וִיטַה
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Judeo-Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, possibly corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃woteh₂, derived from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).
Noun[edit]
וִיטַה (viṭah /vita/) f
- life
- Antonym: מוֹרְטַה (morəṭah /morta/)
- 16th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets][1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 8, verse 3, leaf 3, right page, lines 4–7:
- אֵי סֵירַה שֵילְטוֹ מוֹרְטַה פְלוּ קֵי וִיטַה [translating חַיִּים (ḥayyîm)] אַה טוּטַה לַה רֵימַאנְיֵינְצִיאַה קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי דֵי לַה סְקֵילַאטַה רִיאַה קוּוֵיסְטַה אִין טוּטִי לִי לוֹקֵירִי קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי קֵי סְפֵינְטִי אַייוֹ אֵיסִי לַה דִיטוֹ דֵי דוּמֵידֵית דֵי צְבַאוֹת׃ (Judeo-Roman)
- ʾe serah šeləṭo morəṭah pəlu qe viṭah ʾah ṭuṭah lah remanəyyenṣiʾah qe suno remaʾsi de lah səqelaʾṭah riʾah quvesəṭah ʾin ṭuṭi li luqeri qe suno remaʾsi qe səpinəṭi ʾayyo ʾesi lah diṭo de dumedeṯ de ṣəbāʾōṯ.
- /"E serà scelto morta plu che vita a tutta la remagnenzia che suno remasi de la schelatta ria questa, in tutti li lucheri che suno remasi, che spinti ajo essi là" ditto de Dumedeo de ṣəbāʾōṯ./
- "And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that has remained of this evil family, in all the places they remain [in], to which I have driven them", [was the] word of the Lord of Sabaoth.
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