Mar 14, 2011 11:32
13 yrs ago
Catalan term

Lletra d’Hamor

Catalan to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
This is a title for a poem by the author below. It looks like love letter, but I can't find any references.

Poema Lletra d’Hamor de Puig i Ferreter
Proposed translations (English)
3 Love Letter

Proposed translations

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Love Letter

I deduct "lletra" is letter, from the latin "lettera". Good luck!

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Note added at 33 mins (2011-03-14 12:06:49 GMT)
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Sorry, you're right, had not seen your proposal.

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Note added at 4 days (2011-03-19 07:52:13 GMT) Post-grading
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Hi Ben, thanks, maybe Hamor was written like that in the Middle Ages or in the Era this text came from. Have a nice weekend!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks. I still don't understand where that H came from. "

Reference comments

7 mins
Reference:

biblical figure??

There is a biblical figure named "Hamor":

"Dinah, also spelled Dina, in the Old Testament (Genesis 30:21; 34; 46:15), daughter of Jacob by Leah; Dinah was abducted and raped near the city of Shechem, by Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite (the Hivites were a Canaanitish people). Because Shechem then wished to marry Dinah, Hamor suggested to Jacob that their two peoples initiate a policy of commercial and social intercourse. Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi pretended to agree to the marriage and the covenant if Shechem and all the other males of the city of Shechem were circumcised. After the operations, while the men were still weakened, Simeon and Levi attacked the city, killed all the males, including Shechem and Hamor, and freed Dinah. They then joined in plundering the city. Jacob rebuked Simeon and Levi for arousing the enmity of neighbouring tribes and, on his deathbed, gave his blessing to their younger brother Judah, reproving Simeon and Levi for their cruelty."
From Encyclopedia Britanica, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/163774/Dinah?ancho...

I have no idea if this is the Hamor your poem is referring to, or if it's actually "amor". You don't by chance have the actual text of the poem, do you?
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Andrew Campbell : This is exactly the same reasoning I had. Hamor could be a reference to the rape of Dinah or it could simply be a typo of amor. We need context to be sure
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Agreed. Thanks, Andrew!
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