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YHWHיְהוָהheardוַיִּשְׁמַעHezekiahאֶל יְחִזְקִיָּהוּand healedוַיִּרְפָּאthe people.אֶת הָעָם
2 Chronicles 30:20
Study it in the app“YHWH heard Hezekiah and healed the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 30:20, 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- heardיִּשְׁמַעyishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishma” appears- Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהוּyechizkiyahu
Hezekiah
Hezekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is my strength" or "YHWH strengthens." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:20; 18-20; Isaiah 36-39); other men also bear it (Zephaniah 1:1; Nehemiah 7:21).
Where else “yechizkiyahu” appears- and healedיִּרְפָּאyirpa
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “yirpa” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
19everyone who has set his heart to seek Elohim, YHWH, the Elohim of his fathers, even though it is not according to the purity of the sanctuary.”
20 · This verse (above)
21The sons of Israel who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests were praising YHWH day by day, with instruments of strength to YHWH.