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38. Song About Love
… inclusion as a song for wedding celebrations. Whereas the Hebrew word for love, ahavah , is a feminine noun covering a … Malayalam form ābāh or ahabah (a transliteration of the Hebrew) generally refers to romantic love between a man and … … 52 … 7 … 44285 … Kochi … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk …
37. Gorgeous Black-Haired Woman
… As white as snow. (x2) This Malayalam translation of the Hebrew piyyut “ Yefefiyah ” (“Most Beautiful Woman”) was the … woman—literally “black-haired woman”—to translate the Hebrew word. He praised the composer of the song for … … 52 … 7 … 44282 … Kibbutz Neot Mordecai, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk …
36. O Woman Dwelling in the Field
… version of Shokhant baSadeh (’ Areshet 1980, 392), a Hebrew piyyut by the eleventh-century Spanish poet Solomon … where its romantic innuendos were enjoyed. The medieval Hebrew piyyut is imaginatively located in biblical … noted by Gamliel (2005, 206). … 52 … 7 … 44279 … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk …
30. O Proud Singing Bird!
… cukannu talayil pacca Cūtaka pattilě raņḍu vanaṃ O proud singing bird, listen, listen! What is the news? What's … “good constellation,” a literal translation of the Hebrew “ mazal tov .” In some notebooks this song is marked … clapping. … 52 … 7 … 44263 … Moshav Taoz, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk …
25. Song of the Four Crowns
… The third stanza of the Malayalam song is based on the Hebrew song Yismaḥ Ḥatani (’ Areshet 1980, 170), wishing … … 52 … 7 … 44249 … Moshav Mesillat Tzion. Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi … 25. Song of …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… the noble People took it in their hands. With dancing and singing, they took the Torah, With joy in their hearts, and … that this second melody was also used for teaching the Hebrew alphabet to children. … below on song 52, “The Song of ’ Anokhi .” [2] The Hebrew term hakafah (circling around) refers to the custom …
23. Happiness to the Bridegroom
… he could hear the sweet sound: “Yoseph lives,” she was singing, “Yoseph lives, without a doubt!” Hearing her, he … members of her family, who sang it to the melody for the Hebrew piyyut ’El ‘Elyon , the same as for song 22, The Brit … one has offered an alternative. … 52 … 7 … 44243 … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk …
22. Brit Milah (Circumcision) Song
… The Malayalam lyrics follow quite closely those of the Hebrew piyyut “’ El ‘Elyon ” (’ Areshet 1980, 358–359), sung … son of David. The “ben David” epithet is commonly used in Hebrew liturgy, referring to the hope for a future … Group Singers, with members of three different communities singing in turn. ________________________________ [10] …
21. Great God Who Has Fed Us
… eaten of your food, O King, and drunk the wine from You. By singing and by praising, we bless Your holy Name. Speaking … (x2) This is a Malayalam translation of the popular Hebrew piyyut “ Tzur mishelo ’achalnu ” (“Our Rock, Whose … recording. The Malayalam version follows the original Hebrew, with several Kerala touches. Stanza 3 renders the …
20. The Command Is Proclaimed
… meals on festive occasions, after the men had sung the Hebrew blessing for the end of the meal. In particular, it … with songs 19 and 21, the second tune is from the Kerala Hebrew piyyut “ ‘ Etz Ḥaim Hi’ ” (’ Areshet 1980, 210). The … Mi Kamokha prayer. … 52 … 7 … 44236 … Kochi … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk …