Urmi, Jewish: Father and Sons

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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	xá məšpaxàˈ xa-famíl gal-⁺də́ġde kullú xayèwa.ˈ bratàˈ híwalu gorà,ˈ xlulá wə̀dla.ˈ xá-yoma ədyèlaˈ mə́ra dàyˈ ⁺amān-ha-šém lá-ayolan m-òdan.ˈ xá-gora məšlifə̀lli,ˈ zílan gàllew.ˈ zadúlan gorí ayèl,ˈ ⁺talə̀qli.ˈ baàwˈ jəgràw idáyle.ˈ əsrá-š ⁺yále ə̀twala,ˈ bronawé ⁺mbul-xa-bratà,ˈ əsrà-š ⁺yále bronawé-twala.ˈ bronawé kullú ytíwiwa ya-jùrˈ g-⁺otā̀ġˈ gal-⁺də́ġde qaraà-welu.ˈ šmèlu kíˈ bratàˈ xaluntàˈ xaluntú mà-məra ba-⁺dàa.ˈ ⁺daá mə́ra bàaw,ˈ mə́ra bràti,ˈ ⁺aqláx lèka-ile?ˈ mə́ra.ˈ áxča šənnéle ki-ána gwiràn,ˈ ayné axonawáx ki-xazulàttuˈ făqàtˈ xayùˈ ày dadáx-ile.ˈ ayne-xét kullùˈ m-jùwe gure-ilu.ˈ ⁺hal-attá là-qbəltanˈ dadáx ayèl.ˈ ⁺yalé šamùlule ya-xabráˈ ⁺ràba niga⁺rā́n pyašú.ˈ là ayolúˈ èmnyu ílu brōn-dàdu-ileˈ émnyu lèwu.ˈ mən-⁺daù-š la-baqorú.ˈ kúlla ⁺wadá g-d-ay-fkə̀r welú.ˈ izalùˈ geb-Šlómo ha-mèlex.ˈ màruˈ Šlomó ha-mélex hawé basimàˈ áxni xá axxa-xabrá šəmyéx ⁺m-daàn.ˈ ⁺rába niga⁺rā̀n-ilex.ˈ dadán-əš xaá lèweˈ ki-baqréx mə́nne èmnyan bronéw-ilex,ˈ o-dádət èmnyan-ile.ˈ ā́t čún ⁺šultàneletˈ ayolèt.ˈ baàn mar-xazexˈ èmnyan brōn-dadán-ilex.ˈ Šlómo fkə̀r wadé,ˈ fkə̀r wadé.ˈ máre xzìmun.ˈ ezétun reš-qórət dadxùn.ˈ kùd mə́nxun xá-danka ⁺síwa antétun.ˈ dahétun g-qoréw kəmmə̀t ⁺məssétun.ˈ jəgrèw ⁺paltétune.ˈ dhúlun g-qorèw,ˈ bára ⁺idámun gebì,ˈ ána báxun amrènˈ atxún emnixún bronèw-iletun.ˈ yaroqùlla reš-qorət-dadú.ˈ kúd-mənnu xá-danka ⁺siwà antúlu,ˈ daholù,ˈ daholù,ˈ daholù,ˈ daholù.ˈ xayú ⁺smix kanā́r là daholé.ˈ paroqù.ˈ idàylu geb-Šlómo ha-mélex,ˈ màruˈ dhə́llan bắle héč-⁺məndəġ là-yəllan.ˈ mə́re lá atxun-là-ayoletun,ˈ bắle anà-ayolen.ˈ kullxùn dhə́llxun?ˈ mə́ru là,ˈ yàˈ xayùˈ là dhəllé.ˈ axní dhə̀llan,ˈ mə́ran báa la-dahòlet?ˈ mə́re ána là dahén.ˈ mə́re ò-ile brōn-dadxún.ˈ ó ki-la-dhə́lle g-qórət dadéw ləbbéw qəllè.ˈ bronéw ò-ile.ˈ atxún héč mənxún bronéw lewètun.ˈ ⁺ondà yəllúˈ ki-yá dadú lèweˈ făqát dádət d-ay-bronà-ileˈ ki-⁺rahmèw ədyeléˈ qorá la-dhə̀lle.ˈ dadú jùwe-naš xdír,ˈ ki-⁺daú la-maqulà,ˈ bắle dádət d-ò broná,ˈ čun-Šlómo ha-mélex mə̀reˈ o-broná g-qórət dadéw la-dhə́lle ləbbèw qílˈ dadéw ò-ile.ˈ xá məšpaxàˈ xa-famíl gal-⁺də́ġde kullú xayèwa.ˈ bratàˈ híwalu gorà,ˈ xlulá wə̀dla.ˈ xá-yoma ədyèlaˈ mə́ra dàyˈ ⁺amān-ha-šém lá-ayolan m-òdan.ˈ xá-gora məšlifə̀lli,ˈ zílan gàllew.ˈ zadúlan gorí ayèl,ˈ ⁺talə̀qli.ˈ baàwˈ jəgràw idáyle.ˈ əsrá-š ⁺yále ə̀twala,ˈ bronawé ⁺mbul-xa-bratà,ˈ əsrà-š ⁺yále bronawé-twala.ˈ bronawé kullú ytíwiwa ya-jùrˈ g-⁺otā̀ġˈ gal-⁺də́ġde qaraà-welu.ˈ šmèlu kíˈ bratàˈ xaluntàˈ xaluntú mà-məra ba-⁺dàa.ˈ ⁺daá mə́ra bàaw,ˈ mə́ra bràti,ˈ ⁺aqláx lèka-ile?ˈ mə́ra.ˈ áxča šənnéle ki-ána gwiràn,ˈ ayné axonawáx ki-xazulàttuˈ făqàtˈ xayùˈ ày dadáx-ile.ˈ ayne-xét kullùˈ m-jùwe gure-ilu.ˈ ⁺hal-attá là-qbəltanˈ dadáx ayèl.ˈ ⁺yalé šamùlule ya-xabráˈ ⁺ràba niga⁺rā́n pyašú.