈ báat ⁺yaléw-inan báat baxtèwˈ xà-tika lə́xma ⁺hasə́lwa.ˈ bắle kul-lél damoxèwˈ idèw palə́xwaluˈ kmə́rwa əlhà,ˈ magon-kìˈ kyètˈ ó-jur bài-š hól.ˈ ána ⁺awùn-ilen!ˈ áxča šənnèˈ xaí tré la-xdìr.ˈ hár gal-d-áy ⁺ruzìˈ ána yomí maporə̀nne.ˈ Elyáhu ⁺hannawí idáyle g-xulmèw.ˈ máre gòra,ˈ tār-šəmmé plə́xle baòx.ˈ baqattá šulá izalòxˈ ⁺g-wərxàˈ əlhá xa-jwā́n jwā́n xaznà hwíləllox.ˈ ⁺g-wərxá b-xazə̀tta.ˈ antə̀tta.ˈ gal-d-ó ⁺məssét kullàˈ šulòx,ˈ belòx,ˈ ⁺bənyanòx,ˈ má-t ít lét duz-odə̀ttuˈ ba-nóšox tkanà palxét.ˈ góra baqatyóm qyamè,ˈ ⁺m-pəsxanulèwˈ máre baxtá əlhá hwə̀lle.ˈ la-ixalá ixalèˈ là heč-⁺məndə́ġ.ˈ xá-tika ləxmá antùleˈ máre əlhá hwílelan gáat ⁺wərxà.ˈ yaroqè,ˈ izàle.ˈ izále ba-šulèw.ˈ izále ⁺g-wərxà,ˈ xá-danka korpì-itwa.ˈ mən-d-ó korpìˈ ya-góra gắrag pèrwa.ˈ fkə̀r-wədleˈ mə́re aná əsrí šənnéle láxxa šùla godén.ˈ gə-əsrí šənné mən-d-ay-korpìˈ ení plixè pyarén.ˈ xa-ení ⁺čemə̀nnuˈ xazén ⁺məssén mən-d-áy korpí perèn.ˈ enéw ⁺čyamə̀llu,ˈ korpí pyarə̀lla.ˈ ⁺rába ⁺pasoxé ki-enéw ⁺čimé korpí pirə̀lla.ˈ ⁺matúle šulèw,ˈ šuléw wadə̀lle.ˈ bərdān-birá fkə̀r wadéˈ màreˈ là hamonén əlhá dúgle dagə̀l.ˈ lél-xen b-xulmí ə̀dyeˈ Elyáhu ⁺hannawí šdirə́lle baìˈ míre ki-⁺g-wərxá baí hawəllè.ˈ bas-kèlu?ˈ bod-mà la-xzéli.ˈ fkə́r-wade bálki dyarì.ˈ dyaréw mən-šulá ⁺asə̀r,ˈ ⁺g-wərxá xazúle héč-⁺məndəġ lèt.ˈ xazúle hèč-⁺məndəġ.ˈ ⁺matúle belà,ˈ báxta mára mà?ˈ máre héč la-maqyàt.ˈ báxta əllí məšlifù.ˈ lá izalìˈ lá idayìˈ ⁺g-wərxá hèč-⁺məndəġ létwa.ˈ mára xa-sí-lox geb-Šlómo ha-mèlex.ˈ bqúr mənnèw,ˈ ó ⁺mar-aqə̀l-ile.ˈ ò kyél bod-má ya-šulá xdír.ˈ baqatyóm qyamè,ˈ izalé geb-Šlómo ha-mèlex.ˈ máre aġái Šlómo ha-mèlexˈ máre xà axxa-šulá b-reší ədyé.ˈ lelé Elyáhu ⁺hannawí ədyéle g-xulmì.ˈ zə́lli ⁺g-wərxà.ˈ korpí piràli.ˈ dyarí-š ədyèli,ˈ ⁺g-wərxá héč-⁺məndəġ là-xzeli.ˈ ána là hamónen əlhá dúgla dagə́l.ˈ bod-mà ya-šúla xdə́rre?ˈ Šlómo ha-mélex fkə̀r wadé,ˈ fkə̀r wadé.ˈ máre bàewˈ mar-xazèn.ˈ m-korpí mà-jur pə́rrox?ˈ mə́re korpìˈ ána əsrì šənnéle m-ó-ka raxšénˈ gal-éni plixè.ˈ bắle ó yomàˈ mə́ri xa-ení ⁺čemə̀nnuˈ perén xazènˈ ⁺məssèn mən-d-áy korpí perén.ˈ ení ⁺čimíli pə̀rri.ˈ mə́re enóx ⁺čimílox pərròx.ˈ ó ⁺torbá ⁺mlitə́t fəssé dehwé əlhá baóx ki-šədràwaleˈ čún ā́t enóx ⁺čimé zə̀lloxˈ jùwe nā́š əntyalé.ˈ ā́t gắrag enóx là ⁺čemətwálu.ˈ əlhá baóx hwə̀lleˈ bắle ā́t ixaláw là yəllóx.ˈ bắle ⁺m-trosá ki-Šlómo ha-mélex ⁺hoxmà-ttoxˈ də́rre ədyéle ba-baxtèwˈ ⁺qazyá miràle.ˈ la-xènˈ m-korpí enéw čimè la-pyára-wele.ˈ ítwa góra baxtàˈ wazyătú jwān-là-wela.ˈ góra baqatyóm gezə̀lwa,ˈ léle gdèwa,ˈ ⁺ánjaġ ⁺məsséwa kìˈ báat ⁺yaléw-inan báat baxtèwˈ xà-tika lə́xma ⁺hasə́lwa.ˈ bắle kul-lél damoxèwˈ idèw palə́xwaluˈ kmə́rwa əlhà,ˈ magon-kìˈ kyètˈ ó-jur bài-š hól.ˈ ána ⁺awùn-ilen!ˈ áxča šənnèˈ xaí tré la-xdìr.