Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-25986915-20150113194129/@comment-26031864-20150122154218

I feel so out of place, not speaking German... haha but it's really cool to read all these stuff you translated and found!

I speak Hebrew, and there was an episode called "Dyin' on a Prayer" (4.04) In it there's a "rabbi" (looking nothing like one btw, but at least he kept his body covered, which is usually done by black suit) reading Hebrew words, he says a twisted version of a pray, that I don't think really exists... but it sounds like how prays are basically going in Hebrew... The subtitles basically say what he means, but not exactly how he said it... Subtitles: Lord God of all the earth, guide your hand... and cast your protection upon the blood of my blood. Words: "May there be wished, My Lord, my God, God of my fathers... that you'll send your lap and keep safe my tzori." The last word (tzori, pronounced "tzarai") is a resin said to be used in old times for healing purposes... though I'm guessing he means by this word "my loved ones"... which, I'm not sure it actually means it in any form, at least not in any translation I found.

Also he says 2 words incorrectly The word "my fathers" (one word), he says "avoti" which is not really a word... but I get what he meant, which is "avota'ai". "my fathers" sound weird translated clean, but it basically means my ancestors, or in even more specific, in prayer (which is where it used 99% of the time, for obvious reasons) it is mostly directed toward the 3 first fathers of the Jewish religion. And he also says "hakaneha" which is a complete rubbish (at least I cannot find any clue what is it), but he probably means "hek'ha" which is the part under your arm (not your arm pit, but the space under it), when you're cold you cross your arms and put your hands under your 'hek', the 'ha' is owning it to a someone you're talking to in 2nd person. 'hek' is not exclusive to this area though, it can be said to any area close to the body, your lap is your 'hek', if you hug someone, you put him in your 'hek', which sounded really wrong, but it's not dirty... I promise... anyways you got the idea. As for it's use here, I think he meant it as "your hand" as "send your hand to protect us".

I noticed there's Egyptian music playing in the background, which is nice for the feels, but I don't think has nothing to do with Jewish religion or prays... xD

As for the golem... now this may interest you more: There is ACTUALLY a legend about a golem! Named in hebrew "hagolem mepra'ag" translated "The golem from Prague". You may look up wiki for it, but it is mixed with general thread "golem", luckily I have here in Hebrew a thread just for it! :D According to the legend the golem was used by rabbi Judah Loew, to guard the Jews in Prague against blood crimes Every sabbath (Friday night + Saturday till night), the rabbi used to draw the life out of the golem in worries it might violate the sabbath, and the golem would turn to clay like substance. One friday night, the rabbi forgot to draw its life, and the golem violated sabbath, and risked the life of the none Jewish people in the town, the rabbi ran after the golem, and caught up with it, then he draw the life out of it, and the golem shattered to pieces. On the golem's forehead there was the word "emet" (3 letters) which means 'truth', and the taking of the life was by taking away the first letter "e" which left only "met" which means (even in modern Hebrew) 'dead'. Lastly the legend adds that the golem's remains were kept in the attic of the bet-kneset (like church but for Jews) till this day....................... *creepily stares at YOU*

Haha I didn't know about that legend... but I do now... pretty cool how well they gone for the small details around that episode! (except for the guy reading words in Hebrew like his head is going to explode from struggling, but I guess he did fine. I'd say he was clear and understandable to me as Hebrew speaker)

Anyways that's it for my wall of text! hope you found it interesting. ^o^

p.s I would like suggesting you translating names of wesens... since there seem to be not few German named wesen around... or you can just look up meaning of some names regardless.