Study it in the app“For as at Mount Perazim YHWH will rise up, as in the valley at Gibeon he will rage, to do his work, strange is his work, and to perform his labor, alien is his labor.”
Forכִּיas atכְMountהַרPerazimפְּרָצִיםYHWHיְהוָהwill rise up,יָקוּםas inכְּthe valleyעֵמֶקat Gibeonבְּגִבְעוֹןhe will rage,יִרְגָּזto doלַעֲשׂוֹתhis work,מַעֲשֵׂהוּstrange isזָרhis work,מַעֲשֵׂהוּand to performוְלַעֲבֹדhis labor,עֲבֹדָתוֹalien isנָכְרִיָּהhis labor.עֲבֹדָתוֹ
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsPerazim
Perazim: a mountain where David defeated the Philistines; the name means "breaches" (Isaiah 28:21; compare 2 Samuel 5:20).
Where else “peratsim” 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” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakum” appearsvalley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appearsGibeon
See it on the mapWhere else “givon” appearsrage
To rage and be in an uproar, or to disturb others.
Where else “yirgaz” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearswork
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appearsforeign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zar” appearswork
To toil, till the land.
Where else “avod” appearslabor
The task someone does with his hands, above all work in the field.
Where else “avodat” appearsforeign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriya” appearsPerazim and Gibeon recall victories of David and of Joshua (2 Samuel 5:20; Joshua 10:10-12).
Gibeon
Today: al-Jib (Gibeon), West Bank
A city about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Its people tricked Joshua into making peace with Israel (Josh 9:3-15). When Joshua defended them, the sun stood still (Josh 10:12). Solomon offered sacrifices there (1 Kgs 3:4).
20For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.
21 · This verse (above)
22And now do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for an extermination, and one decreed, I have heard from Adonai YHWH Tsevaot upon all the earth.