ˈ hár gal-d-áy ⁺ruzìˈ ána yomí maporə̀nne.ˈ Elyáhu ⁺hannawí idáyle g-xulmèw.ˈ máre gòra,ˈ tār-šəmmé plə́xle baòx.ˈ baqattá šulá izalòxˈ ⁺g-wərxàˈ əlhá xa-jwā́n jwā́n xaznà hwíləllox.ˈ ⁺g-wərxá b-xazə̀tta.ˈ antə̀tta.ˈ gal-d-ó ⁺məssét kullàˈ šulòx,ˈ belòx,ˈ ⁺bənyanòx,ˈ má-t ít lét duz-odə̀ttuˈ ba-nóšox tkanà palxét.ˈ góra baqatyóm qyamè,ˈ ⁺m-pəsxanulèwˈ máre baxtá əlhá hwə̀lle.ˈ la-ixalá ixalèˈ là heč-⁺məndə́ġ.ˈ xá-tika ləxmá antùleˈ máre əlhá hwílelan gáat ⁺wərxà.ˈ yaroqè,ˈ izàle.ˈ izále ba-šulèw.ˈ izále ⁺g-wərxà,ˈ xá-danka korpì-itwa.ˈ mən-d-ó korpìˈ ya-góra gắrag pèrwa.ˈ fkə̀r-wədleˈ mə́re aná əsrí šənnéle láxxa šùla godén.ˈ gə-əsrí šənné mən-d-ay-korpìˈ ení plixè pyarén.ˈ xa-ení ⁺čemə̀nnuˈ xazén ⁺məssén mən-d-áy korpí perèn.ˈ enéw ⁺čyamə̀llu,ˈ korpí pyarə̀lla.ˈ ⁺rába ⁺pasoxé ki-enéw ⁺čimé korpí pirə̀lla.ˈ ⁺matúle šulèw,ˈ šuléw wadə̀lle.ˈ bərdān-birá fkə̀r wadéˈ màreˈ là hamonén əlhá dúgle dagə̀l.ˈ lél-xen b-xulmí ə̀dyeˈ Elyáhu ⁺hannawí šdirə́lle baìˈ míre ki-⁺g-wərxá baí hawəllè.ˈ bas-kèlu?ˈ bod-mà la-xzéli.ˈ fkə́r-wade bálki dyarì.ˈ dyaréw mən-šulá ⁺asə̀r,ˈ ⁺g-wərxá xazúle héč-⁺məndəġ lèt.ˈ xazúle hèč-⁺məndəġ.ˈ ⁺matúle belà,ˈ báxta mára mà?ˈ máre héč la-maqyàt.ˈ báxta əllí məšlifù.ˈ lá izalìˈ lá idayìˈ ⁺g-wərxá hèč-⁺məndəġ létwa.ˈ mára xa-sí-lox geb-Šlómo ha-mèlex.ˈ bqúr mənnèw,ˈ ó ⁺mar-aqə̀l-ile.ˈ ò kyél bod-má ya-šulá xdír.ˈ baqatyóm qyamè,ˈ izalé geb-Šlómo ha-mèlex.ˈ máre aġái Šlómo ha-mèlexˈ máre xà axxa-šulá b-reší ədyé.ˈ lelé Elyáhu ⁺hannawí ədyéle g-xulmì.ˈ zə́lli ⁺g-wərxà.ˈ korpí piràli.ˈ dyarí-š ədyèli,ˈ ⁺g-wərxá héč-⁺məndəġ là-xzeli.ˈ ána là hamónen əlhá dúgla dagə́l.ˈ bod-mà ya-šúla xdə́rre?ˈ Šlómo ha-mélex fkə̀r wadé,ˈ fkə̀r wadé.ˈ máre bàewˈ mar-xazèn.ˈ m-korpí mà-jur pə́rrox?ˈ mə́re korpìˈ ána əsrì šənnéle m-ó-ka raxšénˈ gal-éni plixè.ˈ bắle ó yomàˈ mə́ri xa-ení ⁺čemə̀nnuˈ perén xazènˈ ⁺məssèn mən-d-áy korpí perén.ˈ ení ⁺čimíli pə̀rri.ˈ mə́re enóx ⁺čimílox pərròx.ˈ ó ⁺torbá ⁺mlitə́t fəssé dehwé əlhá baóx ki-šədràwaleˈ čún ā́t enóx ⁺čimé zə̀lloxˈ jùwe nā́š əntyalé.ˈ ā́t gắrag enóx là ⁺čemətwálu.ˈ əlhá baóx hwə̀lleˈ bắle ā́t ixaláw là yəllóx.ˈ bắle ⁺m-trosá ki-Šlómo ha-mélex ⁺hoxmà-ttoxˈ də́rre ədyéle ba-baxtèwˈ ⁺qazyá miràle.ˈ la-xènˈ m-korpí enéw čimè la-pyára-wele.ˈ	There were (once) a husband and wife. There situation was not good. The man went out in the morning and came back at night. He could barely manage to obtain a piece of bread for his children and for his wife. Now, every night, when he went to bed, he would open his hands and say ‘God, provide for me as you think best. I am in a miserable state. For so many years I have not advanced in life. I am eking out my day with this salary’. The prophet Elijah came to him in his