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  • Even in a different language, the beauty and prayer-like quality of this song is clearly shining forth!

  • i'm mexican, and i'm also jewish, i like the spanish version & the english version , BUT i LOVE the hebrew version <3

  • best movie. ever

    NO DOUBT

    :)

    such a strong message!!!

  • *_______________*

  • I know this might sound weird and a bit insensitive, but it seems odd to have a story/song about a catholic cathedral/Jesus in Hebrew. Don't get me wrong, its an interesting dub, just seems a bit odd is all.

  • @wolf25ph dear friend...

    You might have not been told but you better know... Jesus was a jew :)

  • @yadid888 Actually I did know that and when he was alive he was a rabbi. Maybe I should clarify, intellectually I understand, but emotionally not so much.

  • @yadid888 That is undebatable. But there's the one thing: Catholics are not.

  • @yadid888 ,apparently jesus spoke Aramaic which is a language related to Hebrew

  • @wolf25ph How is it odd? Hebrew is a sacred language of the Bible. I'm a a Catholic and I think it's beautiful.

  • The Choir is epic in this version.

  • Its so good to hear the hebrew not that I know what it means only a few words like shalom it sounds special!

  • Beautiful language, even if the only part I could understand of the song was the name Elohim. I love that name. It says so much about God's nature. Of course, so do all of His names and titles. Elohim is one of my favorites.

  • Perfect, excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • For me, the most memorable part of the film is when esmeralda passed through the candles during this song.

  • great :):):)

  • @AlexNOSAM I have no idea what Are you talking about!

    Hebrew dubs rocks! I hate the English versions, sound so tasteless and childish.

  • @yadid888

    hmm... i have to agree with (some) of what AlexNOSAM says, on this (this movie particularly).

    this verison just did not have that certain "tone" it did in the Original!

  • @yadid888 not all English versions sound bad like I love this song in English I got an awesome part in my school's play because of the English version of this song but I also love other versions some I like better then the English version.

  • @yadid888 I digress. There are times when english dub is just beautiful, and other times where......ew. But it's equally the same for other languages....except for japanese.....the japanese can make anything sound good.

  • @AlexNOSAM Hey, come on man, she has a great voice.

  • @AlexNOSAM

    I agree (and I don't know what yadid888 is talking about - how can English be childish?! THAT statement is brutally tasteless.)

    Dubs are useful though. For children or those who just don't speak the film's language (fair enough) or for those learning a new language. Disney films are familiar with everyone so when being introduced to a new language, it's easy to know what is happening. I largely agree with your comment though. Films are always better in their original languages.

  • @octogirlpretty I didn't say English was childish, I said the version was.

    I found the Hebrew versions much more authentic and deep, while for me the English ones are more commercial and committed to standards I find to plastic to identify with.

    sorry, that's my opinion

  • @yadid888 Technically the most authentic would be gothic French - however the deepest would most likely be a language such as Latin;

  • @yadid888 But the movie IS childish. Despite any perception you wish to have of this movie, it was targeted towards and made for children. It's a kids movie, no matter how much you wish to convince yourself of the contrary.

  • @TehLeek I think you are wrong. the movie might be targeted to children by colors and animation but it does not mean that the storyline and the plot are such as well. If you would ever learn English literature in University like I did you might find many of the stories you find "meant for children" as much deeper creations meant for wise men to reveal.

  • @yadid888 The movie was targeted towards children. Yes, it has much more of a mature story than the average cartoon show, but let's be honest; there are plenty of tales for children that involve cannibalism, death, mutilation, and cruelty used to teach a lesson. Just because something has mature, adult, or violent themes doesn't mean it's never meant for kids. This is a kids movie that doesn't insult the intelligence of the target audience.

  • @TehLeek As I said earlier we neither know what are the facts simply because we weren't the movie producers. lets just say the in the ring of free speech there is enough room for both of us.

  • @yadid888 It recieved a G Rating, which means it was targeted towards children.

  • @TehLeek so r you a child because you watch it? I guess not... The rating means it's suitable for children and children at heart, not necessarily children.

    End of discussion dear friend :) I think we are all over the place....

