Study it in the app“‘If evil comes upon us —sword, judgment, or pestilence or famine— we will stand before this house and before you, for your name is in this house, and we will cry out to you from our distress, and you will hear and save.’”
Facing a huge army, Jehoshaphat prays: our eyes are on youPrayer
‘Ifאִםevilרָעָהcomesתָּבוֹאupon usעָלֵינוּ—sword,חֶרֶבjudgment,שְׁפוֹטor pestilenceוְדֶבֶרor famine—וְרָעָבwe will standנַעַמְדָהbeforeלִפְנֵיthisהַזֶּהhouseהַבַּיִתand before you,וּלְפָנֶיךָforכִּיyour nameשִׁמְךָis in thisבַּ הַזֶּהhouse,בַּיִתand we will cry outוְנִזְעַקto youאֵלֶיךָfrom our distress,מִצָּרָתֵנוּand you will hearוְתִשְׁמַעand save.’וְתוֹשִׁיעַ
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsjudgment, punishment
Judgment: a sentence or punishment someone receives. It is of the family of "judge."
Where else “shefot” appearsplague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “naamda” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shim” appearscry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “nizak” appearsdistress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsarate” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishma” appearssave
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “toshia” appears8They lived in it and built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,
9 · This verse (above)
10And now, look, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, among whom you did not let Israel come when they came from the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them and did not destroy them