ˈ là ayolúˈ èmnyu ílu brōn-dàdu-ileˈ émnyu lèwu.ˈ mən-⁺daù-š la-baqorú.ˈ kúlla ⁺wadá g-d-ay-fkə̀r welú.ˈ izalùˈ geb-Šlómo ha-mèlex.ˈ màruˈ Šlomó ha-mélex hawé basimàˈ áxni xá axxa-xabrá šəmyéx ⁺m-daàn.ˈ ⁺rába niga⁺rā̀n-ilex.ˈ dadán-əš xaá lèweˈ ki-baqréx mə́nne èmnyan bronéw-ilex,ˈ o-dádət èmnyan-ile.ˈ ā́t čún ⁺šultàneletˈ ayolèt.ˈ baàn mar-xazexˈ èmnyan brōn-dadán-ilex.ˈ Šlómo fkə̀r wadé,ˈ fkə̀r wadé.ˈ máre xzìmun.ˈ ezétun reš-qórət dadxùn.ˈ kùd mə́nxun xá-danka ⁺síwa antétun.ˈ dahétun g-qoréw kəmmə̀t ⁺məssétun.ˈ jəgrèw ⁺paltétune.ˈ dhúlun g-qorèw,ˈ bára ⁺idámun gebì,ˈ ána báxun amrènˈ atxún emnixún bronèw-iletun.ˈ yaroqùlla reš-qorət-dadú.ˈ kúd-mənnu xá-danka ⁺siwà antúlu,ˈ daholù,ˈ daholù,ˈ daholù,ˈ daholù.ˈ xayú ⁺smix kanā́r là daholé.ˈ paroqù.ˈ idàylu geb-Šlómo ha-mélex,ˈ màruˈ dhə́llan bắle héč-⁺məndəġ là-yəllan.ˈ mə́re lá atxun-là-ayoletun,ˈ bắle anà-ayolen.ˈ kullxùn dhə́llxun?ˈ mə́ru là,ˈ yàˈ xayùˈ là dhəllé.ˈ axní dhə̀llan,ˈ mə́ran báa la-dahòlet?ˈ mə́re ána là dahén.ˈ mə́re ò-ile brōn-dadxún.ˈ ó ki-la-dhə́lle g-qórət dadéw ləbbéw qəllè.ˈ bronéw ò-ile.ˈ atxún héč mənxún bronéw lewètun.ˈ ⁺ondà yəllúˈ ki-yá dadú lèweˈ făqát dádət d-ay-bronà-ileˈ ki-⁺rahmèw ədyeléˈ qorá la-dhə̀lle.ˈ dadú jùwe-naš xdír,ˈ ki-⁺daú la-maqulà,ˈ bắle dádət d-ò broná,ˈ čun-Šlómo ha-mélex mə̀reˈ o-broná g-qórət dadéw la-dhə́lle ləbbèw qílˈ dadéw ò-ile.ˈ	A family used to live together. They gave the daughter away (in marriage) and she had a wedding. One day she came and said ‘Mother, for God’s sake I do not what to do. A man has seduced me and I have gone with him. I am afraid that my husband will know and divorce me’. She became angry with her. She had ten children, sons, as well as a daughter. She had ten sons. The sons were all sitting together in the room reading. They heard what their sister said to the mother. The mother said to her, she said ‘My daughter, where is your intelligence?’ She said ‘It is so many years that I have been married, but these brothers of yours that you see, only one of them is from your father. All the others are from different men. Until now I have not allowed our father to know’. The boys heard these words and became very worried. They did not know which of them were their father’s son and which of them were not. They did not ask their mother. They were constantly thinking about this. They went to King Solomon. They said ‘King Solomon, may you be well. We have heard such words from our mother. We are very worried. Our father is not alive for us to ask him which of us is his son, of which of us is he the father. Since you are the king, you know. (Tell) us so that we may see which of us is the son of our father’. Solomon thought and thought. He said ‘Look, go to the grave of your father. Each of you take a stick. Beat on his grave as much as you can. Provoke his anger. Beat on his grave, then come to me and I shall tell you which of you is his son’. They ran to the grave of their father. Each of them took a stick and beat and beat and beat and beat. One of them was standing aside not beating. When they finished, they came to King Solomon and said ‘We beat but we did not come to know anything’. He said ‘No, you do not know, but _I_ know. Did all of you beat?’ They said ‘No, this one—one of them—did not beat. We beat. We said “Why do you not beat?” He said “I shall not beat.”’ He (the king) said ‘He is the son of your father. The one who did not beat on the grave of his father took pity. _He_ is his son. None of you are his son’. Then they knew that he was not their father, but he was the father only of the son who took pity and did not beat the grave. Their father turned out to be another man, who their mother did not talk about, but he (the mother’s husband) was the father of that son, since King Solomon said ‘That son did not beat the grave of his father since he took pity. His father is that (one in the grave)’.

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xá məšpaxàˈ xa-famíl gal-⁺də́ġde kullú xayèwa.ˈ bratàˈ híwalu gorà,ˈ xlulá wə̀dla.ˈ xá-yoma ədyèlaˈ mə́ra dàyˈ ⁺amān-ha-šém lá-ayolan m-òdan.ˈ xá-gora məšlifə̀lli,ˈ zílan gàllew.ˈ zadúlan gorí ayèl,ˈ ⁺talə̀qli.ˈ baàwˈ jəgràw idáyle.ˈ əsrá-š ⁺yále ə̀twala,ˈ bronawé ⁺mbul-xa-bratà,ˈ əsrà-š ⁺yále bronawé-twala.ˈ bronawé kullú ytíwiwa ya-jùrˈ g-⁺otā̀ġˈ gal-⁺də́ġde qaraà-welu.ˈ šmèlu kíˈ bratàˈ xaluntàˈ xaluntú mà-məra ba-⁺dàa.ˈ ⁺daá mə́ra bàaw,ˈ mə́ra bràti,ˈ ⁺aqláx lèka-ile?ˈ mə́ra.ˈ áxča šənnéle ki-ána gwiràn,ˈ ayné axonawáx ki-xazulàttuˈ făqàtˈ xayùˈ ày dadáx-ile.ˈ ayne-xét kullùˈ m-jùwe gure-ilu.ˈ ⁺hal-attá là-qbəltanˈ dadáx ayèl.ˈ ⁺yalé šamùlule ya-xabráˈ ⁺ràba niga⁺rā́n pyašú.ˈ là ayolúˈ èmnyu ílu brōn-dàdu-ileˈ émnyu lèwu.ˈ mən-⁺daù-š la-baqorú.ˈ kúlla ⁺wadá g-d-ay-fkə̀r welú.ˈ izalùˈ geb-Šlómo ha-mèlex.ˈ màruˈ Šlomó ha-mélex hawé basimàˈ áxni xá axxa-xabrá šəmyéx ⁺m-daàn.ˈ ⁺rába niga⁺rā̀n-ilex.ˈ dadán-əš xaá lèweˈ ki-baqréx mə́nne èmnyan bronéw-ilex,ˈ o-dádət èmnyan-ile.ˈ ā́t čún ⁺šultàneletˈ ayolèt.ˈ baàn mar-xazexˈ èmnyan brōn-dadán-ilex.ˈ Šlómo fkə̀r wadé,ˈ fkə̀r wadé.ˈ máre xzìmun.ˈ ezétun reš-qórət dadxùn.ˈ kùd mə́nxun xá-danka ⁺síwa antétun.ˈ dahétun g-qoréw kəmmə̀t ⁺məssétun.ˈ jəgrèw ⁺paltétune.ˈ dhúlun g-qorèw,ˈ bára ⁺idámun gebì,ˈ ána báxun amrènˈ atxún emnixún bronèw-iletun.ˈ

yaroqùlla reš-qorət-dadú.ˈ kúd-mənnu xá-danka ⁺siwà antúlu,ˈ daholù,ˈ daholù,ˈ daholù,ˈ daholù.ˈ xayú ⁺smix kanā́r là daholé.ˈ paroqù.ˈ idàylu geb-Šlómo ha-mélex,ˈ màruˈ dhə́llan bắle héč-⁺məndəġ là-yəllan.ˈ mə́re lá atxun-là-ayoletun,ˈ bắle anà-ayolen.ˈ kullxùn dhə́llxun?ˈ mə́ru là,ˈ yàˈ xayùˈ là dhəllé.ˈ axní dhə̀llan,ˈ mə́ran báa la-dahòlet?ˈ mə́re ána là dahén.ˈ mə́re ò-ile brōn-dadxún.ˈ ó ki-la-dhə́lle g-qórət dadéw ləbbéw qəllè.ˈ bronéw ò-ile.ˈ atxún héč mənxún bronéw lewètun.ˈ ⁺ondà yəllúˈ ki-yá dadú lèweˈ făqát dádət d-ay-bronà-ileˈ ki-⁺rahmèw ədyeléˈ qorá la-dhə̀lle.ˈ dadú jùwe-naš xdír,ˈ ki-⁺daú la-maqulà,ˈ bắle dádət d-ò broná,ˈ čun-Šlómo ha-mélex mə̀reˈ o-broná g-qórət dadéw la-dhə́lle ləbbèw qílˈ dadéw ò-ile.ˈ

