r/hebrew 15h ago

Request Translation Please

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u/Adi_31415 native speaker 15h ago

Here lies

Florence daughter of Edvin.

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u/BHHB336 native speaker 15h ago

Or Edwin

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u/Deorayta 14h ago

Edwin my dads name was Edwin

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u/Successful-Money4995 8h ago

Or flornam?

That looks like ם to me!

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u/Dr_Prime_Steiny 15h ago

This is for a Headstone. Thank you for help.

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u/Redcole111 Amateur Semitic Linguist 14h ago

This is good and perfectly intelligible as others have translated it, but I will say that the final letter of the name Florence is very blocky and looks a lot like the Hebrew equivalent of the letter M. It's distinctly a samekh, which makes the S sound, but not distinct enough, in my humble opinion.

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u/Szlingerbaum 12h ago

פה נקבר= פ"נ Here is buried

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u/ResponsibleWing931 11h ago

here buried - florence the doughter of edwin

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u/Deorayta 15h ago

Something maybe Florine daughter of Edwin

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u/NewIdentity19 14h ago

Florence

Here lies = פה נחה = פ"נ

Feminine in this case (נחה)

This is how every headstone inscription must begin.

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u/tesilab 11h ago

The פ”נ stands for פה נקבר or for פה נטמן but not for פה נח though it is a nice thought.

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u/NewIdentity19 11h ago

Thanks for the correction. I think I actually knew that once, but forgot and mixed them up.

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u/Deorayta 14h ago

Yes Florence is likely right