ilanאִילָן
Ilan (proper name)avadעָבַד
workedalעַל
onukhlu'siyatאוּכְלוּסִיַּת
population ofha'nesharimהַנְּשָׁרִים
the vulturesba'negevבַּנֶּגֶב
in the Negevkvarכְּבָר
alreadyshevaשֶׁבַע
sevenshanimשָׁנִים
yearsmaspikמַסְפִּיק
enoughzmanזְמַן
timekdeiכְּדֵי
in order tolada'atלָדַעַת
to knowkolכָּל
everykenקֵן
nestle'fiלְפִי
according toshemשֵׁם
nameve'likroוְלִקְרוֹא
and to readshinu'yimשִׁנּוּיִים
changesbe'hitnahagutבְּהִתְנַהֲגוּת
in behaviorlifneiלִפְנֵי
beforeshe'hemשֶׁהֵם
that theymofi'imמוֹפִיעִים
appear (m. pl.)be'netunimבִּנְתוּנִים
in dataIlan worked on the vulture population in the Negev for seven years already, enough time to know every nest by name and to read changes in behavior before they appear in the data.
mifkadמִפְקַד
surveyha'ukhlu'siyaהָאוּכְלוּסִיָּה
the populationshelשֶׁל
ofotaאוֹתָהּ
that (f.)onaעוֹנָה
seasonhenivהֵנִיב
yieldedmisparimמִסְפָּרִים
numbersshe'hayuשֶׁהָיוּ
that wereba'gvulבַּגְּבוּל
at the bordermaמַה
whatshe'nechshavשֶׁנֶּחְשַׁב
that is consideredbar-kayamaבַּר-קַיָּמָא
sustainablegvulגְּבוּל
bordershe'mashma'utoשֶׁמַּשְׁמָעוּתוֹ
whose meaning (m.)einaאֵינָהּ
is not (f.)be'sederבְּסֵדֶר
okayelaאֶלָּא
butadayinעֲדַיִן
stillloלֹא
notgamurגָּמוּר
finishedThe population survey of that season yielded numbers that were at the borderline of what is considered sustainable, a border whose meaning is not 'okay' but 'not yet finished.'
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