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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 10/7/2026 5:18 PM
Family Surname: Friedenfeld
Country: Slovakia
Town: Senica
Date of Image: 1898

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I would like assistance translating the Hebrew portion of the tombstone for Nathan Hermann Hirsch Friedenfeld and his wife Josefa (nee Donat).

Response

10/7/2026 8:06 PM

In the twin arches at the top:

Here are interred
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An honest man, trustworthy

He feared G-d and turned away from evil, the honored

NATAN TZVI

Friedenfeld

His soul departed 4 Kislev 5627
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and his wife, the modest and praiseworthy Woman of Valor

Mrs. PESEL, may peace be upon her

Her soul departed 16 Shvat 5658
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Those who were beloved and pleasant during their lives,

and in their death they were not parted
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May their souls be bound up in the bond of life.
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Natan (probably pronounced Nosson, the Ashkenazic pronunciation at that time) is a Biblical name that means "he gave"

Tzvi is the Hebrew word for deer. The Yiddish word for deer is Hirsh/Hersh. The name Herbert may have been a secular version, similar-sounding to Hirsh.

The 4th of Kislev 5627 corresponds to November 11th/12th, 1866.
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Pessel is a Yiddish name.

The 16th of Shvat 5658 corresponds to February 7th/8th, 1898. (There is a slight chance that the year was 5655, in which case the secular dates would be February 9th/10th, 1895.)
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The sentece at the end is taken from the Bible, describing the deaths of King Saul and his son Jonathan. They were killed in battle on the same day, so this phrase is often found on tombstones where those buried died within a few days of each other; this is not the case here.

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