dream. He said ‘Man, the door of heaven has opened for you. Tomorrow, when you go to work, on the way God has given to you a very fine treasure. You will see it on the way. You should take it. With this you can put everything in order, your work, your house, your family, whatever it is, and you can open a shop for yourself’. The next day the man got up. He joyfully said ‘Wife, God has provided’. He did not eat any food, nothing. He took a piece of bread. He said ‘God has provided for us on the way’. He went off running. He went to his work. As he went along, on his way there was a bridge. The man had to cross the bridge. He thought and said ‘I have worked here for twenty years. For twenty years I have crossed this bridge with my eyes open. Let me close my eyes and see whether I can cross this bridge’. He closed his eyes and crossed the bridge. He was very happy that he had crossed the bridge with his eyes closed. He arrived at his work and did his work. Suddenly he thought, saying ‘I do not believe that God lies. Last night he came in my dream. He sent the prophet Elijah to me. He said that He (God) would provide for me on the way. But where are they? Why did I not see (them)’. He thought ‘Perhaps when I return (I’ll see them)’. On his return from work in the evening, he saw that there was nothing on the road. He saw nothing. He arrived home and his wife said ‘What (news)?’ He said ‘Don’t say anything. Wife, they have deceived me. Neither when I went nor when I came back was there anything on the road’. She said ‘Go to King Solomon. Ask him, he is clever. He will know why this has happened’. In the morning he got up and went to King Solomon. He said ‘My lord, King Solomon, such-and-such a thing has happened to me. At night the prophet Elijah came (to me) in my dream. I went on my way. I crossed the bridge. When I came back on my return I saw nothing on the way. I do not believe that God lies. Why has this happened?’ King Solomon thought and thought. He said to him ‘Let me see. How did you cross the bridge?’ He said ‘I have been walking across there for twenty years with my eyes open. But on that day I said “Let me close my eyes and cross, let me see if I can cross this bridge.” I closed my eyes and crossed’. He (the king) said ‘You closed your eyes and crossed. Since you went with your eyes closed, another person took the bag full of gold coins, which God had sent for you. You should not have closed your eyes. God provided for you, but you did not recognize this provision’. (He said) ‘It is indeed so, King Solomon, that you have wisdom’. He returned home to his wife and told her the judgement. He never again crossed the bridge with his eyes closed.

