Achat Sha'altiאַחַת שָׁאַלְתִּי |
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Achat sha'alti me'eit Hashem, otah avakesh:
shivti b'veit Hashem, kol y'mei chayai, lachazot b'noam Hashem, u'l'vaker b'heikhalo. | אַחַת שָׁאַלְתִּי מֵאֵת-יְהוָה אוֹתָהּ אֲבַקֵּשׁ:
שִׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית-יְהוָה, כָּל-יְמֵי חַיַּי, לַחֲזוֹת בְּנֹעַם-יְהוָה, וּלְבַקֵּר בְּהֵיכָלוֹ. |
Translation:One Thing I ask, I ask of you; I earestly pray for (two times)
That I might dwell in your house all of the days of me life [ That I might seek to know you all of the days of my life.] Knowing the beauty, the beauty of you and to dwell in your holy place.(two times) | |
Information:From Psalms 27:4, the Psalm for the days of awe.
B'kol Echad page 77 Tzlil v'Zemer tune used with permission. (Featured below in the recordings by Shmuel Popper and Yisroel Mendelson) | |
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