targum

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התרגום

The translation

targum

A translator and an author arguing about a single word, and about what a reader is owed.

The opening

שִׁינִּיתִי מִילָּה אַחַת וְאֶת כּוֹתֶבֶת לִי שְׁלוֹשָׁה עַמּוּדִים.

I changed one word and you write me three pages.

כִּי זוֹ לֹא מִילָּה אַחַת.

Because it isn't one word.

״גַּעְגוּעַ״ לְ־longing. זֶה תַּרְגּוּם מְקוּבָּל.

'Ga'agua' to 'longing'. That's an accepted translation.

199 words, about 2 minutes of reading.

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