"הדבורה נמצאת עליך!"

Translation: The bee is on you!

[Bearandbull]

shoudn't it be pronounced "alekha" and not "alayikh"

[radagastthebrown]

Without nikkud, I agree that it's clearer to use עלייך for alayikh and עליך for alekha (and these are indeed the rules of the Hebrew Academy, http://hebrew-academy.org.il/2012/01/31/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9A/)

[Hamutaltul]

alaykh' - עלייך - on [fem]-you, alekha - עליך - on [masc]-you. but that goes for writing without niqqud alone. with niqqud both words being written with a single י: alaykh - עָלַיִךְ, alekha - עָלֶיךָ.

[Dan878472]

Hebrew spelling bees must break out in fights!

[BrunnoHC]

What's the difference between "(something) is on you" and "(something) is found on you"?

[radagastthebrown]

There isn't much difference. נמצאת (literally 'is found') is used here as a copula, to make the sentence clearer, instead of 'is' in English; but it's not really necessary.

[rteller00]

Surely "The bee is on her should be accepted". It's also better English than "The bee is found on her"

[Zdeka985336]

on you (s.f.), not on her.

[Hava_Dorit]

I can't believe that I got marked wrong for עלייך, given this conversation. Duolingo, you know better.

[Hava_Dorit]

Yay! This time at least, עלייך was marked as a typo. Now, make it correct, please!

[Dan878472]

yes, he clearly says עלייך, but I only got it counted as a typo as well

[Hava_Dorit]

And don't tell me that the Torah is bad for writing one thing and saying another. You did it too, Duo!

At least the Torah has the reason that the reader is supposed to think the one thing and say the other, so both are included.

[D.EstherNJ]

bee movie

[srh1056]

When does על mean "on" and when does it mean "above"?

[radagastthebrown]

on = על, above = מעל. So "above you" = מעליך.

[srh1056]

Thanks!

[DianaJohns790807]

Bee in Hebrew did not sound like bee in Hebrew.

[Theresa754142]

“Bee” in Hebrew is d’vorah and that’s the name of Rebecca‘s nurse in the Bible, Deborah in English. Gen. 35:8.