Study it in the app“And at the evening offering I rose from my affliction, and having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to YHWH my Elohim,”
And at the eveningוּבְ הָעֶרֶבofferingמִנְחַתI roseקַמְתִּיfrom my affliction,מִתַּעֲנִיתִיand having tornוּבְקָרְעִיmy garmentבִגְדִיand my robe,וּמְעִילִיI fellוָאֶכְרְעָהon my kneesעַל בִּרְכַּיand spread outוָאֶפְרְשָׂהmy handsכַפַּיtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהmy Elohim,אֱלֹהָי
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appearsoffering
An offering to God.
Where else “minchat” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kamti” appearsaffliction, humbling
Affliction that one imposes on oneself before God, above all by fasting. The word appears only once in the Bible (Ezra 9:5).
Where else “taaniti” appearstear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “kari” appearsgarment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “vigdi” appearsrobe
Robe: a long garment without sleeves worn over the tunic.
Where else “meili” appearscrouch
To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.
Where else “echra” appearsknee
Knee.
Where else “birka” appearsspread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “efrsa” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chapa” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears“My affliction”: the fasting and humiliation in which he was.
4And to me gathered everyone who trembled at the words of the Elohim of Israel because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat appalled until the evening offering.
5 · This verse (above)
6and I said, “My Elohim, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift my face, my Elohim, to you, for our iniquities have multiplied higher than our head, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.
