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Shareלְכָה דודִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה. פְּנֵי שבָּת נְקַבְּלָה.
Let's go, my love, to greet [or: to meet/toward] the bride; We will welcome [literally: receive the face of] Shabbat.
כדר' חנינא דאמר ר' חנינאבואו ונצא לקראת כלה מלכתא ואמרי לה לקראת שבת כלה מלכתא
It is like that which Rabbi Ḥanina would say, as Rabbi Ḥanina would say:Come and let us go out to greet the bride, the queen. Or some quote it this way: ... to greet Shabbat, the bride, the queen.
(יב) לְכָ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ נֵצֵ֣א הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה נָלִ֖ינָה בַּכְּפָרִֽים׃
Let's go, my love,
Let us go out to the field;
Let us lodge among the henna shrubs [or: in the villages].
The "bride" is apparently Shabbat. More on that below. But who is "my love - dodi?"
דּוֹדִי דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא.
My love - dodi - is the Holy One Blessed be He.
(ז) ר' חנינא אומר, ... ויצא משה ובא למחנה ישראל והיה מעורר ישראל משינתם ואמ' להם עימדו משינתכם שהרי אלקיכם מבקש ליתן לכם את התורה, כבר החתן מבקש להביא את הכלה להכניס לחופה כדי ליתן לכם את התורה. באה השעה, שנ' ויוצא משה את העם וכו', ואף הב"ה יצא לקראתן כחתן היוצא לקראת כלה כן הב"ה יצא לקראתן ליתן להם את התורה שנ' ה׳ בצאתך משעיר וכו'.
(7) Rabbi Chanina said: ... Moses went forth and came to the camp of the Israelites, and he aroused the Israelites from their sleep, saying to them: Arise ye from your sleep, for behold, your God desires to give the Torah to you. Already the bridegroom wishes to lead the bride and to enter the bridal chamber. The hour has come for giving you the Torah, as it is said, "And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God" (Ex. 19:17). And the Holy One, blessed be He, also went forth to meet them; like a bridegroom who goes forth to meet the bride, so the Holy One, blessed be He, went forth to meet them to give them the Torah, as it is said, "O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people" (Ps. 68:7).
וְהָאָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: מֵאֵימָתַי מְבָרְכִין עַל הַגְּשָׁמִים — מִשֶּׁיֵּצֵא חָתָן לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה.
Didn’t Rabbi Abbahu say, and some say it was taught in a baraita: From when does one recite the blessing on rain? From when the groom goes out to meet the bride.
משיצא חתן לקראת כלה – שהמים קבוצין על הארץ וכשהטפה נופלת עליהן טפה תחתונה בולטת לקראתה:
"From when the groom goes out to meet the bride": Because the water collects on the ground, and when a drop falls on it, a lower drop jumps up to greet it.
after a comment by Rashi on “likrat kalah”by Jeremy Schwartz
Pocked and stippled.
Little crowns of rain climb
to meet the falling drops of same.
Both rain.
בית א'
שָׁמוֹר וְזָכוֹר בְּדִבּוּר אֶחָד,
הִשְמִיעָֽנוּ אֵל הַמְּיֻחָד.
ה׳ אֶחָד וּשְמוֹ אֶחָד.
לְשֵׁם וּלְתִפְאֶרֶת וְלִתְהִלָּה:
Verse 1:
"Keep" and "remember" in utterance one
God voiced who is declared to be one
YHWH is one, and His name is one
in name and in splendor and in praise
(ח) זָכ֛וֹר֩ אֶת־י֥֨וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֖֜ת לְקַדְּשֽׁ֗וֹ׃
(8) Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.
שָׁמ֛֣וֹר אֶת־י֥וֹם֩ הַשַּׁבָּ֖֨ת לְקַדְּשׁ֑֜וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖֣ ׀ ה׳ אֱלֹקֶיךָ׃
Keep the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Eternal your God has commanded you.
