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Question

Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 3/11/2026 2:31 PM
Family Surname: Koppel
Country: Germany
Town: Beilstein
Date of Image: 1885

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Please translate.

Thank you.

Response

3/11/2026 9:44 PM

Here lies

an honest man

YAAKOV son of Yissachar

He passed away with a good name [=reputation] on the day of

the Eve of the Holy Sabbath, Rosh Chodesh of Sivan

in the year 5645

May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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At the base:

May his praise be a memory until the last generation.
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Yaakov is Hebrew for Jacob.

Yissachar is the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. In English, it is usually rendered as Isachar (possibly the same in German).

The "Eve of the Holy Sabbath" runs from sundown on Thursday to sundown on Friday.

'Rosh Chodesh', literally the "head of the month", also known as the 'New Moon', marks the start of a new Hebrew month. While sometimes a two-day event, in this case it was one day only, and coincided with the first day of the month of Sivan.

In the year 5645, this date began at sunset on May 14th, 1885, and ended at sunset on the 15th.

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Submitted by Kenneth E Elstein

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