A Hebrew Medley (video): Ayts Chaim/Hashivenu

2009-10-05 130 words One minute

This is an archived post, originally published on Hope, Love, and Peace (blog.jtimothyking.com).

Here’s a simple Hebrew medley I want to teach the King’s Court Choir at CPC. I recorded a quick video with my guitar—actually, with my daughter’s cheapo short-neck—so they can hear how the song goes.

The lyrics are from Proverbs 3:17-18 and Lamentations 5:21:

עִבְרִית	Transliteration	English
עֵץ־חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְֽתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃ דְרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹעַם וְֽכָל־נְתִיבֹותֶיהָ שָׁלֹֽום׃ הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ ונשֶׂוב חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃	Éts-chaim hi lamachaziqim bah V’tomcheha meushar D’racheha darchéy-noam V’chal-nativoteha shalom. Hashivénu Adonai élecha v’nashuva Khadésh yaméynu k’qedem	It is a tree of life to those who take hold of it, And happy are those who support it. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, And all its paths are peace. Turn us to you, O Lord, and let us return. Renew our days as of old.

עִבְרִית

Transliteration

English

עֵץ־חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְֽתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃ דְרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹעַם וְֽכָל־נְתִיבֹותֶיהָ שָׁלֹֽום׃

הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ ונשֶׂוב חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃

Éts-chaim hi lamachaziqim bah V’tomcheha meushar D’racheha darchéy-noam V’chal-nativoteha shalom.

Hashivénu Adonai élecha v’nashuva Khadésh yaméynu k’qedem

It is a tree of life to those who take hold of it, And happy are those who support it. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, And all its paths are peace.

Turn us to you, O Lord, and let us return. Renew our days as of old.

-TimK