ה' צבאות שמו' בברכת 'המעריב ערבים':גלגולם ושחיקתם של מטבעות תפילה'

Updated by: 
Matthew Wilson
Research notes: 
SHS/not checked/07/02/2019 MTW/reader checked/02/04/2019
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Kister, Menahem
year: 
2018
Full title: 

ה' צבאות שמו' בברכת 'המעריב ערבים':גלגולם ושחיקתם של מטבעות תפילה'

Translated title: 
‘The Lord of Hosts is His Name’ in the Ha-maʿariv ʿAravim Benediction: Metamorphoses and Erosion of Benediction Formulae
Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Tarbiz
Volume: 
85
Issue / Series Volume: 
4
Pages: 
695-700
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

The present article studies the sentence that precedes the concluding formula of the benediction Ha-maʿariv ʿAravim. This sentence is either ה' צבאות שמו קדוש ישראל (Isa 47:4) or ה' צבאות שמו חי וקיים תמיד ימלוך עלינו לעולם ועד. The words ה' צבאות שמו (‘The Lord of Hosts is His Name’) are the common denominator. It is suggested that these words are a remnant of the verse ת ירח וכוכבים לאור לילה... ה' צבאות שמוֹן שמש לאור יומם חֻקֵנֹתה' (‘the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night... the Lord of hosts is his name’, Jer 31:34[35]), a verse that is perfectly suitable before the concluding formula of this benediction. Citing verses before the concluding formulae of benediction was a usual liturgical practice. It is suggested that only the words ה' צבאות שמו survived out of this verse, and they were elaborated in different ways. Echoes of this verse in the Qumran scrolls are mentioned.

Language: 
Hebrew
Hebrew bible: 
Book: 
Jeremiah
Chapter(s): 
31
Verse(s): 
34-35
Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents: 
Scroll / Document: 
4Q503
Section type: 
Fragment
Passage: 
1-6
Scroll / Document: 
4Q503
Section type: 
Fragment
Passage: 
15-16
Scroll / Document: 
4Q392
Section type: 
Fragment
Passage: 
1
Label: 
04/03/2019
Record number: 
104 477