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The Archaeologist

In this story, Dafna, an archaeologist, leads a dig in the Judean desert, makes an unexpected discovery on the last day before the team is due to leave, and has to decide how to handle what she has found.

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The Archaeologist

dafna דפנה nihela ניהלה et את ha'chafira החפירה kvar כבר shisha שישה shavuot שבועות ‎, ve'sheshet וששת ha'shavuot השבועות ha'eleh האלה henivu הניבו be'ikar בעיקר avanim אבנים ‎, afar עפר ‎, ve'kama וכמה charsim חרסים she'hayu שהיו me'anyenim מעניינים aval אבל lo לא yotzei יוצאי dofen דופן

Dafna had been managing the excavation for six weeks already, and those six weeks mainly yielded stones, dirt, and some pottery shards that were interesting but not exceptional.

ha'tzevet הצוות avad עבד be'shitatiyut בשיטתיות ‎, ribua ריבוע acharei אחרי ribua ריבוע ‎, ve'dafna ודפנה yada ידעה she'rov שרוב ha'chafirot החפירות nigmarot נגמרות kacha ככה

The team worked methodically, square after square, and Dafna knew that most excavations end like this.

הַמְּדִינָה נִמְצֵאת בְּמֶרְכַּז הָאָרֶץ וְיֵשׁ בָּהּ הַרְבֵּה מְקוֹמוֹת יָפִים ‎. .

The country is located in the center of the land and has many beautiful places.

בַּבֹּקֶר הָלַכְנוּ לַשּׁוּק הַגָּדוֹל וְקָנִינוּ פֵּרוֹת טְרִיִּים ‎. .

In the morning we went to the big market and bought fresh fruit.

אַחֲרֵי הַצָּהֳרַיִם יָשַׁבְנוּ בַּגִּנָּה וְדִבַּרְנוּ עַל הַחַיִּים ‎. .

In the afternoon we sat in the garden and talked about life.

הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ שָׁקְעָה לְאַט וְהָרוּחַ נָשְׁבָה בְּעַדְנוּת ‎. .

The sun set slowly and the wind blew gently.

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