Study it in the app“Yet they seek me day after day, and they desire to know my ways, like a nation that had done righteousness and had not forsaken the justice of its Elohim; they ask me for judgments of righteousness; they desire the nearness of Elohim.”
Yetוְthey seekיִדְרֹשׁוּןmeאוֹתִיdayיוֹםafter day,יוֹםand they desireיֶחְפָּצוּןto knowוְדַעַתmy ways,דְּרָכַיlike a nationכְּגוֹיthatאֲשֶׁרhad doneעָשָׂהrighteousnessצְדָקָהand had notוּ לֹאforsakenעָזָבthe justiceמִשְׁפַּטof its Elohim;אֱלֹהָיוthey ask meיִשְׁאָלוּנִיfor judgmentsמִשְׁפְּטֵיof righteousness;צֶדֶקthey desireיֶחְפָּצוּןthe nearnessקִרְבַתof Elohim.אֱלֹהִים
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “yidroshu” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsdesire
To wish for something, be willing.
Where else “yechpatsu” appearsknowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appearsways of YHWH
YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.
Where else “deracha” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearsrighteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azav” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appearsinquire
To ask YHWH what to do.
Where else “yishalu” appearsrighteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appearsnearness
Nearness, the fact of being near or drawing near to someone.
Where else “kirvat” appears1“Cry out with full throat; do not hold back; like the horn lift up your voice, and declare to my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 · This verse (above)
3‘Why have we fasted, and you did not see? Why have we humbled our soul, and you do not know?’ Look, on the day of your fast you find your desire, and you oppress all your workers.
