Blessing over Wine in Hebrew קִדּוּשׁ — with transliteration and word-by-word meaning
The Blessing over Wine 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.
The blessing over the cup, followed by the Friday-night Kiddush that sanctifies the Sabbath. The short first line alone is the blessing said over wine at any time.
Traditional wording
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְרָצָה בָנוּ וְשַׁבַּת קָדְשׁוֹ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצוֹן הִנְחִילָנוּ זִכָּרוֹן לְמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who sanctified us with His commandments and took pleasure in us, and in love and favour gave us His holy Sabbath as a heritage, a remembrance of the work of creation.
כִּי הוּא יוֹם תְּחִלָּה לְמִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ זֵכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם
For it is the first of the holy convocations, a memorial of the going out from Egypt.
כִּי בָנוּ בָחַרְתָּ וְאוֹתָנוּ קִדַּשְׁתָּ מִכָּל הָעַמִּים וְשַׁבַּת קָדְשְׁךָ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצוֹן הִנְחַלְתָּנוּ
For You chose us and sanctified us from all the peoples, and in love and favour gave us Your holy Sabbath as a heritage.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה מְקַדֵּשׁ הַשַּׁבָּת
Blessed are You, LORD, who sanctifies the Sabbath.
Messianic wording
Messianic Jewish congregations add to the traditional blessing; the wording varies from siddur to siddur — this is one common form. The cup is received as the cup of the new covenant (Luke 22:20) and Yeshua as the true vine (John 15:1).
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ הַגֶּפֶן הָאֲמִתִּית
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who has given us Yeshua the Messiah, the true vine.
The Blessing over Wine in English
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine. Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who sanctified us with His commandments and took pleasure in us, and in love and favour gave us His holy Sabbath as a heritage, a remembrance of the work of creation. For it is the first of the holy convocations, a memorial of the going out from Egypt. For You chose us and sanctified us from all the peoples, and in love and favour gave us Your holy Sabbath as a heritage. Blessed are You, LORD, who sanctifies the Sabbath.
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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