Prayer for Dew

t'filat geshem

תפילת גשם

Israeli: ' marks a reduced vowel that Israeli speech drops (b'rachah); when the vowel is pronounced it is written e (lefanecha). - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations

Hebrew

יַטְרִיחַ לְפַלֵּג מִפֶּלֶג גֶּשֶׁם
לְמוֹגֵג פְּנֵי נְשִׁי בִצְחוֹת לְשֶׁם
מַיִם לְאַדִּירָךְ הִכִּיתָ בְרֶשֶׁם
לְהַרְגִּיעַ בְּרַעַם לִנְפוּחֵי נֶשֶׁם
לְהַחֲיוֹת מוֹפְתִים גְּבוּרוֹת הַגֶּשֶׁם.

Israeli

yatriach lefaleg mipeleg geshem
lemogeg p'nei neshi vitzchot leshem
mayim le-adirach hikita v'reshem
lehargia b'ra-am linfuchei neshem
lehachayot moftim g'vurot hageshem.

Hebrew

אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ

Israeli

Eloheinu veilohei avoteinu

Hebrew

זְכוֹר אָב נִמְשַׁךְ אַחֲרֶיךָ כַּמַּיִם
בֵּרַכְתּוֹ כְּעֵץ שָׁתוּל עַל פַּלְגֵי מַיִם
גְּנַנְתּוֹ, הִצַּלְתּוֹ מֵאֵשׁ וּמִמַּיִם
דְּרַשְׁתּוֹ בְזַרְעוֹ עַל כָּל מַיִם.
קהל: בַּעֲבוּרוֹ אַל תִּמְנַע מַיִם.

Israeli

z'chor av nimshach acharecha kamayim
berachto ke-etz shatul al palgei mayim
g'nanto, hitzalto me-esh umimayim
d'rashto v'zaro al kol mayim.
kahal: ba-avuro al timna mayim.

Gen. 18

Hebrew

זְכוֹר הַנּוֹלָד בִּבְשׂוֹרַת יֻקַּח־נָא מְעַט־מַיִם
וְשַׂחְתָּ לְהוֹרוֹ לְשָׁחְטוֹ לִשְׁפֹּךְ דָּמוֹ כַמַּיִם
זִהֵר גַּם הוּא לִשְׁפֹּךְ לֵב כַּמַּיִם
חָפַר וּמָצָא בְּאֵרוֹת מַיִם.
קהל: בְּצִדְקוֹ חֹן חַשְׁרַת מַיִם.

Israeli

z'chor hanolad bivsorat yukach-na me-at-mayim
vesachta lehoro leshachto lishpoch damo chamayim
ziher gam hu lishpoch lev kamayim
chafar umatza be-erot mayim.
kahal: b'tzidko chon chashrat mayim.

Hebrew

זְכוֹר טִעֵן מַקְלוֹ וְעָבַר יַרְדֵּן מַיִם
יִחַד לֵב וְגַל אֶבֶן מִפִּי בְאֵר מַיִם
כְּנֶאֱבַק לוֹ שַׂר בָּלוּל מֵאֵשׁ וּמִמַּיִם
לָכֵן הִבְטַחְתּוֹ הֱיוֹת עִמּוֹ בָּאֵשׁ וּבַמַּיִם.
קהל: בַּעֲבוּרוֹ אַל תִּמְנַע מַיִם.

Israeli

z'chor ti-en maklo ve-avar yarden mayim
yichad lev vegal even mipi ve-er mayim
k'ne-evak lo sar balul me-esh umimayim
lachen hivtachto heyot imo ba-esh uvamayim.
kahal: ba-avuro al timna mayim.

Commentary

Remember [Isaac] whose birth was foretold when the three angels visited Abraham, and he urged them to stay, rest, eat and drink water. When he dug: Isaac reopened the wells Abraham had dug, which had been stopped up by the Philistines (Gen. 26:18).

He rolled away the stone from the well of water: When Jacob arrived at Haran and saw Rachel coming to water the sheep, Jacob removed the stone covering the well (Gen. 29:10). An angel composed of fire and water: the Talmud Yerushalmi (Rosh HaShana 2:4) …

You shielded him and rescued him from fire and water: According to rabbinic tradition, Abraham was cast into a fiery furnace by Nimrod and was saved by God. Satan created a river to block Abraham’s way on his journey to the binding of Isaac. Abraham walked undaunted into the water; when it came up to his neck, God rebuked Satan and the river vanished.