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YHWH,יְהוָהshow us favor;חָנֵּנוּfor youלְךָwe have waited.קִוִּינוּBeהֱיֵהtheir armזְרֹעָםevery morning,לַבְּקָרִיםalsoאַףour salvationיְשׁוּעָתֵנוּin the timeבְּעֵתof distress.צָרָה
Isaiah 33:2
Study it in the app“YHWH, show us favor; for you we have waited. Be their arm every morning, also our salvation in the time of distress.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 33:2, 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- show us favorחָנֵּchane
show favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “chane” appears- we have waitedקִוִּינוּkivinu
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kivinu” appears- Beהֱיֵהheye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heye” appears- their armזְרֹעָzeroa
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroa” appears- every morningבְּקָרִיםbekarim
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “bekarim” appears- our salvationיְשׁוּעָתֵyeshuate
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yeshuate” appears- in the timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- of distressצָרָהtsara
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appears
Translation note
“Their arm”: that of them, the people; with another reading, “our arm.”
The context
1Woe, devastator, and you have not been devastated; and traitor, and they have not betrayed you! When you finish devastating, you will be devastated; when you stop betraying, they will betray you.
2 · This verse (above)
3At the sound of the tumult peoples flee; when you rise up nations scatter.