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ítwa góra baxtàˈ wazyătú jwān-là-wela.ˈ góra baqatyóm gezə̀lwa,ˈ léle gdèwa,ˈ ⁺ánjaġ ⁺məsséwa kìˈ báat ⁺yaléw-inan báat baxtèwˈ xà-tika lə́xma ⁺hasə́lwa.ˈ bắle kul-lél damoxèwˈ idèw palə́xwaluˈ kmə́rwa əlhà,ˈ magon-kìˈ kyètˈ ó-jur bài-š hól.ˈ ána ⁺awùn-ilen!ˈ áxča šənnèˈ xaí tré la-xdìr.ˈ hár gal-d-áy ⁺ruzìˈ ána yomí maporə̀nne.ˈ Elyáhu ⁺hannawí idáyle g-xulmèw.ˈ máre gòra,ˈ tār-šəmmé plə́xle baòx.ˈ baqattá šulá izalòxˈ ⁺g-wərxàˈ əlhá xa-jwā́n jwā́n xaznà hwíləllox.ˈ ⁺g-wərxá b-xazə̀tta.ˈ antə̀tta.ˈ gal-d-ó ⁺məssét kullàˈ šulòx,ˈ belòx,ˈ ⁺bənyanòx,ˈ má-t ít lét duz-odə̀ttuˈ ba-nóšox tkanà palxét.ˈ góra baqatyóm qyamè,ˈ ⁺m-pəsxanulèwˈ máre baxtá əlhá hwə̀lle.ˈ la-ixalá ixalèˈ là heč-⁺məndə́ġ.ˈ xá-tika ləxmá antùleˈ máre əlhá hwílelan gáat ⁺wərxà.ˈ yaroqè,ˈ izàle.ˈ izále ba-šulèw.ˈ izále ⁺g-wərxà,ˈ xá-danka korpì-itwa.ˈ mən-d-ó korpìˈ ya-góra gắrag pèrwa.ˈ fkə̀r-wədleˈ mə́re aná əsrí šənnéle láxxa šùla godén.ˈ gə-əsrí šənné mən-d-ay-korpìˈ ení plixè pyarén.ˈ xa-ení ⁺čemə̀nnuˈ xazén ⁺məssén mən-d-áy korpí perèn.ˈ enéw ⁺čyamə̀llu,ˈ korpí pyarə̀lla.ˈ ⁺rába ⁺pasoxé ki-enéw ⁺čimé korpí pirə̀lla.ˈ ⁺matúle šulèw,ˈ šuléw wadə̀lle.ˈ bərdān-birá fkə̀r wadéˈ màreˈ là hamonén əlhá dúgle dagə̀l.ˈ lél-xen b-xulmí ə̀dyeˈ Elyáhu ⁺hannawí šdirə́lle baìˈ míre ki-⁺g-wərxá baí hawəllè.ˈ bas-kèlu?ˈ bod-mà la-xzéli.ˈ fkə́r-wade bálki dyarì.ˈ dyaréw mən-šulá ⁺asə̀r,ˈ ⁺g-wərxá xazúle héč-⁺məndəġ lèt.ˈ xazúle hèč-⁺məndəġ.ˈ ⁺matúle belà,ˈ báxta mára mà?ˈ máre héč la-maqyàt.ˈ báxta əllí məšlifù.ˈ lá izalìˈ lá idayìˈ ⁺g-wərxá hèč-⁺məndəġ létwa.ˈ mára xa-sí-lox geb-Šlómo ha-mèlex.ˈ bqúr mənnèw,ˈ ó ⁺mar-aqə̀l-ile.ˈ ò kyél bod-má ya-šulá xdír.ˈ baqatyóm qyamè,ˈ izalé geb-Šlómo ha-mèlex.ˈ máre aġái Šlómo ha-mèlexˈ máre xà axxa-šulá b-reší ədyé.ˈ lelé Elyáhu ⁺hannawí ədyéle g-xulmì.ˈ zə́lli ⁺g-wərxà.ˈ korpí piràli.ˈ dyarí-š ədyèli,ˈ ⁺g-wərxá héč-⁺məndəġ là-xzeli.ˈ ána là hamónen əlhá dúgla dagə́l.ˈ bod-mà ya-šúla xdə́rre?ˈ

Šlómo ha-mélex fkə̀r wadé,ˈ fkə̀r wadé.ˈ máre bàewˈ mar-xazèn.ˈ m-korpí mà-jur pə́rrox?ˈ mə́re korpìˈ ána əsrì šənnéle m-ó-ka raxšénˈ gal-éni plixè.ˈ bắle ó yomàˈ mə́ri xa-ení ⁺čemə̀nnuˈ perén xazènˈ ⁺məssèn mən-d-áy korpí perén.ˈ ení ⁺čimíli pə̀rri.ˈ mə́re enóx ⁺čimílox pərròx.ˈ ó ⁺torbá ⁺mlitə́t fəssé dehwé əlhá baóx ki-šədràwaleˈ čún ā́t enóx ⁺čimé zə̀lloxˈ jùwe nā́š əntyalé.ˈ ā́t gắrag enóx là ⁺čemətwálu.ˈ əlhá baóx hwə̀lleˈ bắle ā́t ixaláw là yəllóx.ˈ bắle ⁺m-trosá ki-Šlómo ha-mélex ⁺hoxmà-ttoxˈ də́rre ədyéle ba-baxtèwˈ ⁺qazyá miràle.ˈ la-xènˈ m-korpí enéw čimè la-pyára-wele.ˈ

Translation:

