Thursday, February 17, 2022

West, East, North, South

compass rose
צפון דרום מזרח מערב

For more on the Compass Rose, this images links to its source.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
www.sefaria.org/Genesis.28.14 - you shall spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.
 וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ יָ֥מָּה וָקֵ֖דְמָה וְצָפֹ֣נָה וָנֶ֑גְבָּה
  וּפָרַצְתָּ יָמָּה וָקֵדְמָה וְצָפֹנָה וָנֶגְבָּה
 
songs with different words for west, east, and south.
 
ימה, yamah: towards the Mediterranean sea, to the west;

קדמה, keidmah: towards the early part of the day, to the east;

צפנה, tzafonah: towards the hidden, to the north;

נגבה, negbah: towards the Negev desert, to the south. 
 
 
East is almost the same in Arabic and Hebrew.
 
 
LINKS
 
https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%97%D7%95%D7%AA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_rose
http://web.archive.org/web/20201010173244/https://sites.google.com/a/galil.tzafonet.org.il/tarbut/home/kth-d/hzwr-sbw-nw-hyym/kywwnym-mwhltym Galil school



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