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Adonai shama'ti shim'akha (Adonai Schamati)
… The song opens Adonai shama'ti shim'akha yareti Adonai , a biblical verse (Habaqquq 3:2) that later on becomes a … a fixed meter. The last verse of each stanza is also a Biblical verse ending with the word "Adonai" as the refrain does. Piyyutim with the same Biblical refrain and poetical structure appear in Sephardi …
69. So It Is Proclaimed and Declared!
… in 1947. Stanzas 3 and 4 echo the well-known biblical passage about turning swords into plowshares (Micah …
60. Hanukkah Song
… … 7 … 44349 … Moshav Taoz, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
59. The Document Box
… 7b). … 52 … 40 … 7 … 44346 … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… and dramatic scenes, this song conveys key events in the biblical book of Esther, chapters 4–8. It also incorporates … … 52 … 40 … 7 … 44344 … Kochi … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
57. In the India Kingdom
… … 52 … 40 … 7 … 44338 … Jerusalem … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
56. The Song of Ruth
… may Tamburan be blessed. This popular ballad recounting the biblical story of Ruth appears in twelve Jewish song … Moshav Mesilat Zion, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
55. David and the Spider
… a different story about David hiding in a cave. In this biblical story (I Samuel 24: 3–7), David cuts off the edges … in this complex Malayalam narrative coincide with or echo biblical and midrashic stories. David’s escape by pretending … 40 … 7 … 44332 … Tiberias, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
54. David and the Mosquito
… described in stanzas 5 and 6 draws from the more elaborate biblical account of David’s killing of the giant (I Samuel … miry pit….” … 52 … 40 … 7 … 44329 … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sifrei Torah)
… … Kochi/ Moshav Nevatim, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
52. The Song of “Anokhi”
… ’ ani ). It is the first word spoken by God in the biblical passage known as the “Ten Commandments” (Exodus … 40 … 7 … 44324 … Tiberias, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
51. When Moshe Received Knowledge
… to as both Sinai and Seir, an implicit reference to the biblical passage Deuteronomy 33:2: “The Lord came from Sinai … from all over the world and burned in the fire. In the biblical account, Moshe alone goes up Mount Sinai and brings … He did not throw them down, she said, contradicting the biblical account and also several midrashic stories in which …