## Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem

###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 1
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**שיר זה עשיתי ברומא. בסוף ההעתקה הראשונה:**

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
**This song I made in Rome at the end of the first edition:**


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 2
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(ב' תנועות ויתד. וב' תנועות. ב' תנועות ויתד וב' תנועות.)

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Two syllables and a peg; and two syllables; two syllables and a peg, and two syllables.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 3
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בעל דברים מה כיום לך אצל. שבעים זקנים או אל אהרן וחור:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
O master of words, what need have you today of the seventy elders, or of Aaron and Hur?


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 4
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כלך למדברך אצל יסוד דקדוק. הנה בספר זה נקרא שמו בחור:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Turn to your discourse, to the foundation of grammar; behold, this book is called *Ha-Bachur*.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 5
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אתו לשון זהב טהור ואדרת. שפה לפיו סביב נחמד בבוץ וחור:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
With it comes a tongue of pure gold and a mantle; speech upon the lips, pleasant all around, without flaw or breach.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 6
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דבר אשר יקשה ממך שאל אותו. יגיד לך מענה תכף בלי אחור:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Any matter that proves difficult for you—ask it; it will tell you an answer at once, without delay.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 7
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לשואלים אותו ספר למי אתה. יאמר לאליה כנוי שמו בחור:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
To those who ask the book, ‘To whom do you belong?’ it will reply: ‘To Elijah—*Bachur* is his byname.’


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 8
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**וזאת השירה אשר חברתי בההעתקה שניה. (נוסף בדפוס פ')**:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
**And this is the poem that I composed for the second edition (added in the printed version):**


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 9
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אשוע וגם אקרא לאישים. נערים זקנים גם ישישים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
I cry out and call to all people— to youths, to elders, and to the aged as well.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 10
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לכו אלי אלמדכם כללי. לשון קדש והם פנים חדשים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Come to me, and I will teach you the rules of the holy tongue, set forth with new clarity.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 11
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יסוד דקדוק הלא בדוק בספרי. ליודעי דת ודין חכמי חדשים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
The foundation of grammar is surely examined in my book, for those who know religion and law, the sages of the new age.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 12
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הלא אוציא לאור בו תעלומות. ואגידה נצורות המפרשים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Behold, in it I will bring hidden things to light, and I will reveal the secrets treasured by the commentators.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 13
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לארבעה נגידי מאמרים. אחלקהו לבאר הדרושים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Into four principal treatises I shall divide it, to clarify and explain the matters under discussion.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 14
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ועקרים שלש עשרה לאחד. דהינו הם שנים וחמשים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
And thirteen principles to each one— that is, fifty-two in total.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 15
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יהי ספרי בשם בחור מכנה. ישמח אלהים ואנשים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Let my book be called by the name Bachur; may it gladden both God and humankind.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 17
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**בעשרה לשונות ערבים נאמר שיר זה:**

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
**In ten pleasant languages this poem is spoken:**


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 18
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וכן עניתי אל תבזה:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
So I replied: do not despise it.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 19
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[יתד וב' תנועות. ויתד וב' תנועות בדלת ובסוגר].

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
[A peg and two movements; and a peg and two movements in the opening and the closing.]


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 20
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אשבח / לאלי יה ואקוד. ליוצר אור / ולמעריב / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
I praise the Lord God and bow down, to the Creator of light and the One who brings on evenings.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 21
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הבינני / עשות ספר בדקדוק. דבריו צוף / וכדבש נ / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
He granted me understanding to compose a book on grammar; its words are sweet nectar, pleasant as honey.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 22
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וכללתי / כללים בו / קצרים. חדשים גם / ישנים / מו / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
I gathered within it concise rules, both new and old, pleasing and clear.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 23
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ובו ראיות / חזקות כ / אריות. וחרו מ / זאבי ה / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Within it are proofs strong as lions, and sharp against the wolves of confusion.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 24
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וכל ספרי / המדקדקים / לפניו. כמו שתים / אשר אין בם / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
All the books of grammarians before it are like barren fields, without sweetness.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 25
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וטוב מפז / ומזהב / ומכל סחר. רוכלים / ועורבי מ / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
It is better than fine gold, than gold of Ophir, and than all the merchandise of traders.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 26
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קנהו דוד / ובו תעמול / ותעל. כיונק עץ / ובשרשי / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Acquire it, David, and labor within it, and you will prosper— like a tree planted by waters, with pleasant roots.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 27
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ואף אם אין / לך כסף / מחירו. לקחהו / אבל תתן / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
And even if you lack silver for its price, take it—give a pledge instead.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 28
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בכן נזכה / לקבץ שה / פזורה. תקבץ אל / אשר רוכב / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Thus we shall merit to gather what is scattered, when He who rides the clouds gathers us in.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 29
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והגואל / לישראל / יגל אל. במגריאל / וישמעאל / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
And the Redeemer of Israel will rejoice in God, with Michael and Ishmael, the pleasant ones.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 30
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והרוצה לדעת עת / פרטו. הלא יקח / בידו מן / ערבים:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
And whoever wishes to know the time and its details— let him take this into his hand.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 31
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תם ונשלם תהלה לאל עולם:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
completed and completed—praise to the eternal God.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 32
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ביום ג' כ"ג מרחשון שי"ז לפ"ק בבות מיסי' ווינטורין רופיניל"ו בשם הסופר כמ"ר **מאיר** ונ"ו ב"ר אפרים זצ"ל מפדובה.

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
On Tuesday, the 23rd of Marḥeshvan, year 317 according to the minor count, in the house of Messer Venturin Rofenileio, by the scribe, our teacher Rabbi Meir, son of Rabbi Ephraim of blessed memory, of Padua.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 33
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ואל יזכנו לעשות ספרים הרבה אין קץ ויגדיל תורה ויאדיר

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
May He grant us merit to compose many books without end, and may He magnify Torah and make it glorious.


###### Sefer HaBachur, Concluding Poem 34
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אמן:

**Trans. Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2026:**
Amen: