‫אהבת עולם‬
Ahavat
Olam
Love of Eternity
(eternal love)
: ָ‫אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם בֵּית יִשְָֹראֵל עַמְָּך אָהַֿבְתּ‬
A-ha-vat’
o-lam’
beit
love
eternity
house of
of
yis-ra-el’
Israel
am-cha’
a-hav’-ta:
people Your
You loved
‫ חִֻקּים !מִשְׁפַָּטִים‬, ‫תּוָֹרה !מִצְוֹת‬
To-rah’
Torah
u-mits-vot’,
chu-kim’
and commandments,
u-mish-pa-tim’
precepts, laws
statutes,
and right judgment,
justice, laws
, !‫ יי אֱֹלהֵֿינ‬, ‫עַל כֵּן‬
o-ta’nu
li-ma’-de -ta.
us
You taught
Al
ken’,
Adonai
therefore,
Adonai
. ָ‫אוֹתָֿנ! לִמְַּֿדתּ‬
E -lo-hei’-nu,
God
our,
ַ‫בְּשָׁכְבֵּֿנ! !בְק!מֵֿנ! נָשִֹֿיח‬
be-shoch-be’-nu
in
lying down our
uv-ku-me’-nu
na-si’-ach
and in rising up our
we will meditate,
speak, converse
‫ וְנִשְֹמַח בְִּדבְֵרי תוָֹרתְָך‬, ‫בְּחֶֻקּֿיָך‬
be-chu-kei’-cha,
on
laws
Your
ve-nis-mach’
and we will be happy
b e-di-vrei’
to-rat-cha’
in words of
Torah Your
. ‫!בְמִצְוֹתֶֿיָך לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד‬
uv-mits-vo-tei’-cha
le -o-lam’
and in, with commandments Your
va-ed’.
to eternity
and forever.
, !‫כִּי הֵם חַיֵּֿינ! וְאֶֹֿרְך יָמֵֿינ‬
Ki
hem
for
they
chai-ye’-nu
(are)
life
our
ve-o’-rech
ya-mei’-nu ,
and length of
days our ,
. ‫!בָהֶם נֶהְגֶּה יוֹמָם וָלָֿיְלָה‬
u-va-hem’
and on
ne-he-geh’
them
yo-mam’ __va-lai’-lah.
we will meditate, ponder
day and night.
‫וְאַהֲבָתְָך אַל תָּסִיר מִמֶּֿנּ! לְעוֹלָמִים‬
Ve-a-ha-vat-cha’
al
and
not you will remove
(do not remove16 )
love
Your
ta-sir’
mi-me’-nu
from us
le-o-la-mim’
to eternities
. ‫ אוֹהֵב עַמּוֹ יִשְָֹראֵל‬, ‫ יי‬, ‫בָּר!ְך אַתָּה‬
Ba-ruch’
a-tah’ ,
blessed (are) You ,
Adonai,
Adonai,
o-hev’
a-mo’
17
He loves
16
see note 16
see footnote 17
17
Gates of Prayer, p. 130
people His
yis-ra-el’.
Israel.