וְהָתַנְיָא: ״זָכוֹר״ וְ״שָׁמוֹר״, בְּדִיבּוּר אֶחָד נֶאֶמְרוּ, מַה שֶּׁאֵין הַפֶּה יְכוֹלָה לְדַבֵּר וְאֵין הָאוֹזֶן יְכוֹלָה לִשְׁמוֹעַ!
Isn’t it taught [in a baraita: The two versions of the fifth of the Ten Commandments,] “Remember [the Shabbat day” (Exodus 20:8)] and “Keep [the Shabbat day” (Deuteronomy 5:12)], were spoken [by God simultaneously] in a single utterance, something that the [human] mouth cannot speak and the [human] ear cannot hear?
זָכוֹר לִדְכוּרָא שָׁמוֹר לְנוּקְבָא וְכֹלָּא חַד.
“Remember” for the male and “keep” for the female. And it’s all one.
וְהָיָ֧ה ה׳ לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִהְיֶ֧ה ה׳ אֶחָ֖ד וּשְׁמ֥וֹ אֶחָֽד׃
And the Eternal shall be sovereign over all the earth; on that day the Eternal will be one and Its name one.
(יא) כִּ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יִדְבַּ֨ק הָאֵז֜וֹר אֶל־מׇתְנֵי־אִ֗ישׁ כֵּ֣ן הִדְבַּ֣קְתִּי אֵ֠לַ֠י אֶת־כׇּל־בֵּ֨ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וְאֶת־כׇּל־בֵּ֤ית יְהוּדָה֙ נְאֻם־ה׳ לִֽהְי֥וֹת לִי֙ לְעָ֔ם וּלְשֵׁ֥ם וְלִתְהִלָּ֖ה וּלְתִפְאָ֑רֶת וְלֹ֖א שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃
(11) For as a loincloth clings close to a man’s loins, so I brought close to Me the whole House of Israel and the whole House of Judah—declares GOD —that they might be My people, in name, and in praise, and in splendor. But they would not obey.
בית ב'
לִקְרַאת שַׁבָּת לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה.
כִּי הִיא מְקוֹר הַבְּרָכָה.
מֵרֹאשׁ מִקֶּֽדֶם נְסוּכָה.
סוֹף מַעֲשֶׂה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה תְּחִלָּה:
Verse 2
To greet Shabbat, go on! Let's go!
For She is the well-spring of the blessing.
Fashioned from the beginning, from days of old,
End of doing, first in thought
(יד) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם לְכ֖וּ וְנֵלְכָ֣ה הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל וּנְחַדֵּ֥שׁ שָׁ֖ם הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃
(14) Samuel said to the people, “Go on, let's go to Gilgal and there inaugurate the reign.”
(ד) וְשָׁפַט֙ בֵּ֣ין הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְהוֹכִ֖יחַ לְעַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְכִתְּת֨וּ חַרְבוֹתָ֜ם לְאִתִּ֗ים וַחֲנִיתֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ לְמַזְמֵר֔וֹת לֹא־יִשָּׂ֨א ג֤וֹי אֶל־גּוֹי֙ חֶ֔רֶב וְלֹֽא־יִלְמְד֥וּ ע֖וֹד מִלְחָמָֽה׃ {פ}
(ה) בֵּ֖ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב לְכ֥וּ וְנֵלְכָ֖ה בְּא֥וֹר ה׳׃
(4) Thus [God] will judge among the nations
And arbitrate for the many peoples,
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks:
Nation shall not take up
Sword against nation;
They shall never again know war.
(5) O House of Jacob!
Go on, let's go
By the light of GOD.
(כב) ה׳ קָ֭נָנִי רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכּ֑וֹ קֶ֖דֶם מִפְעָלָ֣יו מֵאָֽז׃(כג) מֵ֭עוֹלָם נִסַּ֥כְתִּי מֵרֹ֗אשׁ מִקַּדְמֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃
(22) “The LORD created me as the beginning of His way
As the first of His works of old.(23) In the distant past I was fashioned from the ancient beginning, from the world's days of old.
