Adir Hu
Adir Hu ("Mighty is He"), the Passover Seder song, in Hebrew to its traditional tune as the Union Haggadah printed it in 1923, in four parts of our own: the three verses the Union Haggadah prints, which take their names for Hashem from across the hymn's eight stanzas. Each verse praises Hashem as mighty (then chosen, great and one; then righteous, holy and merciful) and asks Him to build His house soon, speedily, in our days: "Kel bene, Kel bene", Hashem, build. Bright and stately.
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The first verse
Words: traditional Hebrew hymn of the Passover HaggadahTune: traditional
Adir hu, adir hu,adir hu, yivne veito bekarov,bimhera, bimhera,beyameinu bekarov.Kel bene,Kel bene,b'ne veitcha bekarov.
About Adir Hu
Adir Hu, "Mighty is He", is a song of the Passover Seder. The earliest known printing of its tune, in an early form, is in a Haggadah in Hebrew, Latin and German that J. S. Rittangel published in 1644. Our tune and words are read from the Union Haggadah of 1923, in C as printed, and the four parts are our own. It is sung in Hebrew, transliterated, for 2 to 4 singers: the book's three short verses, which take their names for God from across the hymn's eight stanzas, each praising God and asking Him to build His house soon, in our days. It is sung with the substituted name customary when singing outside prayer: Kel, for El.
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