  • @yadid888 No, you're not a child because you watch it. The G-Rating is an indication that it was targeted towards children, not to mention Disney films are family-oriented. Yes, "children at heart" watch Disney films as you say, but that barely refutes (it more or less reinforces) the point that this was targeted towards children, and that it's pretty daft to criticize the English dub because it's "childish" when that's not a bad trait for the movie.

  • Dear @TehLeek,

    As I said many times before we are all kept with the right to feel see and interpret an art master piece as we find correct. You might disagree with me whether such freedom really exists but I find it hard to take away from all of us, children, children at heart and adults the ability to see beyond the artist's intentions.

  • @yadid888 Regarding my view of English in this case, as I said tenth of comments ago, I find the English version more childish, not because English is childish but because as you said, it was meant to children. What can I do that I find the Hebrew version better? its a matter of taste. you just proved me right.

    BTW - who said that being childish is a bad trait for the movie??????????????

  • @octogirlpretty doesnt matter what language really - I guess you could get the gist of the what was going on anyway -

  • @AlexNOSAM IF YOU DONT LIKE IT, DON"T FUCKIN CLICK ON IT TO WATCH, DUMBASS

  • lol isn't it funny though that she is singing a song in hebrew in a catholic church? idk to me that is kind of funny. song is really good in any language though

  • @Azrael666Azazel and the turkish version?? Islam in a church

  • @dean89 actually i think it would need to be arabic

  • @Azrael666Azazel what wud need 2 b arabic?

  • @dean89 to be islamic in a catholic church i think it would need to be sung in arabic, turkey is more secular and not really an islamic country, but just my opinion

  • So beautiful and tocuhing in any language. Thanks for posting with lyrics and subs.

  • i usually prefer hebrew versions, but for this one, i like french the most. still sounds great of course

  • @Leyuann  I agree. I prefer the French because not only is it beautiful, but it is most fitting for a movie that takes place in France. Of course, there are still parts I can't understand since I'm still learning the language.

  • in reply to: fahmad27

    thats only when the crab speaks its just his accent

  • Has a nice taste to it! An exotic taste!

  • The reason that the names are changed between languages is because certain sounds don't completely exist in other languages.

    Take, for example, the lack of a proper "L" in the Japanese language. This isn't a bad thing, merely a trait of a language that evolved completely separate from English.

    Don't get all angry because a name sounds somewhat different.

  • This is not a really good translation. I speak hebrew, but the original is way way better.

    And still this makes me wet around the eyes....

  • @almy222 this is my favorite version.

    whether i listen to it in English (my native language) or Hebrew......i cry as well.

  • *jumps back against wall* OMGoodness! There's harmony in this song!! When did THAT get there?!?!?!

  • on the side bar is not the transalation, but the transliteration! i can treansalate it or any other song from hebrew to english and vice vesa! just message me:)

  • Is the girl who is sinngin also called "Esmeralda" in Hebrew?

  • :| Names don't change no mater what language you speak. Even in China, a guy named "charles" is still called "charles."

    You're one of those people who think little foreign girls that are adopted at birth know their original language.

  • hahahha

  • In Japanese they called Belle (in the beauty and the beast) Beru, in this movie they call Quasimodo as well otherwise...

  • In some dubs of the Little Mermaid, Ariel is called, Are-ree-el, (opposed to Air-ree-el) and Eric, Are-reec, (opposed to Air-rick).

  • I beg to differ.

    I've watched plenty of anime and foreign movies in my time, and theres PLENTY of characters whose names changes when translated to english. Or they simply changed it. Same with being translated FROM english into another language. Most of the subtitles on my dvds dont say half of what their saying onscreen, just to add.

    On your side though, they really aught to keep names the same, regardless. -___-

  • @Lillithia except spanish: John=Juan, Robert=Roberto, George=Jorje, etc.

  • @Lillithia I don't think you're totally correct about that. All countries have their own versions of certain names (for instance, Francis becomes Francois in French, Laurence becomes Laurent, John becomes Jean, etc). Of course, it's possible to have a name that comes from a different language, and there are many names that don't have a translation. And I thought that when it came to Chinese names, people very often take up alternative English-sounding names to have as well as their Chinese one.

  • @bloosy It depends if you originate from said country or not -

  • @Lillithia I apologise if I'm wrong, but I had gathered that this was the case.

