"Yevarechecha" (; ), 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. The song is considered to be a classic from all of the festival's history.
Lyrics The lyrics of "Yevarechecha" comes from . 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). The new line also repeats "days of" (ימי) consecutively (כל ימי-ימי חייך). The lyrics use the title Hashem (ה׳) in place of the Tetragrammaton, which is commonplace in Orthodox Judaism.
Transliteration Hebrew text English translation (literal)Yevarekhekha Hashem miTzionיְבָרֶכְךָ ה׳ מִצִּיּוֹן Hashem will bless you from ZionUr'eh betuv Yerushalayimוּרְאֵה בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלַיִם And see Jerusalem with goodnessYevarekhekha Hashem miTzionיְבָרֶכְךָ ה׳ מִצִּיּוֹן Hashem will bless you from ZionKol yemey-yemey chayeykhaכָּל יְמֵי-יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ All days of [days of] your life Ur'eh vanim levaneykhaוּרְאֵה בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ And see children to your childrenShalom al-Yisra'elשָׁלוֹם 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.
See also Jewish music Music of Israel Psalm 128
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External links "Yevarechecha" at HebrewSongs.com Masoretic Text of Psalms (Tehillim) 128 at mgketer.org