Study it in the app“For you are our Father; for Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not recognize us; you, YHWH, are our Father; “Our Redeemer from of old” is your name.”
Forכִּיyou areאַתָּהour Father;אָבִינוּforכִּיAbrahamאַבְרָהָםdoes notלֹאknow us,יְדָעָנוּand Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלdoes notלֹאrecognize us;יַכִּירָנוּyou,אַתָּהYHWH,יְהוָהare our Father;אָבִינוּ“Our Redeemerגֹּאֲלֵנוּfrom of old”מֵעוֹלָםis your name.שְׁמֶךָ
Father
God, Father of his people.
Where else “avi” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearsknow a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedaa” 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” appearsrecognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “yakira” 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” appearsRedeemer
YHWH, who rescues his people.
Where else “goale” appearsof old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “sheme” appears15Look from the heavens and see, from the residence of your holiness and of your beauty. Where are your zeal and your mighty deeds? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion toward me have been restrained.
16 · This verse (above)
17Why, YHWH, do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from fearing you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance.