    Anyhow I don't even know why I'm talking about names - I think this is a great song whatever language it's in.

  • It's official...this song gives me the chills no matter what language it's in. God Help the Outcasts IS one of my absolute favorite Disney songs of all time!

  • This singer is great. It's almost as beautiful as the original.

  • Ani bacha col ha'pa'am'im kshe ani shema l'ha shir ha zeh! Zeh col tov ve yafe!

  • I upload the song Hellfire in Hebrew!!!!!! watch?v=nBkABZ9h_LM

  • The portuguese version of Portugal (not brazil) won the award for best translation ever of Disney!

    It's very beautiful! Listen!

  • These lyrics are a little different from the English =P

  • Always will be when you translate songs. if you keep the sentences exactly the same, they don't fit the rhythm. I actually quite like it, it sometimes give you new insight into a song when the lyrics change.

  • Yeah, I agree!! Translating is actually my favourite hobby! No kidding.

  • I don't like her voice, but the lenguage is good.

  • Why, she has a really pretty voice.. She was a judge in the "American Idol" of Israel (Nolad Lirkod), her name is Ricky Gal XD

  • Kokhav Nolad, not Nolad Lirkod!

  • Ohhhh oops XDDD

    You're right XD

  • This is one of my favourite versions of this song.

  • outstanding<3

    thank you so much.

  • best verion of this is the italian one *_*

    But hebrew sounds nice too.

  • 2:15-2:30 sends chills down my back it is wonderful!

  • Do you think you could post "Hell Fire" in hebrew too, please? your adds are the best and it was taken off before... :(

  • This is beautiful. Listen Finnish, Turkish & Hungarian. They're pretty, as well

  • wow, chilling.

  • sounds like polish, my motherlanguage

  • Hebrew IS a beautiful language, the language of my ancestors and fathers (though my family came to America from Russia and Germany and Austria, so I really know Yiddish, but the two are similar, like Spanish and French.)

    So appropriate, a Hebrew a JEWISH version of this song (though it IS a bit ironic it's in a setting all about Christendom and Catholic worship, but still.......)

    Anyone want to be a khaver to me an tell me a good Hebrew-learning site- Yiddish, not as many speak it

    Shalom

  • Yiddish and Hebrew, are no where near as similar as spanish and french. Yiddish is mostly like german, and hebrew is not. Yiddish does have a lot of hebrew words though. So its like english and spanish.

  • Hebrew and Arabic are like French and Spanish. Yiddish is German with a few Hebrew words.

  • Yiddish is a combination of German, Hebrew, Russian, and a few other Eastern European languages. Yiddish is to Hebrew as Spanish is to Latin.

  • No, Yiddish is about 80% GERMAN they share GRAMMAR and vocabulary, Hebrew does not. Spanish and Latin have very similar Grammars and about 80% shared Vocabulary. Yiddish is to German and Spanish is to Latin.

  • Where is Yiddish spoken in modern day?

  • That sounds cool :)

  • This is a beautiful song. I really think the choir in this version of the song harmonizes better than in English.

  • I totally agree. The choir is wonderful in this version... This song brings tears to my eyes- especially in hebrew.

  • hebrew is a beautiful language. would love to learn how to speak it~

  • when my dad was around 6 or 7 he got sent to jerlusum and live there alway to 19 years old thats where he met my mom but my mom is from russia and im learing russian so my dad understands this

  • Wow, that's really cool! Yeah, I've always wanted to learn Russian, but they don't teach it at my school:~(. Oh, well. You're really lucky, though to learn it.

  • So that first of all we are humans, and than religious people if at all. And it's easy to say that kind of things, but that's it.

    And you know more? L HATE those people(jews?) that say that we're god's chosen people.

    It's rubbish!!!

  • You know what, "All humans are born equals"

    and you are totally right.

    And it really does'nt matter, because first of all, we're all humans.

    I'm jewish, and I DON'T believe in god.

    We invented the religion and the faith(not the jews, the people around the world).

  • Excuse me?! Of course we don't! Why should anyone think they're superior to others??? All humans are born equals, and It's what they do in their lives that counts!!!

    Spoken by a proud Jew!

