HATIKVAH "The Hope" Of An Israel

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                

Immigrants in 1949; earlier ships were turned back by British, back to sink in sea or to Germany.....

On guard, our IDF even when saying evening or morning prayers

    Women protecting Israel as part of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces).                                       

  IDF Paratroopers at Kotel in 1967, seeing  Wall first time, no Jews were allowed here on Temple Mount when Jerusalem's was in the hands of Jordan until all Arab neighbors attacked in 67 and Israel's miracle was to win.  This is where Solomon's Temple had stood, 1st and 2nd Temple, over the threshing floor.  They are the first Jews to see it.

Hatikvah, literally “the hope,” is Israel’s national anthem. Its lyrics were written in 1886 by Naphtali Herz Imber, a poet originally from Galicia. The melody was written by Samuel Cohen, who based the melody on a musical theme from Bedrich Smetana’s “Moldau.”

Learn more about Hatikvah’s history here.

Listen to “Hatikvah” in the video below:

For Hebrew text of the lyrics, go here.

For a free musical score of Hatikvah, go here.

Hatikvah’s Lyrics in  English Transliteration and Translation:

Transliteration:

Kol od ba’le’vav p’nima,Nefesh yehudi ho’miyah.

U’lefa-atei  kadimah,

Ayin le’Tziyyon tzofiyah.

Od lo avda tikva-teinu,

Ha’tikvah bat sh’not al-payim

Lih-yot am chofshi b’ar-tzeinu

Eretz Tziyyon v’Yerushalayim.

 

Translation:

As long as within our hearts

The Jewish soul sings,

As long as forward to the East

To Zion, looks the eye –

Our hope is not yet lost,

It is two thousand years old,

To be a free people in our land

The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

Resource:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrXz8KT0duU, (thanks Victor)

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/national-anthem-of-israel/