Study it in the app“They cried out to YHWH and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken YHWH and have served the Baals and the Astartes. And now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’”
They cried outוַיִּזְעֲקוּtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ‘We have sinned,חָטָאנוּforכִּיwe have forsakenעָזַבְנוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהand have servedוַנַּעֲבֹדthe Baalsאֶת הַבְּעָלִיםand the Astartes.וְאֶת הָעַשְׁתָּרוֹתAnd nowוְעַתָּהdeliver usהַצִּילֵנוּfrom the handמִיַּדof our enemies,אֹיְבֵינוּand we will serve you.’וְנַעַבְדֶךָּ
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “yizaku” appearsYHWH
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatanu” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavnu” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “naavod” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “bealim” appearsAshtaroth
Ashtaroth, a city of Bashan, east of the Jordan, where Og reigned. It bears the name of a Canaanite goddess.
Where else “ashtarot” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsile” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears9But they forgot YHWH their Elohim, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
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11YHWH sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of your enemies all around, and you lived in security.
