The daughter of Solomon – a story of destiny-part 1
Posted by Eli Dahan on January 23, 2010 under Jewish Folklore, Personal stories | 
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Some says that you can’t run away from your destiny, goral in Hebrew. Today we are going to meet a story, some say it’s a legend, but we can say this about everything in the old ages, don’t we?
King Solomon wanted to see who will be his son-in-law, so he looked at the zodiac and saw that a poor one would be the husband of his daughter!
In order to prevent the marriage he decided to take his little girl and he put her in a tower with 70 guards who kept her from the destiny. Solomon wanted to see if the lord will do something or that he will able to win the destiny …
The poor one meanwhile was so poor that he had to find himself a place to spend the night. Walking around he saw, barefoot in the field, a carcass of a bull lying there and he decided to go to sleep between her ribs in order to warm up a little bit…
A vulture in the sky went to look for the daily dinner and he saw the carcass of the bull lying there, without knowing that the poor person is lying inside.
What will happen with the poor person, will the vulture have more dinner to eat?
Next time we will see the end of this lovely story…
Main phrases of the post + transcription + translation
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Hebrew |
Transcription |
Translation |
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גַּלְגַּל הַמַּזָּלוֹת |
Galgal hammazzālôt |
Zodiac |
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נֶשֶׁר |
nešer |
Vulture |
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צֶלַע |
Tsela’ |
Rib |
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נְבֵלָה |
nebēlāh |
Carcass |
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יָחֵף |
Yāhēp |
Barefoot |
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חָתָן |
hātān |
Son-in-law |
