Lost in Translation
51 - On the Premises
photo credit: Michele Bustin
location: Dead Sea
Translation should be: Master Jeweler on the Premises
and
Gemological testing on the Premises
In Hebrew "bamakom" means "on the premises / in the place of"
"bimkom" means "instead"
The Hebrew words are written with the same letters but different vowels
The sign maker probably used Google translate and not a human translator
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