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YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Sayאֱמֹרto them,לָהֶם‘Do notלֹאgo upתַעֲלוּand do notוְלֹאfight,תִלָּחֲמוּforכִּיI am notאֵינֶנִּיamong you,בְּקִרְבְּכֶםso that you are notוְלֹאstruck downתִּנָּגְפוּbeforeלִפְנֵיyour enemies.’”אֹיְבֵיכֶם
Deuteronomy 1:42
Study it in the app“YHWH said to me, “Say to them, ‘Do not go up and do not fight, for I am not among you, so that you are not struck down before your enemies.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:42, 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- go upתַעֲלוּtaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “taalu” appears- fightתִלָּחֲמוּtilachamu
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “tilachamu” appears- among youקִרְבְּkirb
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appears- struck downתִּנָּגְפוּtinagfu
be defeated
To lose a battle and flee before the enemy.
Where else “tinagfu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- your enemies.’אֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears
The context
41You answered and said to me, “We have sinned against YHWH. We will go up and fight, according to all that YHWH our Elohim commanded us.” Each of you girded on his weapons of war, and you considered it easy to go up into the hill country.
42 · This verse (above)
43So I spoke to you, but you did not listen; you rebelled against the command of YHWH, acted presumptuously, and went up into the hill country.