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Yes,אַףin the pathאֹרַחof your judgments,מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָYHWH,יְהוָהwe have waited for you;קִוִּינוּךָto your nameלְשִׁמְךָand to your remembranceוּלְזִכְרְךָis the desireתַּאֲוַתof our soul.נָפֶשׁ
Isaiah 26:8
Study it in the app“Yes, in the path of your judgments, YHWH, we have waited for you; to your name and to your remembrance is the desire of our soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 26:8, word by word
- in the pathאֹרַחorach
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “orach” appears- of your judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטֶיmishpate
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpate” appears- 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- we have waited for youקִוִּינוּkivinu
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kivinu” appears- to your nameשִׁמְshim
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shim” appears- and to your remembranceזִכְרְzichr
remembrance, name
Remembrance: the name by which someone is remembered and called upon.
Where else “zichr” appears- is the desireתַּאֲוַתtaavat
desire
A strong longing, good or bad.
Where else “taavat” appears- of our soulנָפֶשׁnafesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafesh” appears
The context
7The path of the righteous is uprightness; you, Upright One, level the track of the righteous.
8 · This verse (above)
9With my soul I have longed for you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I seek you early, for when your judgments are on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.