yoavיוֹאָב
Yoavkatavכָּתַב
wroteetאֵת
definite direct object markerha'machazeהַמַּחֲזֶה
the playbe'shmonaבְּשְׁמוֹנָה
in eightchodashimחֳדָשִׁים
monthsbe'rovamבְּרוּבָם
in most of thembeinבֵּין
betweenchatzotחֲצוֹת
midnightle'shtayimלִשְׁתַּיִם
to twoke'she'ha'diraכְּשֶׁהַדִּירָה
when the apartmentshketaשְׁקֵטָה
was quietve'shumוְשׁוּם
and nodavarדָּבָר
thingacherאַחֵר
otherloלֹא
nottavaתָּבַע
demandedmi'menuמִמֶּנּוּ
from himsafaשָׂפָה
languageYoav wrote the play in eight months, mostly between midnight and two, when the apartment was quiet and nothing else demanded language from him.
ha'tekstהַטֶּקְסְט
the texthayaהָיָה
wastzafufצָפוּף
densesichotשִׂיחוֹת
conversationsshe'hayuשֶׁהָיוּ
that weregamגַּם
alsove'vikuachimוִכּוּחִים
and argumentsrig'eiרִגְעֵי
moments ofshtikaשְׁתִיקָה
silenceshe'simenשֶׁסִּימֵן
that he markedba'dafבַּדַּף
on the pageke'hafsakaכְּהַפְסָקָה
as a pausemibliמִבְּלִי
withoutlada'atלָדַעַת
to knowkamaכַּמָּה
how muchzmanזְמַן
timetikachתִּקַּח
will take (f)ba'poalבַּפֹּעַל
in actualityThe text was dense, conversations that were also arguments, moments of silence he marked on the page as 'pause' without knowing how long they would actually take.
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