Blessing over Bread in Hebrew הַמּוֹצִיא — with transliteration and word-by-word meaning
The Blessing over Bread in Hebrew, as it is said: the Hebrew with full vowel points, every word broken into syllables with the STRESSED syllable in capitals, the meaning of each word beneath it, and the English of every line. Hebrew reads right to left. Tap Listen to hear a line read slowly by a Hebrew voice.
Said before eating bread, at the start of every meal with bread and at the Shabbat table after Kiddush.
Traditional wording
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.
Messianic wording
Messianic Jewish congregations add to the traditional blessing; the wording varies from siddur to siddur — this is one common form.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ לֶחֶם הַחַיִּים
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who has given us Yeshua the Messiah, the bread of life.
The Blessing over Bread in English
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.
How to read the Hebrew
Each card is one word. The Hebrew on top is fully pointed (with nikkud, the vowel marks). Under it the word is spelled out syllable by syllable in English letters, with a slash between syllables; the syllable in CAPITALS carries the stress — in Biblical Hebrew that is usually the last one. The third line is what the word means, with any attached prefix spelled out (and, the, in, to…). Read the cards from right to left, as the Hebrew goes.
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