There were (once) a husband and wife. There situation was not good. The man went out in the morning and came back at night. He could barely manage to obtain a piece of bread for his children and for his wife. Now, every night, when he went to bed, he would open his hands and say ‘God, provide for me as you think best. I am in a miserable state. For so many years I have not advanced in life. I am eking out my day with this salary’. The prophet Elijah came to him in his dream. He said ‘Man, the door of heaven has opened for you. Tomorrow, when you go to work, on the way God has given to you a very fine treasure. You will see it on the way. You should take it. With this you can put everything in order, your work, your house, your family, whatever it is, and you can open a shop for yourself’. The next day the man got up. He joyfully said ‘Wife, God has provided’. He did not eat any food, nothing. He took a piece of bread. He said ‘God has provided for us on the way’. He went off running. He went to his work. As he went along, on his way there was a bridge. The man had to cross the bridge. He thought and said ‘I have worked here for twenty years. For twenty years I have crossed this bridge with my eyes open. Let me close my eyes and see whether I can cross this bridge’. He closed his eyes and crossed the bridge. He was very happy that he had crossed the bridge with his eyes closed. He arrived at his work and did his work. Suddenly he thought, saying ‘I do not believe that God lies. Last night he came in my dream. He sent the prophet Elijah to me. He said that He (God) would provide for me on the way. But where are they? Why did I not see (them)’. He thought ‘Perhaps when I return (I’ll see them)’. On his return from work in the evening, he saw that there was nothing on the road. He saw nothing. He arrived home and his wife said ‘What (news)?’ He said ‘Don’t say anything. Wife, they have deceived me. Neither when I went nor when I came back was there anything on the road’. She said ‘Go to King Solomon. Ask him, he is clever. He will know why this has happened’. In the morning he got up and went to King Solomon. He said ‘My lord, King Solomon, such-and-such a thing has happened to me. At night the prophet Elijah came (to me) in my dream. I went on my way. I crossed the bridge. When I came back on my return I saw nothing on the way. I do not believe that God lies. Why has this happened?’

King Solomon thought and thought. He said to him ‘Let me see. How did you cross the bridge?’ He said ‘I have been walking across there for twenty years with my eyes open. But on that day I said “Let me close my eyes and cross, let me see if I can cross this bridge.” I closed my eyes and crossed’. He (the king) said ‘You closed your eyes and crossed. Since you went with your eyes closed, another person took the bag full of gold coins, which God had sent for you. You should not have closed your eyes. God provided for you, but you did not recognize this provision’. (He said) ‘It is indeed so, King Solomon, that you have wisdom’. He returned home to his wife and told her the judgement. He never again crossed the bridge with his eyes closed.