Study it in the app“And now, for a brief moment there has been favor from YHWH our Elohim, to leave us escapees, and to give us a peg in his holy place, that our Elohim may brighten our eyes and give us a little life in our servitude.”
And now,וְעַתָּהfor a briefכִּמְעַטmomentרֶגַעthere has beenהָיְתָהfavorתְחִנָּהfromמֵאֵתYHWHיְהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּto leaveלְהַשְׁאִירusלָנוּescapees,פְּלֵיטָהand to giveוְלָתֶתusלָנוּa pegיָתֵדin his holy place,בִּמְקוֹם קָדְשׁוֹthat our Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּmay brightenלְהָאִירour eyesעֵינֵינוּand give usוּלְתִתֵּנוּa littleמְעַטlifeמִחְיָהin our servitude.בְּעַבְדֻתֵנוּ
almost
A short while, or very nearly: barely, by a little.
Where else “meat” appearsmoment
Instant, a very brief moment.
Where else “rega” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appearsfavor
The kind welcome or grace someone receives from another.
Where else “techina” 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 “elohe” appearsleave
To leave something over.
Where else “hashir” appearssurvivors
The small group that survives a defeat or a disaster.
Where else “peleta” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appearspeg
A spike driven in to hold a tent, or a nail in a wall.
Where else “yated” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appearssanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kadsh” appearsgive light
To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.
Where else “hair” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearslife
Keeping someone alive; a little new strength.
Where else “michya” appearsservitude, bondage
Servitude: the condition of one who is subject to another and serves him. Ezra says it of the people under the kings of Persia.
Where else “avdute” appears“A peg”: the one that holds the tent to the ground; it is an image of a firm place to stay.
7From the days of our fathers we have been in great guilt until this day; and for our iniquities we have been given, our kings, and our priests, into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to shame of face, as at this day.
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9For we are slaves, yet in our servitude our Elohim has not forsaken us, but he extended to us loyal love before the kings of Persia, to give us life, to raise up the house of our Elohim and to set up its ruins, and to give us a fence in Judah and in Jerusalem.
