Sevivon, sov, sov, sov - Traditional

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 10 December 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

DREIDEL+, SPIN++.
CHANUKAH GOOD HOLIDAY.
CHANUKAH GOOD HOLIDAY.
DREIDEL+, SPIN++.

HAPPY HOLIDAY FOR OUR PEOPLE.
MIRACLE HAPPEN ISRAEL.
MIRACLE HAPPEN ISRAEL.
HAPPY HOLIDAY FOR OUR PEOPLE.

SEVIVON, SOV++.
CHANUKAH CHAG TOV.
CHANUKAH CHAG TOV.
SEVIVON, SOV++.

CHAG SIMCHA BISHVIL HA-AM.
DEVAR NEDAR HASHEM ASAH.
DEVAR NEDAR HASHEM ASAH.
CHAG SIMCHA BISHVIL HA-AM.


Notes: Because this song is very short, I have translated it into ASL and into Israeli Sign Language.

DREIDEL - Hold out NDH palm up and use thumb and index finger of [bO] to twirl an imaginary top on the palm.

SPIN - [1^] circles around the FT of NDH [1], PO > DH, FO up.

CHANUKAH - (2h)[4], POs away (some use POs >) signer, FOs up, index fingers touch and then separate while sweeping up in an arc, like the arms of a candelabra.

HOLIDAY - (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs up, alternately strike chest on their respective sides.

MIRACLE - GREAT WORK. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Miracle.

SEVIVON (dreidel, Chanukah top) - Hold out NDH palm up and use thumb and index finger of [bO] to twirl an imaginary top on the palm.

SOV (spin) - [1^] circles around the FT of NDH [1], PO > DH, FO up.

CHANUKAH (Israeli sign) - (2h)[F], POs ><, FOs away, touch FTs, separate, descend, and touch FTs again.

CHAG (holiday) - [B], PO > signer, FO > NDS, rubs vertically at chest.

TOV (good) - [5], PO up, FO away, descends while closing to [O^].

SIMCHA (happy) - Same sign as ASL for HAPPY.

BISHVIL (for) - FT of [O^] tap upturned palm of [B].

HA-AM (the [Jewish] people) - [bC], PO away, FO > DS, descends, moves > DS and repeats.

DEVAR (thing, matter) - (2h)[O^], POs up, FOs away, circle symmetrically parallel to chest.

NEDAR (wonderful) - kiss FT of [O^], then move hand away and open to [5^].

HASHEM (God) - Point upwards with index finger.

ASAH (did) - (2h)[S], POs ><, FOs away, DH hits NDH from above.

Lyrics:

Dreidel, spin, spin, spin!
Chanukah is a good holiday;
Chanukah is a good holiday -
Dreidel, spin, spin, spin!

It's a happy holiday for the people;
A great miracle happened there;
A great miracle happened there -
It's a happy holiday for the people.

סביבון סוב סוב סוב
חנוכה הוא חג טוב
חנוכה הוא חג טוב
סביבון - סוב סוב סוב

חג שמחה הוא לעם
נס גדול היה שם
נס גדול היה שם
חג שמחה הוא לעם

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo see me perform this interpretation in ASL and Shasi (Israeli Sign Language), go to Sevivon.

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