Tombstone of Leah Daughter of Tzvi

Tombstone of:
Leah Daughter of Tzvi
Tombstone date: 
1888
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
E045
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 150 cm, Width 65 cm, Thickness 20 cm
Epitaph text: 

 

תרמח

זאת מצבת אשת

לפידות [=דבורה הנביאה, שופטים ד, ד] טובת שכל

וטובת מעשים

עטרת בעלה

ותפארת בניה אשה

צנועה מ לאה בת

צבי ז''ל נפטרה

יח מר חשון תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

   

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This is the tombstone of "wife of Lapidoth" [=Deborah the prophetess, Judges 4:4], with good brain and good deeds

[She was] the crown of her husband

And the glory of her sons

The modest woman, Mrs. Leah, daughter of Tzvi of blessed memory

She passed away on 18 of Heshvan

May her soul be bound in the bundle of life

Decoration program: 

Two lions and a candelabrum

Description: 

Good

Documentation date: 
August 2009
Documented by: 
Anna Tokhtasyeva
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
September 2009
Researched by: