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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 4/28/2024 8:52 PM
Family Surname: Levine
Country: USA

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This is a photo of the headstone of my maternal great aunt, Dora Levine Zelvin. Her husband was Louis Zelvin. I would appreciate a translation of the Hebrew inscription.
Thank You
Janet Schuman

Response

4/28/2024 9:30 PM

Here lies our dear father
Eliezer son of Dov Ber
Died 16 Av 5692
May his soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life (acronym)

Here lies our dear mother
Devorah daughter of Dovid the Levite
Died 7 Kislev 5696
May her soul be bound up.....

4/30/2024 11:57 PM

Dora:

Here lies

our dear mother

DEVORAH daughter of Reb David the Levite

She died 7 Kislev 5696

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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Devorah is Hebrew for Deborah.

Again, 'Reb' is an honorific and does not mean rabbi. I explained about Levites in my response to your other post.
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I'm not whether you wanted Louis's translation also, but here it is:
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Here lies

our dear father

ELIEZER [eh-lee-EH-zer] son of Reb Dov Ber

He died 16 Av 5692

May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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His father had a ‘double’ Hebrew name: Dov (which is Hebrew) and Ber (which is Yiddish); both words mean bear. SOME (certainly not all) men with either of these names have a secular name that sounds similar to bear, such as Bernard, Barry, etc.

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