Study it in the app“But I said, “In vain I have worn myself out; for emptiness and vapor I have spent my strength; yet surely my right is with YHWH, and my wages with my Elohim.””
The servant was called from the wombPurpose
But Iוַאֲנִיsaid,אָמַרְתִּי“In vainלְרִיקI have worn myself out;יָגַעְתִּיfor emptinessלְתֹהוּand vaporוְהֶבֶלI have spentכִלֵּיתִיmy strength;כֹּחִיyet surelyאָכֵןmy rightמִשְׁפָּטִיis with YHWH,אֶת יְהוָהand my wagesוּפְעֻלָּתִיwith my Elohim.”אֶת אֱלֹהָי
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appearsin vain
In vain, for nothing.
Where else “rik” appearsgrow weary, toil
Grow weary, be tired from effort; also to toil, or to make another weary.
Where else “yagati” appearsemptiness
Something empty and worthless; "in vain".
Where else “tohu” appearsvapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appearsbe spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “chileti” appearsstrength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “kochi” appearsbut
A word that contrasts with what came before: «but», «even so».
Where else “achen” appearsright
What is due someone: what the orphan should receive.
Where else “mishpati” 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” appearswages
What one receives for working.
Where else “feulati” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears3And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And now says YHWH, who formed me from the womb as his servant, to bring back Jacob to him, and Israel to him will be gathered —and I am honored in the eyes of YHWH, and my Elohim has been my strength—
