Lyrics - Translation
(Hebrew folk song)
Hevenu shalom aleichem,
Hevenu shalom aleichem,
Hevenu shalom aleichem,
Hevenu shalom, shalom, shalom aleichem
English Translation - We come to greet you in peace
We come to greet you in peace.
Hebrew – הבאנו שלום עליכם
הבאנו שלום עליכם
הבאנו שלום עליכם
הבאנו שלום עליכם
הבאנו שלום, שלום
שלום עליכם
See also
- Hebrew folk songs
- steady beat songs
- greeting songs
- minor / modal songs
- songs with the minor tonic triad in the melody
- songs with the minor pentascale (going down) in the melody
- songs with eighth rests (instrument part)
- recorder notes D,E,G,A (countermelody)
- Orff arrangements
- songs with I, IV, V chords
- free sheet music
- lesson ideas
YouTube
(or available for purchase here)
- Song with chords in 2 keys, Lesson ideas for Rhythm (Eighth rests in tambourine part), Harmony (Recorder Countermelody – Notes D,E,G,A with Student Copies), Orff Arrangement (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
2 thoughts on “Hevenu Shalom Aleichem”
When was this song written, BT whom and where
This is what I found on Wikipedia: This liturgical poem was written by the kabbalists of Safed in the late 16th or early 17th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom_Aleichem_(liturgy)