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YHWHיְהוָהmakes poorמוֹרִישׁand makes rich;וּמַעֲשִׁירhe brings low,מַשְׁפִּילand alsoאַףlifts up.מְרוֹמֵם
1 Samuel 2:7
Study it in the app“YHWH makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, and also lifts up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:7, word by word
- 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- makes poorמוֹרִישׁmorish
General meaning: Take possession; dispossess.
Where else “morish” appears- and makes richמַעֲשִׁירmaashir
make rich, become rich
Make rich; grow rich.
Where else “maashir” appears- he brings lowמַשְׁפִּילmashpil
bring low, humble
To bring down, to lower someone from his place; to humble.
Where else “mashpil” appears- lifts upמְרוֹמֵםmeromem
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “meromem” appears
The context
6YHWH puts to death and makes alive; he brings down to Sheol and brings up.
7 · This verse (above)
8He raises the poor from the dust; from the ash heap he lifts the needy, to make them sit with nobles, and he makes them inherit a throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are YHWH’s, and on them he has set the world.