Talmud Bavli
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Reference for Yoma 40:4

מאי קריאת הגבר רב אמר קרא גברא רבי שילא אמר קרא תרנגולא

Rab came to the place of R'Shila, when there happened to be no interpreter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Amora (v. Glos.) . The Rabbi taught in Hebrew, which he spoke to the interpreter. The latter translated the lecture into Aramaic, the language of the people, as against Hebrew, more and more the language of the scholars (Rashi) .');"><sup>6</sup></span> to stand next to R'Shila, so Rab took the stand next to him and interpreted 'keriath hageber' as 'the call of the man'. R'Shila said to him: Would you, Sir, interpret it as: Cockcrow! Rab replied: 'A flute is musical to nobles, but give it to weavers, they will not accept it'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., fools would criticize, where men of taste admire.');"><sup>7</sup></span>

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