בית ג'
מִקְדַּשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ עִיר מְלוּכָה.
קֽוּמִי צְאִי מִתּוֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָה.
רַב לָךְ שֶֽׁבֶת בְּעֵֽמֶק הַבָּכָא.
וְהוּא יַחֲמוֹל עָלַֽיִךְ חֶמְלָה:
Verse 3
Sovereign's sanctuary, royal city,
Arise, leave the midst of the upheaval.
Enough of your sitting in the valley of tears (the Bacha Valley)
For He will have compassion for you.
(יג) וּבֵֽית־אֵ֔ל לֹא־תוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד לְהִנָּבֵ֑א כִּ֤י מִקְדַּשׁ־מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ ה֔וּא וּבֵ֥ית מַמְלָכָ֖ה הֽוּא׃
(13) But don’t ever prophesy again at Bethel; for it is a sovereign’s sanctuary and a royal palace.”
(כו) וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם יוֹאָ֔ב בְּרַבַּ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד אֶת־עִ֥יר הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃
(26) Joab attacked Rabbah of Ammon and captured the royal city.
(יד) וַיֵּצֵ֨א ל֜וֹט וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר ׀ אֶל־חֲתָנָ֣יו ׀ לֹקְחֵ֣י בְנֹתָ֗יו וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ ק֤וּמוּ צְּאוּ֙ מִן־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה כִּֽי־מַשְׁחִ֥ית ה׳ אֶת־הָעִ֑יר וַיְהִ֥י כִמְצַחֵ֖ק בְּעֵינֵ֥י חֲתָנָֽיו׃
(14) So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, "Arise, leave this place, for ה׳ is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law as one who jests.
(כט) וַיְהִ֗י בְּשַׁחֵ֤ת אֱלֹקִים֙ אֶת־עָרֵ֣י הַכִּכָּ֔ר וַיִּזְכֹּ֥ר אֱלֹקִ֖ים אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח אֶת־לוֹט֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָ֔ה בַּהֲפֹךְ֙ אֶת־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־יָשַׁ֥ב בָּהֵ֖ן לֽוֹט׃
(29) Thus it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain and annihilated the cities where Lot dwelt, God was mindful of Abraham and removed Lot from the midst of the upheaval.
(ו) אַשְׁרֵ֣י אָ֭דָם עֽוֹז־ל֥וֹ בָ֑ךְ מְ֝סִלּ֗וֹת בִּלְבָבָֽם׃(ז) עֹבְרֵ֤י ׀ בְּעֵ֣מֶק הַ֭בָּכָא מַעְיָ֣ן יְשִׁית֑וּהוּ גַּם־בְּ֝רָכ֗וֹת יַעְטֶ֥ה מוֹרֶֽה׃(ח) יֵ֭לְכוּ מֵחַ֣יִל אֶל־חָ֑יִל יֵרָאֶ֖ה אֶל־אֱלֹקִ֣ים בְּצִיּֽוֹן׃
(6) Happy is the one who finds refuge in You,
whose mind is on the [pilgrim] highways.(7) They pass through the Valley of Baca,
regarding it as a place of springs,
as if the early rain had covered it with blessing.(8) They go fromrampart to rampart, appearing before God in Zion.
(ד) אשרי יושבי ביתך עוד יהללוך סלה. אשרי אדם עוז לו בך. יכול לכל תלמוד לומר מסלות בלבבם. עוברי בעמק הבכא מעין ישיתוהו. עמק הבכא זה גהינם. אמר רבי אלעזר דהוא קטלא. מעין ישיתוהו שהדמעות שלהן נמשכות כמעין. גם ברכות יעטה מורה.
(4) "Happy are those who dwell in your house, they will still praise you, Selah. Happy is the one who has strength in you, who has set their heart on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion." The phrase "Valley of Baca" refers to the valley of tears, which is identified with the punishment of Gehenna. Rabbi Elazar said that the name "Baca" is derived from the word "be-kat," which means "lamentation." The verse teaches that even in the depths of despair, the righteous can turn their tears into springs of joy.
