Text, Translation and Transliteration
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(ה) אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ הַיָּם וְהוּא עָשָֽׂהוּ
וְיַבֶּֽשֶׁת יָדָיו יָצָֽרוּ:
(5) The sea is God’s - the One who made it; and the land, fashioned by God’s hands.
Asher lo hayam vehu asahu, veyabeshet yadav yatzaru
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אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ הַ֭יָּם וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑הוּ וְ֝יַבֶּ֗שֶׁת יָדָ֥יו יָצָֽרוּ׃
The sea is God’s - the One who made it;
and the land, fashioned by God’s hands.
Daphna with the community kids in the recording studio: Avital Meir, Avital Kagan, Mira Sykes and Uriel Gan Sinclair 2008. Credit: Ruth Gan Kagan