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30:34 – And Laban said, \u201cVery well, <\/span>lu yehi<\/em> <\/span>let it be as you say.\u201d
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Chapter 28 introduced the idea of a <\/span>hapax<\/span><\/em>, a word that appears only once in the Tanakh. Today\u2019s term is close – it is a two-word phrase that only appears once. But as opposed to many of those other unique appearances whose meanings were difficult to determine, this one is as clear as day. The first word <\/span>lu<\/span><\/em> means \u201cif\u201d or \u201cwould that,\u201d similar to it\u2019s extended version – <\/span>im lu<\/span><\/em>, \u201cif it could be\u201d – known in its shortened form as <\/span>ilu<\/span><\/em>. The second word – <\/span>yehi<\/em> <\/span>– is simply a form of the verb \u201cto be.\u201d So: \u201cwould that it were,\u201d or more colloquially: \u201clet it be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That might be all there is to say about this phrase, except that it has had a quite a resurrection, as it were, and a modern career. For when the great Israeli songstress Naomi Shemer (composer of “Jerusalem of Gold” and other megahits of the national consciousness) applied her talents to adapting the Beatles “Let it Be” to Israeli, she came up with the title <\/span>Lu Yehi<\/span><\/em>, which brilliantly captures the tri-syllabic structure of the original, and combines with the repeated <\/span>kol shenevakesh<\/span><\/em>, to form the plaintive chorus, “all that we ask \u2013 let it be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The story is actually more complicated than that. Shemer chose <\/span>Lu Yehi<\/span><\/em> as the translation of the key phrase, and began writing the song in 1973. The Yom Kippur war broke out, and she quickly adapted her version to the prayer for peace that it became, and at the behest of her husband, she composed an original tune, so that it become more originally Israeli, and not just a Beatle’s cover. It was first performed on Sukkot of that year, a few short days after the war began. The Hebrew song is clearly a prayer, with <\/span>lu yehi<\/span><\/em> meaning “may it be,” let the request for the safe return of soldiers, etc., be granted. <\/span><\/p>\n

Paul McCartney later clarified that his original intention was not a prayer, but closer to “let things be,” strive for serenity and accept reality as it is.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":103032,"id":103032,"title":"-62318d8a2b53e--62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim lu yehi.jpg","filename":"62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/milimilim-the-hebrew-corner-gen-30\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi-jpg\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi-jpg","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":38463,"date":"2022-03-16 07:11:06","modified":"2022-03-16 07:11:24","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":960,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg.jpg","large-width":960,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg.jpg","1536x1536-width":960,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg.jpg","2048x2048-width":960,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg.jpg","post_full_size-width":960,"post_full_size-height":720,"home_baner":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62318d8a2b53e-62318d8a2b53fgen30-milim-lu-yehi.jpg-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":"

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