Bashana Habaa

English - word by word translation Next Year Bashanah Haba'ah - next year ("In the year that will come" if you prefer) Neisheiv - We will sit Al Hamirpeset - on the porch (yes it was written in singular, but "our porches" would be alright too) V'nispor - and we will count Tziporim - birds Nod'dot - migrating Yeladim - children B'chufsha - on vacation or holiday Y'sachaku - will play tofeset - catch (game) Bein habayeet - between the house L'vein hasadot - and between the fields (Bein and L'vien: a gramatical difference, sometimes you have a dagesh in the Beit and sometimes you prononce it without as in this case - I don't know the rule exactly) House was written in singular and Sadot in plural, that is the way Ehud manor chose to write it. Od - once more, once again tireh - you will see kamah - How (much) tov - good yih'yeh - it will be Anavim - grapes Adumim - plural for red (no particular shade of red) yavshilu - will ripen ad - by (the time) or till, Haerev - the evening V'yugshu - and will be served Tzon'nim - Chilled - I like your interpretation of the "chilled by the evening air". Lashulchan - to the table V'ruchot - and winds R'dumim - sleepy, slumber, slugish (languid?) yis'u - will carry al em haderech - at the crossroads (the word Em comes from Imma but really has no connection to Imma here that I can explain; Al em haderech is an expression) itonim - newspapers yeshanim - old K'anan - like a cloud Bashanah Habah - next year... nifros - we will spread kapot - the palms (plural - kaf yad means the palm of your hand) yadayeem - hands mul - against, across from ha'or - the light hanigar - spilled, spilling over halavan - the white Anafa - heron Levana - White (feminine) tifros - will spread Ba'or - in the light k'nafayeem- wings V'hashemesh - and the sun tizrach - will shine Betochan - in them, or through them