Isaiah 8:11

“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,”

Isaiah 8:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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so that I would not walkלֶּכֶתlechet

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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in the wayדֶרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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of this peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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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.

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