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and we have notוְלֹאlistenedשָׁמַעְנוּto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּto walkלָלֶכֶתin his laws,בְּתוֹרֹתָיוwhichאֲשֶׁרhe setנָתַןbefore usלְפָנֵינוּby the handבְּיַדof his servantsעֲבָדָיוthe prophets.הַנְּבִיאִים
Daniel 9:10
Study it in the app“and we have not listened to the voice of YHWH our Elohim, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by the hand of his servants the prophets.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 9:10, word by word
- listenedשָׁמַעְנוּshamanu
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamanu” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” 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- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- to walkלֶכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears- in his lawsתוֹרֹתָיtorotay
law
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torotay” appears- he setנָתַןnatan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natan” appears- before usפָנֵיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avaday” appears- the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears
The context
9To Adonai our Elohim belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him,
10 · This verse (above)
11And all Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, so as not to listen to your voice; and there has been poured out on us the curse and the oath that is written in the law of Moses, the servant of Elohim, because we have sinned against him.