אֵל שְׁמֹר הַמַּלְכָּה | God Save the Queen (Hebrew translation, ca. 1892)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)

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Government & Country, Purim, Ta'anit Esther

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19th century C.E., United Kingdom, Britain, British Commonwealth, Queen Victoria, 57th century A.M., British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Queens, אל שמר המלכה, national anthems, Needing Attribution

Translation (Hebrew)	Source (English)
אֵל שְׁמֹר מַלְכָּתֵנוּ, לְעוֹלָם תְּחִי מַלְכָּתֵנוּ, אֵל שְׁמֹר הַמַּלְכָּה,	El save our gracious Queen Long live our noble Queen, El save the Queen:
שְׁלַח שָׁלוֹם בִּנְוֶהָ, בְּעֹז וְהָדָר עַטְּרֵֶהָ, לָעַד הַמְשִׁילֶהָ, אֵל שְׁמֹר הַמַּלְכָּה׃	Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: El save the Queen.
אָנָּא אֱלֹהִים קוּמָה, בְּאוֹיְבֵיהָ תְּנָה מְהוּמָה, וְהַפִּילֵימוֹ,	Please, Elohim, arise, Scatter thine enemies, And make them fall:
הָפֵר תַּחְכֻּלֹתָם, סַכֶּל־נָא עֲצָתָם, לְעַמָהּ תֵּן מִשְׁאֲלֹתָם, וְהוֹשִׁיעֵמוֹ׃	Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On thee our hopes we fix: El save us all.
מִבְחַר בִּרְכָתְךָ אֵל! לְהָרִיק עָלֶיהָ הוֹאֵל, לָעַד תִּמְלוֹךְ!	Thy choicest gifts in store, On her be pleased to pour; Long may she reign:
תָּגֵן בְּעַד חֻקֵּינוּ, אָז יִשְׂמַח לִבֵּנוּ, וְנָשִׁיר בְּכׇל מְאֹדֵנוּ, אֵל שְׁמֹר הַמַּלְכָּה׃	May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice El save the Queen.

“God Save the Queen” is an adaptation of “God Save the King,” a work by an unknown author, first circulated by periodicals in mid-18th century England. This Hebrew translation was published in a pamphlet circulated by New Road (Whitechapel) Synagogue in 1892 “on the 73rd Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Victoria,” an event attended by then Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, Rabbi Dr. Hermann Adler. We are grateful to the Jewish East End of Londonwebsite for providing the source image. I have Hebraized divine names in the source text to better reflect the Hebrew translation. –Aharon Varady

Source(s)

God Save the Queen (Hebrew, New Road Whitechapel Synagogue, 1892)

God Save the King (English, The Gentleman’s Magazine 1745-10-15)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project, which he founded and directs. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin, Ministarot Nakeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. Besides his transcription work, Varady occasionally translates prayers and contributes his own original work. (Varady also serves as editor and administrator of the Open Siddur Project website, opensiddur.org, and is an outspoken advocate for open-source in Judaism more of which can be read about in this interview in the Atlantic Magazine.)

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Queen Shalom Tsiyon (Salome) Alexandra, from Guillaume Rouillé’s Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established."–Psalms 90:17