ForכִּיthusכֹהYHWHיְהוָהspokeאָמַרto meאֵלַיwith strengthכְּחֶזְקַתof the hand,הַיָּדand he corrected meוְיִסְּרֵנִיso that I would not walkמִלֶּכֶתin the wayבְּדֶרֶךְof this people,הָעָם הַזֶּהsaying,לֵאמֹר
Isaiah 8:11
Study it in the app“For thus YHWH spoke to me with strength of the hand, and he corrected me so that I would not walk in the way of this people, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 8:11, 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- spokeאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- with strengthחֶזְקַתchezkat
strength, power
Strength, might: the fact of becoming strong. Said of a king when his power is secure.
Where else “chezkat” appears- of the handיָּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- and he corrected meיִסְּרֵyisre
discipline, correct
Correct, discipline, teach firmly, as a father his son; also punish.
Where else “yisre” appears- so that I would not walkלֶּכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears- in the wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
10Make a plan, and it will be frustrated; speak a word, and it will not stand; for with us is El.
11 · This verse (above)
12“Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and what it fears do not fear, and do not be terrified.