YHWHיְהוָהwill raiseיִשָּׂאagainst youעָלֶיךָa nationגּוֹיfrom far away,מֵרָחוֹקfrom the endמִקְצֵהof the earth,הָאָרֶץasכַּאֲשֶׁרthe eagleהַנָּשֶׁרswoops,יִדְאֶהa nationגּוֹיwhoseאֲשֶׁר וֹlanguageלְשֹׁנyou will notלֹאunderstand,תִשְׁמַע
Deuteronomy 28:49
Study it in the app“YHWH will raise against you a nation from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops, a nation whose language you will not understand,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:49, 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- will raiseיִשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- a nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- from far awayרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- from the endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- the eagleנָּשֶׁרnasher
eagle, vulture
Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.
Where else “nasher” appears- swoopsיִדְאֶהyide
swoop
Swoop: fly fast, like the bird that falls on its prey.
Where else “yide” appears- languageלְשֹׁנleshon
language
The way a people speaks, by which its members understand each other.
Where else “leshon” appears- understandתִשְׁמַעtishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishma” appears
The context
48you will serve your enemies, whom YHWH will send against you, in hunger and in thirst and in nakedness and in lack of everything; and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.
49 · This verse (above)
50a nation fierce of face, which will not show regard for the old and will not favor the young.