Hatikvah
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* Here is the text in Hebrew, a transliteration with chords, and a translation in English: |
Hatikvah - הַתִּקְוָה, The Hope
עִבְרִית - Hebrew | Transliteration with chords - ‘Ivrit |
Translation | |
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Bm Em Bm | |||
כֹּל עוֹד בַּלֵּבָב פְּנִימָה | Kol ‘od balleivav penimah | As long as in the heart, within, | |
Em Bm C#7 F#7 Bm | |||
נֶפֶשׁ יְהוּדִי הוֹמִיָּה, | Nefesh yehudi homiyah, | A Jewish soul still yearns, | |
Em A7 D | |||
וּלְפַאֲתֵי מִזְרָח, קָדִימָה, | Ul(e)fa’atei mizrach kadimah, | And onward, towards the ends of the east, | |
Em Bm C#7 F#7 Bm | |||
עַיִן לְצִיּוֹן צוֹפִיָּה; | ‘Ayin letziyon tzofiyah; | An eye still gazes toward Zion; | |
G A7 D | |||
עוֹד לֹא אָבְדָה תִּקְוָתֵנוּ, | ‘Od lo avdah tikvateinu, | Our hope is not yet lost, | |
G A7 D | |||
הַתִּקְוָה בַּת שְׁנוֹת אַלְפַּיִם, | Hatikvah bat shnot alpayim, | The hope of two thousand years, | |
Em Bm Em A7 D | |||
לִהְיוֹת עַם חָפְשִׁי בְּאַרְצֵנוּ, | Lihyot ‘am chofshi be’artzeinu, | To be a free people in our land, | |
Em Bm C#7 F#7 Bm | |||
אֶרֶץ צִיּוֹן וִירוּשָׁלַיִם. | Eretz-tziyon vy(e)rushalayim. | The land of Zion and Jerusalem. |
Hebrew - עִבְרִית | Transliteration with chords - ‘Ivrit |
Translation | ||
כל עוד בלבב פנימה
עוד לא אבדה תקותנו, |
Bm Em Bm G A7 D |
Our hope is not yet lost, |
Jesus is Moshiach.