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But the peopleוְהָעָםdid notלֹאturn backשָׁבto the one who struck them,עַד הַמַּכֵּהוּand YHWHוְ יְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתthey did notלֹאseek.דָרָשׁוּ
Isaiah 9:13
Study it in the app“But the people did not turn back to the one who struck them, and YHWH Tsevaot they did not seek.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 9:13, word by word
- But the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- turn backשָׁבshav
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shav” appears- to the one who struck themמַּכֵּmake
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “make” appears- and 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- seekדָרָשׁוּdarashu
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “darashu” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14So YHWH cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.