But YHWHוְ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwas notלֹאwillingאָבָהto listenלִשְׁמֹעַto Balaam,אֶל בִּלְעָםand YHWHוַ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָturnedיַּהֲפֹךְfor youלְּךָthe curseאֶת הַקְּלָלָהinto a blessing,לִבְרָכָהbecauseכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָloves you.אֲהֵבְךָ
Deuteronomy 23:5
Study it in the app“But YHWH your Elohim was not willing to listen to Balaam, and YHWH your Elohim turned for you the curse into a blessing, because YHWH your Elohim loves you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:5, word by word
- But 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- willingאָבָהava
be willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “ava” appears- to listenשְׁמֹעַshemoa
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemoa” appears- to Balaamבִּלְעָםbilam
Balaam
Balaam, a diviner from Mesopotamia whom the king of Moab called to curse Israel. The name perhaps means "not of the people," that is, a foreigner.
Where else “bilam” appears- turnedיַּהֲפֹךְyahafoch
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “yahafoch” appears- the curseקְּלָלָהkelala
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appears- into a blessingבְרָכָהveracha
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “veracha” appears- loves youאֲהֵבְahev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahev” appears
The context
4because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Pethor of Aram-naharaim to curse you.
5 · This verse (above)
6You shall not seek their peace or their good all your days, forever.