Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"Hatikvah" (literally: "The Hope") is the national anthem of Israel. The words express the 2000 year old hope of the Jews to return to their homeland.

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The video clip shows a scene from the Arch of Titus in Rome. The arch was constructed in 81 AD to commemorate the Roman victory over the great Jewish rebellion in Judaea (70 AD). Thus began the nearly 2000 year old exile of Jews from their homeland, which ended with the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
The scene depicts a Roman Triumph led by Jewish slaves, exposing artifacts captured during the war. One of the artifacts is the Menorah (מנורה), a central religious artifact looted from the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem (the Second Temple), which the Romans burnt to the ground after capturing Jerusalem. The Menorah later became the emblem of the modern state of Israel (appearing at the end of the video).
Thus the symbol of Jewish defeat and exile became a symbol renewed Jewish independence and life in their ancient homeland.
The modern state of Israel was established only a few years after Jews suffered their greatest tragedy, the genocide of around 6 million European Jews by Nazi German and its collaborators during the 2nd World War.

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This is an instrumental cover I created of Hatikva. The DAW I used for this orchestral MIDI remake is Reaper. Strings (violins, viola, cello, deep strings) dominate the first part of the song. Epic-style cinematic instruments dominate the second part, instruments such as brass instrument (trumpets, horns), oboe, clarinets, flutes, harp, and percussion instruments (timpani drums, drums, cymbals) .

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Credits:

Lyrics: Naftali Herz Imber
Composer: Shmuel Cohen (after an adaptation of a Moldavian/Romanian folk-song, "Carul cu boi")

Cover version arranged and recorded by: Idan Schneider

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התקווה - ההמנון הלאומי של מדינת ישראל

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