Study it in the app“Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us, for against YHWH our Elohim we have sinned, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not heeded the voice of YHWH our Elohim.””
Let us lie downנִשְׁכְּבָהin our shame,בְּבָשְׁתֵּנוּand let our humiliationכְּלִמָּתֵנוּcover us,וּתְכַסֵּנוּforכִּיagainst YHWHלַיהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּwe have sinned,חָטָאנוּweאֲנַחְנוּand our fathers,וַאֲבוֹתֵינוּfrom our youthמִנְּעוּרֵינוּeven toוְעַדthis day,הַיּוֹם הַזֶּהand we have notוְלֹאheededשָׁמַעְנוּthe voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהֹוָהour Elohim.”אֱלֹהֵינוּ
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “nishkva” appearsshame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “vashte” appearsdisgrace, shame
Shame, dishonor suffered before others.
Where else “kelimate” appearscover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “techase” 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 “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatanu” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsyouth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neure” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsobey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamanu” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears24But the Shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
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