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YHWHיְהוָהgaveוַיִּתֵּןIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלa savior,מוֹשִׁיעַand they went outוַיֵּצְאוּfrom underמִתַּחַתthe handיַדof Aram;אֲרָםand the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלlivedיֵּשְׁבוּin their tentsבְּאָהֳלֵיהֶםas before.כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם
2 Kings 13:5
Study it in the app“YHWH gave Israel a savior, and they went out from under the hand of Aram; and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as before.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 13:5, 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- gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- a saviorמוֹשִׁיעַmoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshia” appears- and they went outיֵּצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- and the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- livedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- in their tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- as beforeתְמוֹלtemol
formerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appears- as beforeשִׁלְשׁוֹםshilshom
day before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appears
Translation note
The text does not say who that savior was.
The context
4Jehoahaz pleaded before YHWH, and YHWH listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Aram oppressed them.
5 · This verse (above)
6Nevertheless they did not turn away from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, by which he made Israel sin; in it he walked; and also the Asherah remained standing in Samaria.