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Naphtali Herz Imber
Naftali Herz Imber (Hebrew: נפתלי הרץ אימבר; December 27, 1856 – October 8, 1909) was a Jewish Hebrew-language poet, most notable for writing a poem on which "Hatiḳvah", the Israeli national anthem, is based. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naftali_Herz_Imberהַתִּקְוָה | Hatiḳvah (the Hope), by Naphtali Herz Imber (1878)
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The poem, Hatiḳvah, in its original composition by Naphtali Herz Imber, later chosen and adapted to become the national anthem of the State of Israel, with a full English translation, and the earliest, albeit abbreviated, Yiddish translation . . .