Translation:

A family used to live together. They gave the daughter away (in marriage) and she had a wedding. One day she came and said ‘Mother, for God’s sake I do not what to do. A man has seduced me and I have gone with him. I am afraid that my husband will know and divorce me’. She became angry with her. She had ten children, sons, as well as a daughter. She had ten sons. The sons were all sitting together in the room reading. They heard what their sister said to the mother. The mother said to her, she said ‘My daughter, where is your intelligence?’ She said ‘It is so many years that I have been married, but these brothers of yours that you see, only one of them is from your father. All the others are from different men. Until now I have not allowed our father to know’. The boys heard these words and became very worried. They did not know which of them were their father’s son and which of them were not. They did not ask their mother. They were constantly thinking about this. They went to King Solomon. They said ‘King Solomon, may you be well. We have heard such words from our mother. We are very worried. Our father is not alive for us to ask him which of us is his son, of which of us is he the father. Since you are the king, you know. (Tell) us so that we may see which of us is the son of our father’. Solomon thought and thought. He said ‘Look, go to the grave of your father. Each of you take a stick. Beat on his grave as much as you can. Provoke his anger. Beat on his grave, then come to me and I shall tell you which of you is his son’.

They ran to the grave of their father. Each of them took a stick and beat and beat and beat and beat. One of them was standing aside not beating. When they finished, they came to King Solomon and said ‘We beat but we did not come to know anything’. He said ‘No, you do not know, but _I_ know. Did all of you beat?’ They said ‘No, this one—one of them—did not beat. We beat. We said “Why do you not beat?” He said “I shall not beat.”’ He (the king) said ‘He is the son of your father. The one who did not beat on the grave of his father took pity. _He_ is his son. None of you are his son’. Then they knew that he was not their father, but he was the father only of the son who took pity and did not beat the grave. Their father turned out to be another man, who their mother did not talk about, but he (the mother’s husband) was the father of that son, since King Solomon said ‘That son did not beat the grave of his father since he took pity. His father is that (one in the grave)’.