(ה) כִּ֠י מִֽי־יַחְמֹ֤ל עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם וּמִ֖י יָנ֣וּד לָ֑ךְ וּמִ֣י יָס֔וּר לִשְׁאֹ֥ל לְשָׁלֹ֖ם לָֽךְ׃
(5) But who will have compassion on you, O Jerusalem,
Who will console you?
Who will turn aside to inquire
About your welfare?
בית ד'
הִתְנַעֲרִי מֵעָפָר קֽוּמִי,
לִבְשִׁי בִּגְדֵי תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ עַמִּי,
עַל יַד בֶּן יִשַׁי בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי,
קָרְבָה אֶל נַפְשִׁי גְאָלָהּ.
Verse 4
Shake yourself off, arise from the dust
Wear the clothes of your splendor, my people
At the hand of Jesse's son, the Bethlehemite
Draw near to my soul; Redeem her!
(ב) הִתְנַעֲרִ֧י מֵעָפָ֛ר ק֥וּמִי שְּׁבִ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם (התפתחו) [הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙] מוֹסְרֵ֣י צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ שְׁבִיָּ֖ה בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ {ס}
(2) Arise, shake off the dust,
Sit [on your throne], Jerusalem!
Loose the bonds from your neck,
O captive one, Fair Zion!
(א)מִדְרָשׁ הַנֶּעֱלָם ... תָּנוּ רַבָּנָן, לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְחַיֶּה אֶת הַמֵּתִים וִינַעֵר אוֹתָם מֵעַפְרָם, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ בִּנְיַן עָפָר כְּמוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ בַּתְּחִלָּה שֶׁנִּבְרְאוּ מֵעָפָר מַמָּשׁ, דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִתְקַיֵּים, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (בראשית ב׳:ז׳) וַיִּיצֶּר ה׳ אֱלקִים אֶת הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן הָאֲדָמָה.
(ב) וּבְאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה יִתְנַעֲרוּ מֵעָפָר מֵאוֹתוֹ הַבִּנְיָן, וְיַעַמְדוּ בְּבִנְיַן מְקוּיָים לִהְיוֹת לָהֶם קִיּוּמָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (ישעיהו נ״ב:ב׳) הִתְנַעֲרִי מֵעָפָר קוּמִי שְׁבִי יְרוּשָׁלַםִ, יִתְקַיְימוּ בְּקִיּוּמָא. וְיַעֲלוּ מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ וִיקַבְּלוּ נִשְׁמָתָם בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל.
(1) (Midrash Ha'Ne'elam) .... The sages taught that in the future, the Holy One, blessed be He, will raise the dead and shake the dust off them. As a result, they will no longer be made of dust, as they were when first created from dust, which does not endure, as it is written, "And Hashem Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground" (Gen. 2:7).
(2) The instant they shake the dust from their bodily frames, they will have enduring frames, as it is written, "Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, Jerusalem" (Isaiah 52:2). They will endure and rise from beneath the ground to receive their souls in the land of Yisrael.
בית ה׳
הִתְעוֹרְרִי הִתְעוֹרְרִי,
כִּי בָא אוֹרֵךְ קוּמִי אוֹרִי,
עוּרִי עוּרִי שִׁיר דַּבֵּרִי,
כְּבוֹד יְהֹוָה עָלַיִךְ נִגְלָה:
Verse 5
Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself!
For your light is come; arise and shine
Wake up! Wake up! Utter a song
The glory of YHWH is revealed upon you
(יז) הִתְעוֹרְרִ֣י הִֽתְעוֹרְרִ֗י ק֚וּמִי יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁתִ֛ית מִיַּ֥ד ה׳ אֶת־כּ֣וֹס חֲמָת֑וֹ אֶת־קֻבַּ֜עַת כּ֧וֹס הַתַּרְעֵלָ֛ה שָׁתִ֖ית מָצִֽית׃
(17) Rouse, rouse yourself!
