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Text: | Yigdal Elohim Chai (The God of Abraham Praise) |
Author: | Moses Maimonides, 12th century |
Translator: | Max Landsberg |
Translator: | Newton Mann |
Versifier (attributed to): | Daniel ben Judah |
Tune: | LEONI |
Adapter: | Meyer Lyon |
Hebrew:
Yigdal elohim chai v'yishtabach,
nimtza v'ein eit el m'tziuto
Echad v'ein yachid k'yichudo,
nelam v'gai ein sof l'achduto.
1 The God of Abraham praise,
all praises to God's name,
who was and is and is to be,
fore'er the same!
The one eternal God,
before what now appears;
the First, the Last:
beyond all thought
through timeless years!
2 God's spirit freely flows,
high surging where it will;
God spoke of old in prophet's word;
that word speaks still.
Established is God's law,
and changeless it shall stand
deep written on the human heart,
in every land.
3 God has eternal life
implanted in the soul;
God's love shall be
our strength and stay,
while ages roll.
All praise the living God!
Extol that hallowed name,
who was, and is, and ever shall
be still the same!
4 The God of Sarah praise,
all praises to God's name,
who was and is and is to be,
fore'er the same!
The one eternal God,
before what now appears;
the First, the Last: beyond all thought
through timeless years!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Yigdal elohim chai (The God of Abraham praise) |
Title: | Yigdal Elohim Chai (The God of Abraham Praise) |
Hebrew Title: | Yigdal Elohim Chai |
Versifier (attributed to): | Daniel ben Judah (c. 1400) |
Translator: | Max Landsberg (1884, alt.) |
Translator: | Newton Mann (1884, alt.) |
Author: | Moses Maimonides, 12th century |
Meter: | 6.6.8.4.D. |
Language: | Hebrew, English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Adoration and Praise: God; Biblical Names; God: Law of(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LEONI |
Adapter: | Meyer Lyon (1770) |
Meter: | 6.6.8.4.D. |
Key: | f minor |
Source: | Traditional Yigdal melody |