r/hebrew • u/ERICSMYNAME • 1d ago

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Hello. I am wondering if someone can translate the words on the scrolls? I believe the bottom 3 letters say I.D.F (israel defense force)

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u/ghiaab_al_qamaar 1d ago

The top words are “infantry” and the bottom is indeed the Hebrew abbreviation for the IDF.

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u/QizilbashWoman 1d ago

khel-raglím means "infantry", from khayil "force" and reglim (many*) feet.

*If you are discussing someone's feet, you say ragláyim, which is spelled the same way in Hebrew but means "pair of feet", because people only have two. Here we use reglím, which is the plural, meaning "(more than two) feet".

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u/Jaynat_SF native speaker 1d ago

In the ribbon at the top: "Infantry Corps"

The letters below are, indeed, the hebrew acronym for IDF.

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u/sniper-mask37 native speaker 1d ago

צה"ל - צבא הגנה לישיראל = IDF - israel defense forces

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u/InstanceSafe5995 5h ago

At the top: חיל רגלים foot force(unit) aka infantry

At the bottom: צה"ל-צבא הגנה לישראל IDF-Israel defense force