Arise, O Jerusalem,
You who from GOD’s hand
Have drunk God’s wrath-filled cup,
You who have drained to the dregs
The bowl, the cup of reeling!
(א) ק֥וּמִי א֖וֹרִי כִּ֣י בָ֣א אוֹרֵ֑ךְ וּכְב֥וֹד ה׳ עָלַ֥יִךְ זָרָֽח׃
(1) Arise, shine, for your light has dawned;
The Presence of GOD has shone upon you!
(יב) עוּרִ֤י עוּרִי֙ דְּבוֹרָ֔ה ע֥וּרִי ע֖וּרִי דַּבְּרִי־שִׁ֑יר ק֥וּם בָּרָ֛ק וּֽשְׁבֵ֥ה שֶׁבְיְךָ֖ בֶּן־אֲבִינֹֽעַם׃
(12) Wake up, wake up, O Deborah!
Wake up, wake up! Utter a song!
Arise, O Barak;
Take your captives, O son of Abinoam!
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: כׇּל הַמִּתְיַהֵר, אִם חָכָם הוּא — חׇכְמָתוֹ מִסְתַּלֶּקֶת מִמֶּנּוּ, אִם נָבִיא הוּא — נְבוּאָתוֹ מִסְתַּלֶּקֶת מִמֶּנּוּ. אִם חָכָם הוּא חׇכְמָתוֹ מִסְתַּלֶּקֶת מִמֶּנּוּ — מֵהִלֵּל, דְּאָמַר מָר הִתְחִיל מְקַנְטְרָן בִּדְבָרִים, וְקָאָמַר לְהוּ: הֲלָכָה זוֹ שָׁמַעְתִּי וְשָׁכַחְתִּי. אִם נָבִיא הוּא נְבוּאָתוֹ מִסְתַּלֶּקֶת מִמֶּנּוּ — מִדְּבוֹרָה, דִּכְתִיב: ״חָדְלוּ פְרָזוֹן בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל חָדֵלּוּ עַד שַׁקַּמְתִּי דְּבוֹרָה שַׁקַּמְתִּי אֵם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ׳״, וּכְתִיב: ״עוּרִי עוּרִי דְּבוֹרָה עוּרִי עוּרִי דַּבְּרִי שִׁיר וְגוֹ׳״.
With regard to the incident with Hillel, Rav Yehuda said that Rav said: Anyone who acts haughtily, if he is a Torah scholar, his wisdom departs from him; and if he is a prophet, his prophecy departs from him. The Gemara explains: That if he is a Torah scholar, his wisdom departs from him is learned from Hillel, for the Master said in this baraita: Hillel began to rebuke them with words. Because he acted haughtily, he ended up saying to them: I once heard this halakha, but I have forgotten it, as he was punished for his haughtiness by forgetting the law. That if he is a prophet his prophecy departs from him is learned from Deborah, as it is written: “The villagers ceased, they ceased in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, I arose a mother in Israel” (Judges 5:7). For these words of self-glorification, Deborah was punished with a loss of her prophetic spirit, as it is written later that it was necessary to say to her: “Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song” (Judges 5:12), because her prophecy had left her.
בית ו'
לֹא תֵבושי וְלֹא תִכָּלְמִי.
מַה תִּשתּוחֲחִי וּמַה תֶּהֱמִי.
בָּךְ יֶחֱסוּ עֲנִיֵּי עַמִּי.
וְנִבְנְתָה עִיר עַל תִּלָּהּ.
Verse 6
You shall not be ashamed nor shall you be humiliated
Why should you be downcast, why disconsolate
The poor of my people will find shelter in you
and a city shall be built over her tel.
