ha'kanonהַקָּאנוֹן
the canonha'sifrutiהַסִּפְרוּתִי
the literaryha'yisraeliהַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי
the Israelihuהוּא
he, itmusagמוּשָׂג
conceptshe'meshammeshשֶׁמְּשַׁמֵּשׁ
that servesle'itimלְעִתִּים
sometimeske'iluכְּאִלּוּ
as ifhuהוּא
he, itmuvanמוּבָן
understoodme'elavמֵאֵלָיו
by itselfu've'iyunוּבְעִיוּן
and in examinationshelשֶׁל
ofafiluאֲפִלּוּ
evenregaרֶגַע
momentechadאֶחָד
onemitbarerמִתְבָּרֵר
becomes clearshe'einoשֶׁאֵינוֹ
that is notThe Israeli literary canon is a concept that is sometimes treated as if it is self-evident, but upon even a moment's examination, it becomes clear that it is not.
miמִי
whokibelקִבֵּל
receivedtokefתּוֹקֶף
validityu'miוּמִי
and wholoלֹא
noteiluאֵילוּ
whichkolotקוֹלוֹת
voicesnichnesuנִכְנְסוּ
enteredle'tochnitלְתָכְנִית
to the curriculumha'limudimהַלִּמּוּדִים
the studiesve'eiluוְאֵילוּ
and whichhudruהֻדְּרוּ
were excludedhenהֵן
areshe'elotשְׁאֵלוֹת
questionsshe'ha'teshuvaשֶׁהַתְּשׁוּבָה
that the answeraleihenעֲלֵיהֶן
on themhishtantaהִשְׁתַּנְּתָה
changed (f. sg.)le'orechלְאֹרֶךְ
overasorimעֲשׂוֹרִים
decadesve'adayinוְעֲדַיִן
and stilleinaאֵינָה
is not (f.)muskemetמוּסְכֶּמֶת
agreed upon (f.)Who was validated and who was not, which voices entered the curriculum and which were excluded, are questions whose answers have changed over decades and are still not agreed upon.
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