yaelיָעֵל
Yaelavraעָבְרָה
she crossedetאֵת
definite direct object markerha'maavarהַמַּעֲבָר
the crossingbe'aqabaבְּעַקַּבָּה
in Aqababa'bokerבַּבֹּקֶר
in the morningmukdamמוּקְדָּם
earlyimעִם
withtarmilתַּרְמִיל
backpackechadאֶחָד
oneve'darkonוְדַרְכּוֹן
and a passportshe'adayinשֶׁעֲדַיִן
that stillheriachהֵרִיחַ
smelledke'moכְּמוֹ
likemisradמִשְׂרָד
officeha'panimהַפְּנִים
the interiorYael crossed the Aqaba crossing early in the morning, with one backpack and a passport that still smelled like the Ministry of the Interior.
ha'maavarהַמַּעֲבָר
the crossinghayaהָיָה
wasmesudarמְסֻדָּר
orderlyu'menumasוּמְנֻמָּס
and politeu'pachotוּפָחוֹת
and lessdramatiדְּרָמָטִי
dramaticmi'maמִמַּה
thanshe'tsiptaשֶׁצִּפְּתָה
that she expectedpkidimפְּקִידִים
clerksimעִם
withchotamotחוֹתָמוֹת
stampsu'she'elotוּשְׁאֵלוֹת
and questionsstandartiyotסְטַנְדַּרְטִיּוֹת
standard (f. pl.)ve'azוְאָז
and thenpitomפִּתְאֹם
suddenlyhiהִיא
shebe'yardenבְּיַרְדֵּן
in JordanThe crossing was orderly and polite and less dramatic than she expected, clerks with stamps and standard questions, and then suddenly she was in Jordan.
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