There are certain preposition that are made of two words like the 
    following examples. These are not the only double words of this kind.

    1. mn leAl  =   above

              mn leAl  legebey
              above    the road

              leTeyaret       mn leAl     ledebr           Halfet
              the air plane   above       the mountain     passed
              [ The air plane passed above the mountain.]
    
Proverb 28.1
              
              Hesas   mn leAl  may     lidena   rebi
              butter  above    water   make us  God
              [ God make us butter above water= Save us God from all evil.]

    2.  mn teHat = (from)under , below

                legebey      mn teHat  Adna        teHalf
                the road     below     our village it passes.
                [The road passes below our village.]

                mn teHat     we     mn leAl
                from under   and    from above

    3. mn Hrs  = because of , owing to

               mn Hrs      eli   msl   melahyu     tba'sa
               because of  this  with  his friend  he quarreled
               [ He quarreled with his friend because of this]

     " mn Hrs " can also be substituted by " sebet " without change of
       meaning
                sebet      eli   msl  melahyu     tba'sa.
                because of this  with his friend  he quarreled.    

     4. mn Hnet   = instead of

              mn Hnet      fejr     yom      deyu
              instead of   tomorrow today    do it
             
              [ Do it today instead of tomorrow.]

              mn Hnet   ekit  tthage     azim     Heys
              instead   bad   you talk   silence  is better
             
             [ Silence is better than you talk bad.]

             mn Hnet     enti      geysi   Huki           ligis
             instead of  you(f,s)  going   your brother  should go
             
             [ Instead of you, your brother should go.]

         5. mn Har/ mn reHar = behind, last 
            Both " mn Har" and "mn reHar" have the same meaning and 
            can be taken as a variance in the language use.         
 
             mn Har  klu         ata  / or  mn reHar klu ata. 
             behind  every one   he entered
             [ he entered last.]

             mn Har   klu        tehaga
             behind   every one  he talked
             [He talked last]

             mn Har   klu       terfa
             behind  every one  he remained
             [ He was the last one/ he remained behind every one.]
           
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         Today we have learned the following new words
 
     Teyaret    = air plane
      ba'as      = quarreling
     (t)ba'sa   = quarreled (he),
     terfa      = remained
     azim       = silence
     ekit       = bad , evil, (noun)
     yom        = today
     fejr       = tomorrow
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End of Lesson 28 

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