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
- Language: Hebrew
- Subject: greeting
- Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / I, IV, V
- Melody: minor tonic triad / descending minor pentascale / D,E,G,A
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm: steady beat / eighth rests
- Scale: natural minor
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- 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)
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4 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)
Beth, that’s the wrong shalom alechem song. The one in this post is not commonly sung while returning from Friday services, the one in the Wikipedia article is.
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