The Aaronic Blessing
The Aaronic Blessing (click here for easy printing)
Birkat Kohanim: בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים
English:
The LORD [**YHVH] bless you and keep you;
The LORD [**YHVH] make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
The LORD [**YHVH] lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26, ESV
Hebrew:
*יְבָרֶכְךָ* יְהוָה** וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ:
יָאֵר יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִיחֻנֶּךָ
יִשָּׂא יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ
וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם
Transliteration:
Yee-vah-reh-*cheh-*cha **YHVH (the LORD, Adonai, HaShem) vay-yeesh-meh-reh-*cha;
Yah-ehr YHVH (Adonai) pah-hav eh-lay-cha vee-chu-neh-cha;
Yee-sah YHVH (Adonai) pah-nav eh-lay-cha
vay-yah-sem leh-cha shalom.
- guttural sound
- **YHVH: The tetragrammaton יהוה is pronounced in various ways: Adonai, HaShem, etc. Many scholars believe, that during the time of our Messiah, the Name was pronounced Yahveh.
