Chapter 47

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1For the leader. Of the Korahites. A psalm.

la-menatze-ACH l'-vinay-KO-rach miz-MOR

אלַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מִזְמֽוֹר׃

2All you peoples, clap your hands, raise a joyous shout for Hashem.

KOL-ha-a-MEEM tik-U-kaf ha-REE-u le-E-lo-HEEM b'-KOL ri-NAH

בכׇּֽל־הָ֭עַמִּים תִּקְעוּ־כָ֑ף הָרִ֥יעוּ לֵ֝אלֹהִ֗ים בְּק֣וֹל רִנָּֽה׃

3For Hashem Most High is awesome, great king over all the earth;

ki-a-do-NAI el-YON no-RA me-LEKH ga-DOL al-KOL ha-A-retz

גכִּֽי־יְהֹוָ֣ה עֶלְי֣וֹן נוֹרָ֑א מֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝ד֗וֹל עַל־כׇּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

4He subjects peoples to us, sets nations at our feet.

yad-BAYR a-MEEM takh-TEY-nu, u-l'-u-MEEM takh-KHAT rag-LEY-nu

דיַדְבֵּ֣ר עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתֵּ֑ינוּ וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים תַּ֣חַת רַגְלֵֽינוּ׃

5He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Yaakov whom He loved. Selah.

yiv-khar LA-nu et na-kha-la-TAY-nu ET g'-ON ya-a-KOV a-sher a-HAYV SE-lah

היִבְחַר־לָ֥נוּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֵ֑נוּ אֶ֥ת־גְּא֨וֹן יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁר־אָהֵ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃

47:5 Pride of Yaakov

“The Pride of Yaakov” was the name of a famous academy of Torah learning in the Land of Israel. Also, called Yeshivat Eretz Yisrael, it lasted from the sixth until the twelfth century CE. It began in Tiveria (Tiberias), the center of Jewish intellectual life from the second to tenth centuries CE, under the tutelage of Rabbi Yehuda Nesiah, grandson of Rabbi Yehuda the Prince. Tiveria was the last headquarters of the High Court of Israel, called the Sanhedrin, which left Yerushalyim after it fell to the Romans in 70 CE. It saw the development of the Jerusalem Talmud, the diacritics for Hebrew writing, cantillation and many other Jewish intellectual activities. The academy went through many iterations and was housed in different locations but maintained a strong, central position in Jewish life and scholarship for close to six hundred years.

6Hashem ascends midst acclamation; Hashem, to the blasts of the shofar.

a-LAH e-lo-HIM bi-t'-ru-AH, a-do-NAI b'-KOL sho-FAR

ועָלָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה בְּק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃

7Sing, O sing to Hashem; sing, O sing to our king;

za-ME-ru e-lo-HIM za-ME-ru za-ME-ru le-mal-KE-nu za-ME-ru

זזַמְּר֣וּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים זַמֵּ֑רוּ זַמְּר֖וּ לְמַלְכֵּ֣נוּ זַמֵּֽרוּ׃

8for Hashem is king over all the earth; sing a hymn.

KI me-LEKH kol-ha-A-retz e-LO-heem za-ME-ru mas-KIL

חכִּ֤י מֶ֖לֶךְ כׇּל־הָאָ֥רֶץ אֱלֹהִ֗ים זַמְּר֥וּ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

9Hashem reigns over the nations; Hashem is seated on His holy throne.

ma-LAKH e-lo-HEEM al-go-YIM e-lo-HEEM ya-SHAV al-ki-SE k'-DO-sho

טמָלַ֣ךְ אֱ֭לֹהִים עַל־גּוֹיִ֑ם אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים יָשַׁ֤ב ׀ עַל־כִּסֵּ֬א קׇדְשֽׁוֹ׃

10The great of the peoples are gathered together, the retinue of Avraham's Hashem; for the guardians of the earth belong to Hashem; He is greatly exalted.

ne-di-VEI a-MEEM ne-e-SA-fu am e-lo-HEI av-RA-ham, KEE le-E-lo-HEEM ma-gi-NEI e-RETZ, m'-OD na-a-LAH.

ינְדִ֘יבֵ֤י עַמִּ֨ים ׀ נֶאֱסָ֗פוּ עַם֮ אֱלֹהֵ֢י אַבְרָ֫הָ֥ם כִּ֣י לֵ֭אלֹהִים מָֽגִנֵּי־אֶ֗רֶץ מְאֹ֣ד נַֽעֲלָֽה׃