  • are you chrisitian ? so that why you don't know nothing , the jew believe we were all created by the god and we all are his creations that makes us "his children" the jew believe that they were the chosen ones to bring to the world the belife in one god and that all .

    about the muslims i don't know but the world goyim means non-jew the the word nirdafim is the translation to the word outcast

    believe me we the jew don't think we are better than anyone whe just want to live in peace in israel

  • the answer "you are christian, so thats why you dont know nothing" is enough to proof me right ^^

    thank you

  • i meant that u came from that world and you say things witout even knowing anything about the jew belief

    i have two good friends in italy and they don't think like you at all we all believe in god and haeven and no one ever said that we are better i think you need to understand other people before u will ever say such a thing again or else u r' no better than the nazies

  • Arrow, I think that what you said before was true, but don't get too heated up, okay? 'Nazi' is a strong word, please don't go too far with it. And I know many Christian people, and many Jewish people, and believe me, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US. I'd never tell them appart if I hadn't been told by them, since it has nothing to do with character. We're all humans who look for a way to interpret life, so it's only natural to find different ways to explain the world, isn't it?

  • luna u r right but that guy made me furious

    you and me understand that everyone is the same they all deserve love and respect

    that why i'm so angry with that guy because he dosen't know a thing and he dosen't want to listen

    why ppl can't understan that we r all children of god ?

  • You're right =)

  • jaguar4u2, you're wrong.

    the meaning of the word "goyim" in hebrew is "Nations" (as in nations other than then the jewish one).

    what you wrote is absolute rubish. you are either misinformed or a very hateful and dishonest person.

    btw, "nirdafim" means "persecuted" in hebrew.

    the most accurate hebrew translation for "outcasts" is "menoodim".

  • damn it people give me a break

    I had many conversetion with jews face to face thats exactly what they say and think so dont start playing an inocent sheep

  • your opinions about jews are your business. what you wrote about how "outcasts" should be translated in hebrew is wrong and misleading and i corrected it for the benefit of those who don't speak hebrew that could be deceived by you.

    this is the last comment i'll write to you. far be it from me to change your bigoted and hateful ways. shalom.

  • pretty language !!!

  • i love this in Hebrew. i think that Hebrew is better at being expressive than English (and English is a pain to sing, compared to others). but is the translation still the same from English to Hebrew? are any phrases changed and how so?

  • Yes, the lyrics are different from the original. For example, in the first stanza she's supposed to ask "weren't you an outcast too?" instead of "so I ask myself why is it like that?"

  • there is a slight difference you see the israelians are mostly jews and that song is some-what a christian , so they made it instend of asking the statue for helping the poor she woundering why that happening it's remind my the holocaust when people were chased only because they were different.

    it's mostly the same lyric as english but very different i will worte a translation

  • Nicely phrased =)

  • thanks from a proud jewish

  • this is one of my favorite verisons

  • This song is wonderful, and then I hear it in hebrew and love it even more.

  • also, when esmeralda starts to sing, it should say "tfilat tzoaniya" instead of "latzoaniya", and later "lanirdafim, na azor elohim" instead of "lanirdafim ya'azor elohim"

  • is this due to faulty translations or deliberate mistranslations (sometimes, when singing in a foreign language the words are not pronounced in song the way they would be in speech. something about sound/rhythm combinations)?

  • no i believe he was talking about the form of the verb, instead of future the right lyric is in present in hebrew you have special ways to turn the verb in times

  • correction to the bishop's line in the beginning, it should be "navon" (genius) and not "nachon" (right)

  • "Navon" in Hebrew means wise, not genius!

  • Beautiful.

  • this song is beautiful in any language...the meaning never gets lost..its a universal translation

  • this song is so beautiful in Hebrew!

  • it is sooo pretty in hebrew

  • love hebrew language<3

  • i love this language .

  • Beautiful movie. Hunchback of Notre Dame is my favorite Disney. It has like the best message in it.  This scene makes me cry itsbeautiful. the Hebrew version is very beautiful too. ^_^

  • First off, I love both the English and Hebrew versions of this song. They are gorgeous.

