Study it in the app“and said, “YHWH, Elohim of our fathers, are you not Elohim in the heavens? And you rule over all the kingdoms of the nations; in your hand are power and might, and there is no one able to stand firm against you.”
Facing a huge army, Jehoshaphat prays: our eyes are on youPrayer
and said,וַיֹּאמַר“YHWH,יְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיof our fathers,אֲבֹתֵינוּare you notהֲלֹא אַתָּהElohimהוּא אֱלֹהִיםin the heavens?בַּשָּׁמַיִםAnd youוְאַתָּהruleמוֹשֵׁלover allבְּכֹלthe kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתof the nations;הַגּוֹיִםin your handוּבְיָדְךָare powerכֹּחַand might,וּגְבוּרָהand there is no oneוְאֵיןable to stand firmלְהִתְיַצֵּבagainst you.עִמְּךָ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appearsrule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “moshel” appearskingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlchot” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsstrength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appearsstrength
Strength of body or spirit to face something.
Where else “gevura” appearstake one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsev” appears5Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of YHWH, before the new court,
6 · This verse (above)
7Did you not, our Elohim, dispossess the inhabitants of this land from before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham, who loved you, forever?
