Study it in the app“But if you do not hear it, in secret places my soul will weep because of pride, and will weep bitterly, and my eye will run down with tears, for the flock of YHWH has been taken captive.”
But ifוְאִםyou do notלֹאhear it,תִשְׁמָעוּהָin secret placesבְּמִסְתָּרִיםmy soulנַפְשִׁיwill weepתִּבְכֶּהbecause ofמִפְּנֵיpride,גֵוָהand will weepוְ תִּדְמַעbitterly,דָמֹעַand my eyeוְ עֵינִיwill run downתֵרַדwith tears,דִּמְעָהforכִּיthe flockעֵדֶרof YHWHיְהוָהhas been taken captive.נִשְׁבָּה
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “tishmau” appearshiding place, covert
A hiding place: a hidden spot where someone hides or takes cover.
Where else “mistarim” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “tivke” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearspride
Thinking oneself more than one is.
Where else “geva” appearsweep
To weep, to shed tears.
Where else “tidma” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “terad” appearstears, weeping
Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).
Where else “dima” appearsherd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “eder” 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” appearstake captive
Take captive, carry off as prisoners in war.
Where else “nishba” appears16Give to YHWH your Elohim glory before he brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the mountains of twilight, and you wait for light, and he turns it into the shadow of death, makes it into dense cloud.
17 · This verse (above)
18Say to the king and to the lady: “Humble yourselves, sit down, for from your heads has come down the crown of your beauty.”
