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YHWH,יְהוָהin distressבַּצַּרthey turned to you;פְּקָדוּךָthey poured outצָקוּןa whisper;לַחַשׁyour correction wasמוּסָרְךָon them.לָמוֹ
Isaiah 26:16
Study it in the app“YHWH, in distress they turned to you; they poured out a whisper; your correction was on them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 26:16, 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- in distressצַּרtsar
distress
A tight situation from which one cannot escape.
Where else “tsar” appears- they turned to youפְּקָדוּpekadu
attend to
To attend to someone; God comes to help.
Where else “pekadu” appears- they poured outצָקוּtsaku
pour out
To let a liquid run out.
Where else “tsaku” appears- a whisperלַחַשׁlachash
whisper
A prayer said under one's breath.
Where else “lachash” appears- your correction wasמוּסָרְmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears
The context
15You have added to the nation, YHWH, you have added to the nation; you have been glorified; you have moved far off all the ends of the land.
16 · This verse (above)
17As a pregnant woman who draws near to giving birth writhes and cries out in her labor pains, so were we before you, YHWH.