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And now,וְעַתָּהlet the dreadיְהִי פַחַדof YHWHיְהוָהbe on you;עֲלֵיכֶםtake careשִׁמְרוּand do it,וַעֲשׂוּforכִּיwithעִםYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּthere is noאֵיןinjusticeעַוְלָהor partialityוּמַשֹּׂא פָנִיםor takingוּמִקַּחof bribes.”שֹׁחַד
2 Chronicles 19:7
Study it in the app“And now, let the dread of YHWH be on you; take care and do it, for with YHWH our Elohim there is no injustice or partiality or taking of bribes.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 19:7, word by word
- let the dreadיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- let the dreadפַחַדfachad
dread, terror
Dread, terror, sudden fear. "The Fear of Isaac" is a name for God: the one who is revered with awe.
Where else “fachad” appears- of 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- take careשִׁמְרוּshimru
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “shimru” appears- and do itעֲשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- injusticeעַוְלָהavla
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avla” appears- or partialityמַשֹּׂאmaso
partiality
Partiality: literally "lifting up the face" of someone, that is, favoring a person in judgment for who he is and not for what is right. It occurs only once.
Where else “maso” appears- or partialityפָנִיםfanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fanim” appears- or takingמִקַּחmikach
taking, receiving
The act of accepting or receiving something. "Taking a bribe" is receiving a payment to pervert a judgment. It occurs only once.
Where else “mikach” appears- of bribesשֹׁחַדshochad
bribe
Bribe: a gift given to a judge to twist his decision.
Where else “shochad” appears
The context
6and said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for a human being but for YHWH, and he is with you in the matter of judgment.
7 · This verse (above)
8And also in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and the priests and of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel, for the judgment of YHWH and for disputes. And they returned to Jerusalem.