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“Ana Atqenit,” a piyyut for introducing the first commandment in its Targumic reading, discusses all that God did for our ancestors.
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| Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
|---|---|
אֲנָא אַתְקֵינִית עַלְמָא בִּתְבוּנָה |
I am the One who arranged the world in understanding. |
אֲנָא בְּרָאִית שִׁמְשָׁא וְסִיְהַרָא בְּדִבְּרָא תִּנְיַנָא |
I am the One who brought the sun and moon into being in two words. |
אֲנָא גְּזַרִית וּמְחֵיתִי דַּרָא דְּטוֹפָנָא |
I am the One who consigned destruction to the flood generation. |
אֲנָא דְּבַלְבֵּנִית שְׂפַת דָּרַא דְעַבָרוּ מַגְדְּלָא וְאָקִימוּ עֲלָהּ צִלמָנָא |
I am the One who differentiated the languages of the tower-building generation, who set up idols over it. |
אֲנָא הַמְמַלֵילִית עִם אַבְרָהָם אָבוּכוֹן אִיזֶל מֵהָכָא לְאַרְעָא דִּכְנַעַנָא |
I am the One who engaged with Abraham your father, telling him to go from here to the land of Canaan. |
אֲנָא וְשֵׁיזִבְתֵּיהּ מִגּוֹ נוּרָא דְּאַתּוּנָא |
I am the One who from the burning furnace saved him. |
אֲנָא זְקַפְתֵּיהּ וּאוֹתִיבְתֵּיהּ מֵעַל לְכוּרְסֵיהּ אוּמַיָא וְלִישָׁנָא |
I am the One who greatened him high over the thrones of nations and tongues. |
אֲנָא חֲנַנְתֵּיהּ וְלַד לִמְאָה שְׁנָא |
I am the One who had mercy on him, to have a child at 100 years old. |
אֲנָא טְבָחִית אַרְבַּע מַלְכִין כַּד רְדַף בַּתְרֵיהוֹן וְאָתֵיב שִׁבְיָנָא |
I am the One who indeed slaughtered the four kings, pursuing them and returning their captives. |
אֲנָא יִדַּעְתֵּיהּ וּבָתַרְכֵן יִפְּקוּן בְּרַבַּא קִנְיָנָא |
I am the One who just knew him so that he came out with great wealth. |
אֲנָא כַּד אֲמָרִית סַב בְּרַךְ יְחִידַךְ דְּרָחִימְנָא |
I am the One who lay out to him, “Take your only son whom you love…” |
אֲנָא לְקַלָא קַרֵיתִי מִמְעוֹנָא |
I am the One who made a voice call out in the Dwelling Place. |
אֲנָא מַלֵּילִית לָא תוֹשִׁיט יְדָךְ לִסַכִּינָא |
I am the One who negated, saying “Don’t stretch your hand out with the knife!” |
אֲנָא נְטָרִית קְיָמִי עִם יִצְחַק בְּרֵיהּ בֶּאֱמוּ נָה |
I am the One who observes My covenant with Isaac his son in faith. |
אֲנָא סְמָכִית וְכַלְכֵּלִית יַעֲקֹב כַּד אָזַל לְפַדַּנָה |
I am the One who protected quiet Jacob, sustaining him when he went to Padan. |
אֲנָא עַל סוּלָּמַא אִיתְעַתָּרִית וּפְרַקְתֵּיהּ מִן מַלְאָכַיָא אֲנָא |
I am the One who raised a ladder and saved him from angels, I Myself! |
אֲנָא פַּקִידְתֵּיהּ תוּב לְאַרְעַךְ וְעִימַךְ אוֹטִיבְנָא |
I am the One who said to him, “Return to your land and people and be well.” |
אֲנָא צְוַחִית לְלָבָן כׇּל דִּיקְרַב בֵּיהּ כְּיַנְזֶק בְּבָבַת עֵינָא |
I am the One who underlined to Laban, “What you bring upon him is like damage to your own eyeball.” |
אֲנָא קְרִיתֵּיהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּרֵי זִמְנָא |
I am the One who verified his name as Israel two times. |
אֲנָא רַבִּיתֵּיהּ וְאַסְגִּיתּיה לְאַלְפִין רִיבְבָנָא |
I am the One who would expand him and increase him thousands of myriads. |
אֲנָא שֵׁיזֵיבִית בְּנוֹהִי מִגוֹ פּוּלְחָנָא |
I am the One who yoke-shattered his sons, removing them out of bondage. |
אֲנָא תְּבַרִית זְרוֹעַ דְּבַעֲלֵי דְּבַבַנָא |
I am the One who zeroes in, breaking the arm of the lords of flies. |
“Ana Atqenit” is found on folio 149 (recto and verso) of the Worms Maḥzor (1272 CE). For more backqound on these Targumic piyyutim in Aramaic, find Kol Bo §52.9.
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Ana Atqenit (Worms Mahzor) f.149 recto Ana Atqenit (Worms Mahzor) f.149 verso
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