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YHWH,יְהוָהto us belongsלָנוּshameבֹּשֶׁתof face,הַפָּנִיםto our kings,לִמְלָכֵינוּto our princes,לְשָׂרֵינוּand to our fathers,וְלַאֲבֹתֵינוּbecauseאֲשֶׁרwe have sinnedחָטָאנוּagainst you.לָךְ
Daniel 9:8
Study it in the app“YHWH, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 9:8, 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- shameבֹּשֶׁתboshet
shame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “boshet” appears- of faceפָּנִיםpanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panim” appears- to our kingsמְלָכֵיmelache
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melache” appears- to our princesשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- and to our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- we have sinnedחָטָאנוּchatanu
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatanu” appears
The context
7To you, Adonai, belongs righteousness, but to us shame of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to all Israel, those near and those far away, in all the lands where you have driven them because of their unfaithfulness that they have committed against you.
8 · This verse (above)
9To Adonai our Elohim belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him,