(א) רׇנִּ֥י עֲקָרָ֖ה לֹ֣א יָלָ֑דָה פִּצְחִ֨י רִנָּ֤ה וְצַֽהֲלִי֙ לֹא־חָ֔לָה כִּֽי־רַבִּ֧ים בְּֽנֵי־שׁוֹמֵמָ֛ה מִבְּנֵ֥י בְעוּלָ֖ה אָמַ֥ר ה׳׃(ב) הַרְחִ֣יבִי ׀ מְק֣וֹם אׇהֳלֵ֗ךְ וִֽירִיע֧וֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתַ֛יִךְ יַטּ֖וּ אַל־תַּחְשֹׂ֑כִי הַאֲרִ֙יכִי֙ מֵיתָרַ֔יִךְ וִיתֵדֹתַ֖יִךְ חַזֵּֽקִי׃(ג) כִּֽי־יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹ֖אול תִּפְרֹ֑צִי וְזַרְעֵךְ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם יִירָ֔שׁ וְעָרִ֥ים נְשַׁמּ֖וֹת יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ׃(ד) אַל־תִּֽירְאִי֙ כִּי־לֹ֣א תֵב֔וֹשִׁי וְאַל־תִּכָּֽלְמִ֖י כִּ֣י לֹ֣א תַחְפִּ֑ירִי כִּ֣י בֹ֤שֶׁת עֲלוּמַ֙יִךְ֙ תִּשְׁכָּ֔חִי וְחֶרְפַּ֥ת אַלְמְנוּתַ֖יִךְ לֹ֥א תִזְכְּרִי־עֽוֹד׃
(1) Shout, O infertile one,
You who bore no child!
Shout aloud for joy,
You who did not travail!
For the children of the wife forlorn
Shall outnumber those of the espoused
—said GOD.(2) Enlarge the site of your tent,
Extend the size of your dwelling,
Do not stint!
Lengthen the ropes, and drive the pegs firm.(3) For you shall spread out to the right and the left;
Your offspring shall dispossess nations
And shall people the desolate towns.(4) Fear not, you shall not be ashamed;
Nor shall you be humiliated, you shall not be disgraced.
For you shall forget
The reproach of your youth,
And remember no more
The shame of your widowhood.
(א) לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַח׃(ב) כְּאַיָּ֗ל תַּעֲרֹ֥ג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָ֑יִם כֵּ֤ן נַפְשִׁ֨י תַעֲרֹ֖ג אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹקִֽים׃(ג) צָמְאָ֬ה נַפְשִׁ֨י ׀ לֵאלֹקִים֮ לְאֵ֢ל חָ֥֫י מָתַ֥י אָב֑וֹא וְ֝אֵרָאֶ֗ה פְּנֵ֣י אֱלֹקִֽים׃(ד) הָיְתָה־לִּ֬י דִמְעָתִ֣י לֶ֭חֶם יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר אֵלַ֥י כׇּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹקֶֽיךָ׃(ה) אֵ֤לֶּה אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה ׀ וְאֶשְׁפְּכָ֬ה עָלַ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁ֗י כִּ֤י אֶעֱבֹ֨ר ׀ בַּסָּךְ֮ אֶדַּדֵּ֗ם עַד־בֵּ֥ית אֱלֹ֫קִ֥ים בְּקוֹל־רִנָּ֥ה וְתוֹדָ֗ה הָמ֥וֹן חוֹגֵֽג׃(ו)מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ וַתֶּהֱמִ֢י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣לִי לֵ֭אלֹקִים כִּי־ע֥וֹד אוֹדֶ֗נּוּ יְשׁוּע֥וֹת פָּנָֽיו׃(ז) אֱלֹקַ֗י עָלַי֮ נַפְשִׁ֢י תִשְׁתּ֫וֹחָ֥ח עַל־כֵּ֗ן אֶ֭זְכׇּרְךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יַרְדֵּ֑ן וְ֝חֶרְמוֹנִ֗ים מֵהַ֥ר מִצְעָֽר׃(ח) תְּהוֹם־אֶל־תְּה֣וֹם ק֭וֹרֵא לְק֣וֹל צִנּוֹרֶ֑יךָ כׇּֽל־מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָ עָלַ֥י עָבָֽרוּ׃(ט) יוֹמָ֤ם ׀ יְצַוֶּ֬ה ה׳ ׀ חַסְדּ֗וֹ וּ֭בַלַּיְלָה שִׁירֹ֣ה עִמִּ֑י תְּ֝פִלָּ֗ה לְאֵ֣ל חַיָּֽי׃(י) אוֹמְרָ֤ה ׀ לְאֵ֥ל סַלְעִי֮ לָמָ֢ה שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֵלֵ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃(יא) בְּרֶ֤צַח ׀ בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗י חֵרְפ֥וּנִי צוֹרְרָ֑י בְּאׇמְרָ֥ם אֵלַ֥י כׇּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹקֶֽיךָ׃(יב)מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִ֢י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣ילִי לֵ֭אלֹקִים כִּי־ע֣וֹד אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת פָּ֝נַ֗י וֵאלֹקָֽי׃ {פ}
