Daniel 9:11

“And 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.”

Daniel 9:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Daniel 9:11, word by word

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.

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has transgressedעָבְרוּavru

transgress

To break a covenant or command.

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your lawתּוֹרָתֶtorate

law

Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.

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and turned asideסוֹרsor

turn aside

To leave the road, go away.

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to listenשְׁמוֹעַshemoa

obey

To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.

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to your voiceקֹלֶkole

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

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and there has been poured outתִּתַּךְtitach

pour out

To gush out, like water or God's wrath.

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the curseאָלָהala

curse

Words of cursing.

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and the oathשְּׁבֻעָהshevua

oath

Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.

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is writtenכְּתוּבָהketuva

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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of Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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the servantעֶבֶדeved

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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we have sinnedחָטָאנוּchatanu

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

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The context

10and 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.

11 · This verse (above)

12And he has carried out his word that he spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for there has not been done under all the heavens anything like what has been done in Jerusalem.

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