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ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהwill judgeיָדִיןhis peopleעַמּוֹand have compassionיִתְנֶחָםonוְעַלhis servants,עֲבָדָיוwhenכִּיhe seesיִרְאֶהthatכִּיtheir strengthיָדis goneאָזְלַתand there isוְno oneאֶפֶסrestrainedעָצוּרor left.וְעָזוּב
Deuteronomy 32:36
Study it in the app“For YHWH will judge his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their strength is gone and there is no one restrained or left.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:36, 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 judgeיָדִיןyadin
judge
To decide with authority who is in the right and to govern justly.
Where else “yadin” appears- his peopleעַמּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- and have compassionיִתְנֶחָםyitnecham
feel sorry
To grieve over something done, or to feel sorrow for someone.
Where else “yitnecham” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avaday” appears- he seesיִרְאֶהyire
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yire” appears- their strengthיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- is goneאָזְלַתazlat
be gone, run out
Go away, run out, disappear.
Where else “azlat” appears- no oneאֶפֶסefes
nothing
Nothing, no one; without.
Where else “efes” appears- restrainedעָצוּרatsur
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “atsur” appears- or leftעָזוּבazuv
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “azuv” appears
Translation note
“Have compassion” translates the verb that elsewhere is “relent.” “Restrained or left” is a saying that takes in everyone; it is usually understood as “slave or free.” Hebrews 10:30 quotes the first phrase.
The context
35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot slips; for near is the day of their calamity, and what is prepared for them hurries on.’
36 · This verse (above)
37And he will say, ‘Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,