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Becauseכִּי לְמַthe first timeבָּרִאשׁוֹנָהit was notלֹאyou,אַתֶּםYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּmade a breachפָּרַץin us,בָּנוּforכִּיwe did notלֹאconsult himדְרַשְׁנֻהוּaccording to the rule.”כַּמִּשְׁפָּט
1 Chronicles 15:13
Study it in the app“Because the first time it was not you, YHWH our Elohim made a breach in us, for we did not consult him according to the rule.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 15:13, word by word
- the first timeרִאשׁוֹנָהrishona
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- made a breachפָּרַץparats
breach
To smash a wall, burst in.
Where else “parats” appears- consult himדְרַשְׁנֻderashnu
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derashnu” appears- according to the ruleמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpat” appears
Translation note
This refers to the death of Uzzah (13:9-11): the first time the ark went on a cart, not on the shoulders of the Levites. “We did not consult him” may refer to YHWH or to the ark (“we did not consult it”).
The context
12and he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, you and your brothers, and bring up the ark of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
13 · This verse (above)
14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.