אֵל עֹשֵׂה נִפְלָאוֹת | El ‘Oséh Niflaōt, a zulat piyyut for Shabbat haḤodesh by Elazar ben Qallir

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Elazar ben Qallir

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45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, four special parashot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, שבת החודש Shabbat haḤodesh, יוצרות yotsrot, זולת zulat

A zulat (a piyyut to be inserted before “Ezrat Avotenu” in the morning liturgy) attributed to Qallir, to be recited on Shabbat haḤodesh.

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
אֵל עֹשֵׂה נִפְלָאוֹת בַּעֲבוּרָם עָשִֽׂיתָ נוֹרָאוֹת גִּלִּֽיתָ בְּרִבְבֵי צְבָאוֹת דְּגָלֵֽימוֹ לְהוֹצִיא מִתְּלָאוֹת הֵם כַּנְּשָׁרִים נְשׂוּאוֹת וּמַשְׁאֵרוֹתָם נוֹשְׂאוֹת זֶֽבֶד טוֹב מְלֵאוֹת חֶֽסֶד בְּעֵינֵיהֶם רוֹאוֹת׃	Astonishment-doing Deity, on their Behalf You did wonders rare, Girt by myriad troops, You made them aware, Decamping, bannered, from trouble to spare. Eagle-like, they were lifted from there While carrying their kneading ware, Zenithal gifts, full beyond compare. How their eyes saw divine care!
טוֹב בָּנִים כִּלְלָם יוֹדֵֽעַ פְּרִי מַעֲלָלָם כׇּל־הַדֶּֽרֶךְ נִהֲלָם לִפְנֵי כֹל הִתְלִילָם מִלֵּא כׇּל־מִשְׁאֲלָם נוֹאֲמֵי רָעָתָם הִפִּילָם שֹֽׂבַע מָן הֶאֱכִילָם עַל כׇּל־אֹם עִלָּם׃	To crown the best of sons, They, Intuiting the fruit their deeds would purvey, Conducted them all the way, Lionizing them before all in array, Meeting fully every request they would pray, No less, casting down those who ill-wishings say. Sating them with a manna entrée, Over every nation They raised their array.
פָּֽצוּ פֶה בְּשִׁירָה צִדְּקוּ לְאָיוֹם וְנוֹרָא קוֹל תּוֹדָה וְזִמְרָה רִנְנוּ לְשׁוֹרְרָה שֵׁם הַנִכְבָּד וְהַנּוֹרָא שְׁבָחוֹ לְהָעִיר בְּמוֹרָא תׇּקְפּוֹ כֻּלָּם לְהִתְאַזְּרָה תַּנּוֹת קְרִיעַת יַם־סוּף וּמַכַּת בְּכוֹרִים לְהַגְבִּירָה׃	Prying open their mouths in song, Justifiers of the Awesome and Terribly Strong, Quired thanksgiving and hymnal throng, Raised a cheer for singing to prolong. Showing glories to the Awesome, to whom they belong, Shout Their lauding in awe that They bring along Their might to gird us along, Thus, chant the Reed Sea’s split and firstborn plague to make it strong!

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

From a family of musicians, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer believes that creative art is one of the most powerful ways to get in touch with the divine. He composes music and poetry in Hebrew and English. (He also translates and authors his own original works.) Isaac runs a Jewish music transcription service, which will transcribe and set any Jewish music in any language, recorded or written. Contact his service on Facebook or via his music blog.

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

From a family of musicians, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer believes that creative art is one of the most powerful ways to get in touch with the divine. He composes music and poetry in Hebrew and English. (He also authors his own original works and transcribes Hebrew and Aramaic text, adding niqqud and t'amim as needed.) Isaac runs a Jewish music transcription service, which will transcribe and set any Jewish music in any language, recorded or written. Contact his service on Facebook or via his music blog.

Elazar ben Qallir

Elazar ben Qallir, also known as Eleazar Kalir, Killir, Qalir or El'azar HaKalir (c. 570 – c. 640) was a Hebrew poet whose classical liturgical verses, known as piyut, have continued to be sung through the centuries during significant religious services, including those on Tisha b'Av and on the sabbath after a wedding. He was one of Judaism's earliest and most prolific of the paytanim, Hebrew liturgical poets. He wrote piyutim for all the main Jewish festivals, for special Sabbaths, for weekdays of festive character, and for the fasts. Many of his hymns have found their way into festive prayers of the Ashkenazi Jews' nusaḥ. (via wikipedia).

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אֵל עֹשֵׂה נִפְלָאוֹת | El ‘Oséh Niflaōt, a zulat piyyut for Shabbat haḤodesh by Elazar ben Qallir

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