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Those who keepמְשַׁמְּרִיםvain vaporsהַבְלֵי שָׁוְאabandonיַעֲזֹבוּtheir loyal love.חַסְדָּם
Jonah 2:8
Study it in the app“Those who keep vain vapors abandon their loyal love.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 2:8, word by word
- Those who keepמְשַׁמְּרִיםmeshamrim
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “meshamrim” appears- vain vaporsהַבְלֵיhavle
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havle” appears- vain vaporsשָׁוְאshav
emptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appears- abandonיַעֲזֹבוּyaazovu
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “yaazovu” appears- their loyal loveחַסְדָּchasda
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasda” appears
Translation note
“Their loyal love”: it may be the loyal love that they themselves could have, or that of YHWH, which is for them.
The context
7When my soul was fainting within me, I remembered YHWH, and my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.
8 · This verse (above)
9But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to YHWH.”