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Hebrew
Noun
בּוֹר מַיִם • (bor máyim) m (plural indefinite בּוֹרוֹת מַיִם)
- cistern
1967,
Naomi Shemer,
Jerusalem of Gold 20–23:
- אֵיכָה יָבְשׁוּ בּוֹרוֹת הַמַּיִם / כִּיכָּר הַשּׁוּק רֵיקָה / וְאֵין פּוֹקֵד אֶת הַר הַבַּיִת / בָּעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה.
- 'eikhá yav'shú borót hamáyim / kikár hashúk reiká / v'éin pokéd 'et har habáyit / ba'ír ha'atiká.
- How the cisterns have dried out / The marketplace is empty / And there is no one visiting the Temple Mount / In the Old City.
1967,
Naomi Shemer,
Jerusalem of Gold 44–47:
- חָזַרְנוּ אֶל בּוֹרוֹת הַמַּיִם / לַשּׁוּק וְלַכִּיכָּר / שׁוֹפָר קוֹרֵא בְּהַר הַבַּיִת / בָּעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה.
- khazárnu 'el borót hamáyim / lashúk v'lakikár / shofár koré b'har habáyit / ba'ír ha'atiká.
- We have returned to the cisterns / To the market and to the square / A shofar is sounding on the Temple Mount / In the Old City.