Adonai,אֲדֹנָיaccording to allכְּכָלyour righteous acts,צִדְקֹתֶךָlet your angerאַפְּךָand your furyוַחֲמָתְךָturn away,יָשָׁבplease,נָאfrom your cityמֵעִירְךָJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםyour holyקָדְשֶׁךָmountain;הַרforכִּיbecause of our sinsבַחֲטָאֵינוּand the iniquitiesוּבַעֲוֺנוֹתof our fathers,אֲבֹתֵינוּJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםand your peopleוְעַמְּךָhave become a reproachלְחֶרְפָּהto allלְכָלwho are around us.סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ
Daniel 9:16
Study it in the app“Adonai, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your fury turn away, please, from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 9:16, word by word
- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- your righteous actsצִדְקֹתֶtsidkote
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkote” appears- let your angerאַפְּap
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appears- and your furyחֲמָתְchamat
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears- turn awayיָשָׁבyashav
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “yashav” appears- from your cityעִירְir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- your holyקָדְשֶׁkadshe
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshe” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- because of our sinsחֲטָאֵיchatae
offense, sin
Offense, sin; its penalty.
Where else “chatae” appears- and the iniquitiesעֲוֺנוֹתavonot
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonot” appears- of our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- and your peopleעַמְּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- have become a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- who are around usסְבִיבֹתֵיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
15And now, Adonai our Elohim, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand and made yourself a name, as at this day, we have sinned, we have acted wickedly.
16 · This verse (above)
17And now, listen, our Elohim, to the prayer of your servant and to his supplications, and make your face shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the sake of Adonai.