Study it in the app“if I did not fear the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries misjudge it, lest they say, “Our hand is raised high, and it is not YHWH who has done all this.”’”
if I did notלוּלֵיfearאָגוּרthe provocationכַּעַסof the enemy,אוֹיֵבlestפֶּןtheir adversariesצָרֵימוֹmisjudge it,יְנַכְּרוּlestפֶּןthey say,יֹאמְרוּ“Our handיָדֵינוּis raised high,רָמָהandוְit is notלֹאYHWHיְהוָהwho has doneפָּעַלallכָּלthis.”’זֹאת
if not, unless
If not, unless, were it not that.
Where else “lule” appearsdread
Another word spelled the same: to dread.
Where else “agur” appearsprovocation
What makes someone angry, above all what enrages God.
Where else “kaas” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appearsadversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsare” appearsrecognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “yenakru” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appearslift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “rama” appearsYHWH
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” appearsdo, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “paal” appears26I would have said, “I will scatter them; I will make cease from humankind their memory,”
27 · This verse (above)
28For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
