Who HERE speaks Hebrew?

[otherlander]

How do you pronounce the italicized words in
"an eli eli lamma lamma sabacthani saxophone
cry"?
It's my favorite poem I really want to know how to say that line.

edited for... something.

[PeaceNikki]

1. Jewish people speak Hebrew, generally.

[Taverner]

5. But that's only if they pay attention in Hebrew Class...

[rockymountaindem]

2. Can you write that in Hebrew characters?

Because it's hard enough to write out Hebrew transliteration in Roman characters, and it's going to be doubly hard doing it in reverse :)

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Ay'-lee lahm'-ma sa-bahc'-tahn-nee.

Or close to it. That's more like the Anglicized version of how to pronounce the Hebrew because I've never had to actually speak it.

eta better accent marking.

[otherlander]

4. So....

like llama?

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Or like a one L lama -- the priest.

But not like a three L lama -- that requires a few fire trucks.


eta: there's a soft second accent on the last syllable of sabacthani too.