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Lost in Jerusalem

B1 · Free Hebrew story

In this story, Tamar gets lost in the narrow alleys of Jerusalem's Old City, asks several people for directions with mixed results, and eventually finds her way by accident.

tamarתָּמָרTamar
higi'aהִגִּיעָהarrived (f)
la'irלָעִירto a city
ha'atikaהָעַתִּיקָהthe old (f)
imעִםwith
mapaמַפָּהmap
mudpesetמוּדְפֶּסֶתprinted (f)
she'horidaשֶׁהוֹרִידָהthat she downloaded
me'ha'internetמֵהָאִינְטֶרְנֵטfrom the internet
ve'zeוְזֶהand this
kvarכְּבָרalready
hayaהָיָהwas (m)
ha'ta'utהַטָּעוּתthe mistake
ha'rishonaהָרִאשׁוֹנָהthe first (f)

Tamar arrived at the Old City with a printed map she downloaded from the internet, and that was already the first mistake.

ha'mapaהַמַּפָּהthe map
haytaהָיְתָהwas (f)
shetuchaשְׁטוּחָהflat (f)
ve'regilaוְרְגִילָהand ordinary (f)
avalאֲבָלbut
irעִירcity
atikaעַתִּיקָהold (f)
hiהִיאshe
loלֹאnot
shetuchaשְׁטוּחָהflat (f)
ve'loוְלֹאand not
regilaרְגִילָהordinary (f)

The map was flat and ordinary, but an old city is neither flat nor ordinary.

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