(1) For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.(2) Like a hind crying for water,
my soul cries for You, O God;(3) my soul thirsts for God, the living God;
O when will I come to appear at God's countenance?(4) My tears have been my food day and night;
I am ever taunted with, “Where is your God?”(5) When I think of this, I pour out my soul:
how I walked with the crowd, moved with them, the festive throng, to the House of God with joyous shouts of praise.(6)Why so downcast, my soul, why disconsolate within me? Have hope in God;
I will yet praise Them the salvation of Their countenance!(7) O my God, my soul is downcast;
therefore I think of You
in this land of Jordan and Hermon,
in Mount Mizar,(8) where deep calls to deep
in the roar of Your cataracts;
all Your breakers and billows have swept over me.(9) By day, GOD ordains Their loving care; by night Their song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.(10) I say to God, my rock,
“Why have You forgotten me,
why must I walk in gloom,
oppressed by my enemy?”(11) Crushing my bones,
my foes revile me,
taunting me always with, “Where is your God?”(12)Why so downcast, my soul,
why disconsolate within me?
Have hope in God;
I will yet praise Them -
the salvation of my countenance, and my God!
בית ז'
Verse 7
Your devourers will be devoured
Those who would swallow you will be far removed
Your God will rejoice over you
like a groom over a bride
(טז) לָכֵ֞ן כׇּל־אֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙ יֵאָכֵ֔לוּ וְכׇל־צָרַ֥יִךְ כֻּלָּ֖ם בַּשְּׁבִ֣י יֵלֵ֑כוּ וְהָי֤וּ שֹׁאסַ֙יִךְ֙ לִמְשִׁסָּ֔ה וְכׇל־בֹּזְזַ֖יִךְ אֶתֵּ֥ן לָבַֽז׃(יז) כִּי֩ אַעֲלֶ֨ה אֲרֻכָ֥ה לָ֛ךְ וּמִמַּכּוֹתַ֥יִךְ אֶרְפָּאֵ֖ךְ נְאֻם־ה׳ כִּ֤י נִדָּחָה֙ קָ֣רְאוּ לָ֔ךְ צִיּ֣וֹן הִ֔יא דֹּרֵ֖שׁ אֵ֥ין לָֽהּ׃ {ס}
(16) Assuredly,
All who wanted to consume you shall be consumed,
And every one of your foes shall go into captivity;
Your devourers will be devoured,
And all who pillaged you I will give up to pillage.(17) But I will bring healing to you
And cure you of your wounds
—declares GOD.
Though they called you “Outcast,
That Zion whom no one seeks out,”
(ה) כִּֽי־יִבְעַ֤ל בָּחוּר֙ בְּתוּלָ֔ה יִבְעָל֖וּךְ בָּנָ֑יִךְ וּמְשׂ֤וֹשׂ חָתָן֙ עַל־כַּלָּ֔ה יָשִׂ֥ישׂ עָלַ֖יִךְ אֱלֹקָֽיִךְ׃
(5) As a youth espouses a maiden,
Your sons [JPS suggests possible emendation to "you builders"] shall espouse you;
And as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
So will your God rejoice over you.
בית ח'
Verse 8
You will break forth to the right and the left
and you will be in awe of YHWH
at the hand of the man descended of Perets ("Breakforth")
and we will rejoice and be glad!
(ג) כִּֽי־יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹ֖אול תִּפְרֹ֑צִי וְזַרְעֵךְ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם יִירָ֔שׁ וְעָרִ֥ים נְשַׁמּ֖וֹת יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ׃
(3) For you shall break forth to the right and the left;
Your offspring shall dispossess nations
And shall people the desolate towns.
.... כִּי יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל תִּפְרוֹצִי לְמֶהוֵי כֹּלָּא חַד.
.... For you shall break forth to the right and the left so that all becomes one.
(יב) לֹֽא־תֹאמְר֣וּן קֶ֔שֶׁר לְכֹ֧ל אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמַ֛ר הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה קָ֑שֶׁר וְאֶת־מוֹרָא֥וֹ לֹא־תִֽירְא֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תַעֲרִֽיצוּ׃(יג) אֶת־ה׳ צְבָא֖וֹת אֹת֣וֹ תַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ וְה֥וּא מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם וְה֥וּא מַעֲרִֽצְכֶֽם׃
(12) “You must not call conspiracy
All that that the people call conspiracy,
Nor revere what it reveres,
Nor hold it in awe.(13) None but GOD of Hosts
Shall you account holy;
Give reverence to [God] alone,
Hold [God] alone in awe.
בית ט'
בֹּאִי בְשָׁלוֹם עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ,
גַּם בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְצָהֳלָה,
תּוֹךְ אֱמוּנֵי עַם סְגֻלָּה:
בֹּאִי כַלָּה, בֹּאִי כַלָּה:
Verse 9
Enter in peace, crown of her husband
both in joy and in jubilant song
in the midst of the believers of the treasured people,
Enter, bride! Enter, bride!
(ד) אֵֽשֶׁת־חַ֭יִל עֲטֶ֣רֶת בַּעְלָ֑הּ וּכְרָקָ֖ב בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יו מְבִישָֽׁה׃
(4) A woman of prowess is a crown for her husband,
But an incompetent one is like rot in his bones.
אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, כְּתִיב, (משלי י״ב:ד׳) אֵשֶׁת חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ וְגוֹ'. אֵשֶׁת חַיִל, דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל.
Rabbi Yosi said: it is written "a woman of valor is a crown to her husband etc" (Proverbs 12:4). A woman of valor - this is the congregation of Israel.
״בּוֹאוּ וְנֵצֵא לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה מַלְכְּתָא״. וְאָמְרִי לַהּ: ״לִקְרַאת שַׁבָּת – כַּלָּה מַלְכְּתָא״. רַבִּי יַנַּאי מִתְעַטֵּף וְקָאֵי, וְאָמַר: ״בּוֹאִי כַלָּה, בּוֹאִי כַלָּה״.
Come and let us go out to greet the bride, the queen. And some say that this is what he would say: Come and let us go out to greet Shabbat, the bride, the queen. Rabbi Yannai would wrap himself in his tallitand stand at the eve of Shabbat at twilight, saying: Come, bride; come, bride. Similarly, it is appropriate for one to run out in honor of Shabbat.
כִּדְרַבִּי חֲנִינָא – דְּאָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא:״בּוֹאוּ וְנֵצֵא לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה מַלְכְּתָא״. וְאָמְרִי לַהּ: ״לִקְרַאת שַׁבָּת – כַּלָּה מַלְכְּתָא״. רַבִּי יַנַּאי מִתְעַטֵּף וְקָאֵי, וְאָמַר: ״בּוֹאִי כַלָּה, בּוֹאִי כַלָּה״.
It is like that which Rabbi Ḥanina would say, as Rabbi Ḥanina would say:Come and let us go out to greet the bride, the queen. Or some quote it this way: ... to greet Shabbat, the bride, the queen. Rabbi Yannai would wrap himself [in his tallit] and stand and say: Enter, bride! Enter, bride!
