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So YHWHוַ יְהוָהraised highיְשַׂגֵּבthe adversariesצָרֵיof Rezinרְצִיןagainst him,עָלָיוand his enemiesוְ אֹיְבָיוhe stirred up:יְסַכְסֵךְ
Isaiah 9:11
Study it in the app“So YHWH raised high the adversaries of Rezin against him, and his enemies he stirred up:”
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Isaiah 9:11, word by word
- So 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- raised highיְשַׂגֵּבyesagev
be exalted
To be honored above all, like YHWH's name.
Where else “yesagev” appears- the adversariesצָרֵיtsare
adversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsare” appears- of Rezinרְצִיןretsin
Rezin
Rezin. The name of a king of Aram, in Damascus, who with Pekah of Israel attacked Judah (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5-9; Isaiah 7:1). It is also borne by the ancestor of a family of temple servants (Ezra 2:48).
Where else “retsin” appears- and his enemiesאֹיְבָיoyvay
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyvay” appears- he stirred upיְסַכְסֵךְyesachsech
stir up
To set some against others.
Where else “yesachsech” appears
The context
10“Bricks have fallen, but with hewn stone we will build; sycamores have been cut down, but cedars we will put in their place.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Aram from the east and the Philistines from behind; and they devoured Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned back, and his hand is still stretched out.