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And his delightוַהֲרִיחוֹwill be in the fearבְּיִרְאַתof YHWH;יְהוָהand he will notוְלֹאjudgeיִשְׁפּוֹטby whatלְhis eyesעֵינָיוsee,מַרְאֵהnorוְלֹאdecideיוֹכִיחַby whatלְhis earsאָזְנָיוhear;מִשְׁמַע
Isaiah 11:3
Study it in the app“And his delight will be in the fear of YHWH; and he will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear;”
A shoot from Jesse will rule with justice, defending the humbleThe Kingdom of GodOn the shoot from Jesse's stump, the spirit of wisdom and understanding will restThe Holy Spirit
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 11:3, word by word
- And his delightהֲרִיחharich
delight
To take pleasure in something.
Where else “harich” appears- will be in the fearיִרְאַתyirat
fear
Fear. "The fear of God" is deep reverence that leads one to obey him and avoid evil.
Where else “yirat” appears- of 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- judgeיִשְׁפּוֹטyishpot
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “yishpot” appears- his eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears- seeמַרְאֵהmare
sight
What is seen; how something appears before the eyes.
Where else “mare” appears- decideיוֹכִיחַyochiach
decide
To judge a matter and decide who is right.
Where else “yochiach” appears- his earsאָזְנָיaznay
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “aznay” appears- hearמִשְׁמַעmishma
hearing, what is heard
What is heard: a report, what reaches the ears.
Where else “mishma” appears
The context
2And the spirit of YHWH will rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of YHWH.
3 · This verse (above)
4but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with uprightness for the humble of the earth; and he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will put to death the wicked.