Lyrics
Verse
Yevarechecha Adonai, VeYishmerecha
The LORD bless you and keep you
יְבָרֶכְךָ יהוה, וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ
Ya'er Adonai Panav Eleycha ViChuneka
Make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you
יָאֵר יהוה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ, וִיחֻנֶּךָּ
Yisa Adonai Panav Eleycha, VeYasem Lecha Shalom
The LORD turn His face toward you and give you peace
יִשָּׂא יהוה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ, וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם
Bridge 1
Yehi chasdo aleicha le’alfei dorot
May His favor be upon you to a thousand generations
יהי חסדו עליך לאלפי דורות
Mispachtecha viladecha
Your family and your children
משפחתך וילדיך
Dorotecha achareicha
Your generations after you
דורותיך אחריך
Rucho telech lefaneicha
May His presence go before you
רוחו תלך לפניך
Letsidecha achareicha
Beside you and behind you
לצידך, אחריך
Misvivecha belibecha
All around you and within you
מסביבך, בליבך
Refrain
Hu itcha
He is with you
הוא איתך
Bridge 2
Baboker uvaerev
In the morning in the evening
בבוקר ובערב
Betzetecha uvoecha
In your going and your coming
בצאתך ובואך
B’sivlotecha beoshrecha
In your weeping and rejoicing
בסבלותיך ואושרך
Refrain
Hu itcha
He is for you
הוא איתך
Hu itanu im kulanu
He is for us, He is with us
הוא איתנו עם כולנו
Hu itcha
He is for you
הוא איתך
Outro
Shalom
Peace
שָׁלוֹם
Credits & Song Information
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Ha Bracha (The Blessing)” by Joshua Aaron presents the priestly blessing in three forms on the page: transliterated Hebrew, Hebrew script, and an English translation. The opening verse follows Numbers 6:24-26 closely: “The LORD bless you and keep you,” “make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you,” and “turn His face toward you and give you peace.”
The bridge extends that blessing to family and future generations, asking that God’s favor rest on “a thousand generations” and that His presence go before, beside, behind, around, and within the one blessed. The refrain “Hu itcha,” meaning “He is with you,” gathers those lines into one assurance, and it widens to “He is for us, He is with us.”
The second bridge names the whole span of ordinary life: morning and evening, going out and coming in, weeping and rejoicing. That phrasing is close to Psalm 121:8 and Deuteronomy 28:6. The song closes on a single word, “Shalom,” peace.
Related Scripture
- Numbers 6:24-26 The priestly blessing sung in the opening verse
- Deuteronomy 7:9 God’s covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations
- Psalm 121:8 The LORD keeping going out and coming in