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YHWHיְהוָהwas pleased,חָפֵץfor the sakeלְמַעַןof his righteousness,צִדְקוֹto magnifyיַגְדִּילthe instructionתּוֹרָהand make it glorious.וְיַאְדִּיר
Isaiah 42:21
Study it in the app“YHWH was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify the instruction and make it glorious.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 42:21, 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- was pleasedחָפֵץchafets
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafets” appears- of his righteousnessצִדְקtsidk
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsidk” appears- to magnifyיַגְדִּילyagdil
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “yagdil” appears- the instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- and make it gloriousיַאְדִּירyadir
be glorious
Be majestic, glorious.
Where else “yadir” appears
The context
20You see many things, but do not keep them; the ears are open, but he does not hear.”
21 · This verse (above)
22But this is a people plundered and despoiled; all of them are trapped in the holes, and in houses of prison they are hidden; they have become plunder, and there is no one to deliver; spoil, and there is no one to say, “Give it back!”