The Society of Folk Dance Historians
Bible Verse used in Jewish and Israeli Dance
Other Jewish and Israeli documents
a list
Background:
Gary Fox created these listings in 1981.
Israeli Dances With Biblical Lyrics
| Dance | Book | Verse |
| Achot Lanu Ketana | Song of Songs | 8:8-11 |
| Al Telchi | Ruth | 2:8 |
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| Al Tira | Genesis | 28:12,13,17 |
| Al Tiruni | Song of Songs | 1:5-6 |
| Ana Halach Dodech | Song of Songs | 6:1-2 |
| Ani Chavatselet Hasharon | Song of Songs | 2:1-2 |
| Ani Ledodi | Song of Songs | 6:3 |
| Bat Yiftach | Judges | 11 |
| ? | ||
| Debka Gilboa | Samuel II | 1:21 |
| Dodi Li | Song of Songs | 2:16, 3:6, 4:9, 4:16 |
| Dodi Tsach | Song of Songs | 5:10-11 |
| El Ginat Egoz | Song of Songs | 4:16, 6:11, 7:12-13 |
| Eretz Zavat Chalav | Deuteronomy | 27:13 |
| Eretz Zavat Chalav | Exodus | 3:8 |
| Eten Bamidbar | Isaiah | 41:19 |
| Hayoshevet Baganim | Song of Songs | 8:13-14 |
| Hinach Yaffa | Song of Songs | 4:1 |
| Hine Lo Yanun | Psalms | 1:04 |
| Hine Ma Tov | Psalms | 133:1 |
| Iti Milvanon | Song of Songs | 1:15, 4:1, 4:8 |
| Joshua | Joshua | |
| Ken Yovdu | Judges | 5:31 |
| Keshoshana | Song of Songs | 2:2-3 |
| Kol Dodi | Song of Songs | 2:8 |
| Kol Rina | Psalms | 118:15-16 |
| Kumi Ori | Isaiah | 60:1,4 |
| Lamenatseach | Psalms | 66:1, 68:2, 121:4 |
| Lema'an Tsion | Isaiah | 62 |
| ? | ||
| Livavtinee | Song of Songs | 4:9-11 |
| Ma Navu | Isaiah | 52:7 |
| Mayim | Isaiah | 12:3 |
| Mezarei Yisrael | Jeremiah | 31:10 |
| Nitzanim | Song of Songs | 2:11-13 |
| Roni Bat Tsion | Zechariah | 2:14 |
| Ronu Shamayim | Isaiah | 49:13 |
| Shualim Ketanim | Song of Songs | 2:15 |
| Sisu Et Yerushalayim | Isaiah | ? |
| Tidrehi | Judges | 5:31 |
| Tzadik Ketamar | Psalms | 92:13 |
| Uzi | Exodus | 15:2 ? |
| ? | ||
| Uzi | Psalms | 118:14 |
| Vayiven Uziahu | Chronicles II | 26:9,10 |
| Vaynikehu | Deuteronomy | 32:13 |
| VeChag HaKatsir | Exodus | 23:16,19 |
| VeDavid | Samuel I | 18:7 |
| Vehaya Ke'etz Shatul | Jeremiah | ? |
| Vehitifu | Amos | 9:13 |
| Veshilachti Eish | Amos | 1:6,7 |
| Yarad Dodi Legano | Song of Songs | 6:2 |
| Yesusum Midbar | Isaiah | 35:1 |
| Yiverechecha | Psalms | 128:5-6 |
| Yonati | Song of Songs | 2:14 |
Biblical Verses With Israeli Dances
| Book | Verse | Dance |
| Genesis | 28:12,13,17 | Al Tira |
| Exodus | 3:8 | Eretz Zavat Chalav |
| Exodus | 15:2 ? | Uzi |
| Exodus | 23:16,19 | VeChag HaKatsir |
| Deuteronomy | 27:13 | Eretz Zavat Chalav |
| Deuteronomy | 32:13 | Vaynikehu |
| Joshua | Joshua | |
| Judges | 5:31 | Ken Yovdu |
| Judges | 11 | Bat Yiftach |
| Judges | 5:31 | Tidrehi |
| Samuel I | 18:7 | VeDavid |
| Samuel II | 1:21 | Debka Gilboa |
| Isaiah | 12:3 | Mayim |
| Isaiah | 35:1 | Yesusum Midbar |
| Isaiah | 41:19 | Eten Bamidbar |
| Isaiah | 49:13 | Ronu Shamayim |
| Isaiah | 52:7 | Ma Navu |
| Isaiah | 60:1,4 | Kumi Ori |
| Isaiah | 62 | Lema'an Tsion |
| Isaiah | Sisu Et Yerushalayim | |
| Jeremiah | Vehaya Ke'etz Shatul | |
| Jeremiah | 31:10 | Mezarei Yisrael |
| Amos | 1:6,7 | Veshilachti Eish |
| Amos | 9:13 | Vehitifu |
| Zechariah | 2:14 | Roni Bat Tsion |
| Psalms | 66:1, 68:2, 121:4 | Lamenatseach |
| Psalms | 92:13 | Tzadik Ketamar |
| Psalms | 1:04 | Hine Lo Yanun |
| Psalms | 118:14 | Uzi |
| Psalms | 118:15-16 | Kol Rina |
| Psalms | 128:5-6 | Yiverechecha |
| Psalms | 133:1 | Hine Ma Tov |
| Song of Songs | 1:5-6 | Al Tiruni |
| Song of Songs | 1:15, 4:1, 4:8 | Iti Milvanon |
| Song of Songs | 2:1-2 | Ani Chavatselet Hasharon |
| Song of Songs | 2:2-3 | Keshoshana |
| Song of Songs | 2:8 | Kol Dodi |
| Song of Songs | 2:11-13 | Nitzanim |
| Song of Songs | 2:14 | Yonati |
| Song of Songs | 2:15 | Shualim Ketanim |
| Song of Songs | 2:16, 3:6, 4:9, 4:16 | Dodi Li |
| Song of Songs | 4:1 | Hinach Yaffa |
| Song of Songs | 4:9-11 | Livavtinee |
| Song of Songs | 4:16, 6:11, 7:12-13 | El Ginat Egoz |
| Song of Songs | 5:10-11 | Dodi Tsach |
| Song of Songs | 6:1-2 | Ana Halach Dodech |
| Song of Songs | 6:2 | Yarad Dodi Legano |
| Song of Songs | 6:3 | Ani Ledodi |
| Song of Songs | 8:8-11 | Achot Lanu Ketana |
| Song of Songs | 8:13-14 | Hayoshevet Baganim |
| Ruth | 2:8 | Al Telchi |
| Chronicles II | 26:9,10 | Vayiven Uziahu |