8. Yitbārek ‘Egzi’abǝḥer…’Amlak ‘Ābawina ‘Antǝ

A prayer for the morning service of Fridays, holidays, New Moon and Səgd, belonging to the series of opening prayers for these occasions. It is also sung after a sacrifice has been performed in conjunction with Tāzkar. On each of these occasions, the text and the melody remain the same. The text offers praise to God. It is based on the apocryphal prayer of Azaria, Hanania and Mishael, and expands on it.

This unmeasured piece is antiphonal. The choir produces heterophony. The recitation of the text lengthens gradually on the recto tono.