Adir Hu

Adir Hu (English: Mighty is He, Hebrew אדיר הוּא) is a hymn sung by Jews worldwide at the Passover Seder. It switches rapidly between saying the virtues of God in an alphabet format (Aleph, Bet, Gimmel,...), and expressing hope that God will "rebuild the Holy Temple speedily." Most of the virtues of God are adjectives (for instance, Holy (Kadosh) is he); however, a few are nouns. (Lord is he).
Adir Hu is sung towards the end of the Seder. The traditional melody is a bouncy, major one.Standard version of Adir Hu Other melodies, however, have been composed for the alphabetical song.Adir Hu in 5/4
==History==
The tune of Adir Hu has gone through several variations over the years, but its origin is from the German minnesinger period. The earliest existing music for Adir Hu is found in the 1644 "Rittangel Hagada". The second form is found in the 1677 "Hagada Zevach Pesach", and the third and closest form can be found in the 1769 "Selig Hagada". In the 1769 version of the haggadah, the song was also known in German as the "Baugesang" (the song of the rebuilding of the Temple). A traditional German greeting on the night of Passover after leaving the synagogue was "Bau Gut" ("build well"), a reference to Adir Hu.
==Text==
Transliteration	English Translation
ADIR HU
Adir hu, adir hu
Chorus:
Yivneh veito b'karov
Bim'heirah, bim'heirah, b'yameinu b'karov
Ei-l b'neih! Ei-l b'neih!
B'neih veit'kha b'karov
Bachur hu, gadol hu, dagul hu,
(Chorus)
Hadur hu, vatik hu, zakai hu, chasid hu,
(Chorus)
Tahor hu, yachid hu, kabir hu,
Lamud hu, melekh hu, nora hu,
Sagiv hu, izuz hu, podeh hu, tzadik hu
(Chorus)
Kadosh hu, rachum hu, shaddai hu, 
takif hu
(Chorus)	
MIGHTY IS GOD
Mighty is He, mighty is He
Chorus:
May He soon rebuild his house
Speedily, speedily and in our days, soon.
God, rebuild! God, rebuild!
Rebuild your house soon!
distinguished is He, great is He, exalted is He
(Chorus)
Glorious is He, Faithful is He, Faultless is He, Righteous is He
(Chorus)
Pure is He, Unique is He, Powerful is He
Wise is He, King is He, awesome is He
Sublime is He, all-powerful is He, Redeemer is He, All-righteous is He
(Chorus)
Holy is He, Compassionate is He, Almighty is He, Omnipotent is He
(Chorus)
==See also==
* Passover Seder
* Passover
==External links==
* Hebrew text, transliteration, translation from the Zemirot Database
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==References==
Category:Passover songs
Category:Hebrew songs