    One of the most beautiful things about this song is actually 0:47-0:48 when you hear somebody whisper His name in a prayer. I'm a Christian, so that had special meaning to me. Another absolutely beautiful part was when Ezmerelda was walking through the candles. That was some stunning animation there.

  • This song always tears me up. Loveliest thing Disney ever did.

  • It's close to the Arabic word "Sadiq"

    It means the person who always say the truth.

  • WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!

    Now this is WONDERFUL!!!

    But I'm kind of, used to the Arabic Esmeralda ^____^

    So, let's see how the words are close to Arabic ;D

    Elohim=Elahi=My God

    Yaldie=Awlad= Children of

    Harabim=Rabbi= My God..*Not sure*^^'

    Yadid=Sadiq= Friend *Your nickname* XDDDD

    So, is that correct?^^'

    And Thanks for the lovely song ;D

  • You kinda right except that "Harabim" means "the many". But the word Rabi exists also in Hebrew and means My Rabbi and is also used reffered to god or anyone else superior of you, it comes from the word Rav which means "the superior" or in common Hebrew just a Rabbi. you can notice those words are all of the same root.

  • Yeah, These two languages are so close to each other!!

    Some times I can understand a whole line in some Disney Hebrew videos!!

    Thank you very much for the great explanation =D

  • I must also point out that Tzadik in Hebrew means "a Righteous person", someone who always do good things and has the right decisions. It mostly used in Judaism to describe a person who follows the rules and so has a strong connection to god.

  • that's because they're both from the line of Abraham, and close to each other geographically

  • This is amazing, I absolutely love this in Hebrew. It seems even more powerful in this language

  • It is. Hebrew is such a BEAUTIFUL language. You guys should look up Deliver Us in Hebrew. It gives you chills.

  • Seriously. Especially since Yochaved is done by Ofra Haza.

  • This song is so wonderful! It's one of my favorites and I love to hear it in Hebrew too.

  • Hebrew is such a beautiful language ^_^ and this song is great for it too and I love this movie

  • Where can you find the pop vesion of this song?

  • In hebrew? I don't think there was any.

  • There is! Check out the multilanguage pop version by 3123maison. He/She has the hebrew version included

  • Totally beautiful in Hebrew - Also beautiful in English, though I thikn this version is sung fabulously :D

  • Incredible!!! Todah rabah!!!

  • it's lovely in hebrew.

  • It's so beautiful. I've always look foward to listening to Hebrew version since I used to hear Colour of the Wind in Hebrew and I like it XD

    By the way I hope someone will upload in Thai version, too. It's really hardly found!

  • When I was home-schooled my mom tried to teach me Hebrew. It was a long time ago so I do not remeber vary much of it.

  • beautiful! I've never heard Hebrew spoken before.

  • no problem just go to youtube write any name of disney song and write hebrew after it and you'll find it..

  • this song is beautiful in every language ^__^

  • loooveee it! ricki's voice is so fitting to the personality of ezmeralda :]

  • I had no idea that they had the Hebrew version of this song! Thanks for adding this!

    :)

  • the choral part seems so much better in this version.

  • how do we say god or lord in hebrew?

  • I don´t know but the "name" is Elohim.

  • and Eloi, or Eli means "my god"

  • "El" is a god, Elohim is when you speek about The God.

  • it's Elohim for god/lord

  • elohim is like "and elohim said to mosess"

    its the same

  • yes i know i was explaining to the girl/guy whatever above

  • cool

  • I like Bette Midler's version better.

  • beautiful. i love her voice!

  • No offence but i prefere arabic more... hebrew is beautiful but i think arabic has a better flow. less emphsis on the "KHA" and less use of "SH" and "KHA"

  • This isn't a competition, why everybody all the time make comparisons, when it comes to taste you can never know which one is the best.

  • meod yafe

  • המדובבת של אזמרלדה זו לא אותה אחת ששרה, נכון?

    מי שרה?

  • ריקי גל.

  • מה פתאום, זאת כן אותה אחת.

    הקול שלה מדהים וכלכך מתאים לאזמרלדה! :]

  • well hebrew is more complicated and long, so they have to talk fast to match the dubbing. :)

  • It sounds perfect! Absulutely amazing. That's the accent I like so much!

  • gorgeous!!!

  • a beautiful version of the song, in my opinion