Dayenu

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Dayenu is a traditional Jewish Passover song of gratitude that joyfully enumerates the many blessings God bestowed upon the Israelites during the Exodus.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
"Dayenu" 1
Dayenu canonical 1
Dayenu song 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew song ⓘ
Jewish liturgical song ⓘ
Passover song ⓘ
associatedEvent Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Exodus from Egypt
associatedWithAudience children and adults ⓘ
associatedWithCommunityPractice singing together at the Seder table ⓘ
associatedWithHoliday Passover ⓘ
didacticFunction reinforcing the narrative of the Exodus ⓘ
teaching gratitude for each step of redemption ⓘ
expresses appreciation for incremental blessings ⓘ
gratitude ⓘ
joy ⓘ
firstKnownAppearance medieval Haggadah manuscripts ⓘ
focusesOn God’s beneficence ⓘ
sufficiency of each blessing ⓘ
genre Passover music ⓘ
liturgical music ⓘ
religious song ⓘ
hasCulturalRole popular Passover family song ⓘ
teaching tool about the Exodus ⓘ
hasModernAdaptations contemporary musical settings ⓘ
translations into many languages ⓘ
hasRefrain "Dayenu" ⓘ
linked to: Dayenu
historicalPeriodOfOrigin medieval period ⓘ
includedIn Passover Haggadah ⓘ
linked to: Haggadah
influenced modern Jewish liturgical music arrangements ⓘ
intendedEmotion joyful celebration ⓘ
thankful humility ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
lists divine acts of kindness ⓘ
stages of redemption ⓘ
liturgicalContext Maggid section of the Passover Haggadah ⓘ
musicalCharacteristics simple, repetitive melody ⓘ
numberOfVerses 15 ⓘ
performedAs congregational song ⓘ
table song ⓘ
performedIn Jewish homes ⓘ
synagogues ⓘ
refrainMeaningInEnglish "It would have been enough" ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
structure refrain-based song ⓘ
strophic song ⓘ
theme Exodus from Egypt ⓘ
divine blessings ⓘ
gratitude to God ⓘ
thanksgiving ⓘ
usedDuring Passover Seder ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haggadah → includesSection → Dayenu ⓘ
Dayenu → hasRefrain → "Dayenu" ⓘ
linked to: Dayenu
Passover Seder → keyElement → Dayenu song ⓘ
linked to: Dayenu