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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 6/15/2025 1:39 PM
Family Surname: Finn/Fin/Kopelansky
Country: Lithuania
Town: Uzpaliai
Date of Image: Recent

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We would like a translation of the Hebrew for both Eva and Abraham to confirm paternal lineage.
The marker is located in the Mt. Neboh Cemetery in Queens, New York

Thank You

Response

6/15/2025 2:21 PM

Abraham:

Here lies

AVRAHAM YEHOSHUA

son of Reb Ze'ev Yehuda the Levite

He passed away 8 Sivan 5697

May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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Yehoshua is Joshua.

'Reb' is an honorific; it does not mean rabbi.

Ze'ev is Hebrew for wolf. Some men with Ze'ev as part of their religious name have a secular name of Wolf, Wolfgang, etc., or something sort of similar in sound, such as William.

Yehuda (which is here spelled the Yiddish way, rather than the Hebrew) is Judah. Some men with Yehuda as part of their religious name have a secular name of Leo, Leonard, etc., because the symbol of the tribe of Judah was a lion.

The deceased and his father were Levites, descended from Levi, one of the twelve sons of Jacob. Levites had specific functions in the Temples, and still receive special recognition -- and have special obligations – today. Levite is a designation passed from father to son.
The image of the pitcher at the top of the stone is an indication of a Levite, as one of the functions of Levites was (and still is) to wash the hands of the Cohanim (priests) before they bless the congregation.

The 8th day of the month of Sivan in the year 5697 began at sunset on May 17th, 1937, and ended at sunset on the 18th. The secular date on the stone is the 17th, which would indicate that he passed away between sunset and midnight of that day.
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Eva:

Here lies

CHAVA daughter of Reb Yeshaya

She passed away 13 Sivan 5679

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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Chava is Hebrew name for Eve, from the Book of Genesis.

Yeshaya is Isaiah.

ViewMate Posting VM 111129

Submitted by Richard B Brown

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Submitted by Richard B Brown