Vayehi Bimei Achashveirosh

Jewish Folk Song (for Purim) - Chabad-Lubavitch Melody

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🎼 D minor ♩= 120 bpm ✍️ Amichai Andy Rosenbaum 📅 February 2026 / Adar 5786 v02 Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Hebrew

וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הוּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ 
הוּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ מֵהֹדּוּ וְעַד־כּוּשׁ 
שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָה

Transliteration (TH)

vei- hi bi- mei a- chash- vei- rosh hu a- chash- vei- rosh ha- mo- leich mei- ho- du v'- ad- kush she- va v'- es- rim u- mei- o̞ m'- di- no̞

Transliteration (ArtScroll)

Vay-hi bi-may a-chash-vay-rōsh hu a-chash-vay-rōsh ha-mō-laych may-hō-du v’-ad-kush she-va v’-es-rim u-may--o m’-di-no

English

And it came to pass in the days of Achashveirsoh
- the same Achashveirsoh who ruled from Hodu to Kush,
one hundred and twenty-seven provinces.