Yevarechecha
Israeli Hasidic nigun in Hebrew
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"Yevarechecha" (Hebrew: יְבָרֶכְךָ, romanized: Yəḇāreḵəḵā; lit. 'You Will be Blessed' or 'You Shall be Blessed'), also transliterated as "Yevarekhekha", is a Hasidic Jewish nigun composed by David Weinkranz and performed by Ilana Rovina for the album Chasidic Song Festival 1970.[1] The song is considered to be a classic from all of the festival's history.[5]
| "Yevarechecha" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Ilana Rovina[1] | |
| from the album Chasidic Song Festival 1970 | |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Released | 1970[1] |
| Venue | Chasidic Song Festival at the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv[fn 1][1] |
| Genre | Folk[1] |
| Length | 2:56 |
| Label | Hed Arzi Music[1] |
| Composer | David Weinkranz[2][3][fn 2] |
| Lyricist | Psalmist(s) of Psalms 128[4][2] |
| Chasidic Song Festival 1970 track listing | |
Lyrics
The lyrics of "Yevarechecha" comes from Psalms 128:5–6.[4] Unlike the Masoretic Text of the psalm, the song has the phrase "all days of your life" (כל ימי חייך) as a standalone line, following a repetition of the first line up until "from Zion" (מציון).[6] The new line also repeats "days of" (ימי) consecutively (כל ימי-ימי חייך).[6] The lyrics use the title Hashem (ה׳) in place of the Tetragrammaton,[6][4] which is commonplace in Orthodox Judaism.
| Transliteration | Hebrew text | English translation (literal) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yevarekhekha Hashem miTzion | יְבָרֶכְךָ ה׳ מִצִּיּוֹן |
Hashem will bless you from Zion | |
| Ur'eh betuv Yerushalayim | וּרְאֵה בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלַיִם |
And see Jerusalem with goodness | |
| Yevarekhekha Hashem miTzion | יְבָרֶכְךָ ה׳ מִצִּיּוֹן |
Hashem will bless you from Zion | |
| Kol yemey-yemey chayeykha | כָּל יְמֵי-יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ |
All days of [days of] your life | |
| Ur'eh vanim levaneykha | וּרְאֵה בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ |
And see children to your children | |
| Shalom al-Yisra'el | שָׁלוֹם עַל-יִשְׂרָאֵל |
Peace unto Israel | |
| (repeat last two lines three times) | |||
| (entire song repeated twice) |
The word "חייך" (chayeykha, "your life") can alternatively be transliterated to chayyeykha, as the first Yod is geminated, however it is not typically pronounced as such in Modern Hebrew.