Study it in the app“Hear this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and from the waters of Judah have come out; who swear by the name of YHWH and make mention of the Elohim of Israel, not in truth nor in righteousness.”
Hearשִׁמְעוּthis,זֹאתhouseבֵּיתof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבwho are calledהַנִּקְרָאִיםby the nameבְּשֵׁםof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand from the watersוּמִמֵּיof Judahיְהוּדָהhave come out;יָצָאוּwho swearהַנִּשְׁבָּעִיםby the nameבְּשֵׁםof YHWHיְהוָהand make mentionוּ יַזְכִּירוּof the Elohimבֵאלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלnotלֹאin truthבֶאֱמֶתnorוְלֹאin righteousness.בִצְדָקָה
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “nikraim” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsau” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbaim” 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” appearsmention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “yazkiru” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appearstruth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appearsrighteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears“The waters of Judah”: it can be understood as the source from which their lineage comes.
1 · This verse (above)
2For they call themselves after the holy city, and on the Elohim of Israel they lean; YHWH Tsevaot is his name.
