Study it in the app“Wherever they went out, the hand of YHWH was against them for evil, as YHWH had spoken and as YHWH had sworn to them; and they were in distress greatly.”
Whereverבְּכֹל אֲשֶׁרthey went out,יָצְאוּthe handיַדof YHWHיְהוָהwasהָיְתָהagainst themבָּםfor evil,לְרָעָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad spokenדִּבֶּרand asוְכַאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad swornנִשְׁבַּעto them;לָהֶםand they were in distressוַיֵּצֶר לָהֶםgreatly.מְאֹד
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” 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” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appearsbe distressed
To feel squeezed by fear or sorrow.
Where else “yetser” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears14The anger of YHWH burned against Israel, and he gave them into the hand of plunderers, who plundered them; and he sold them into the hand of their enemies all around, and they could no longer stand before their enemies.
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16Then YHWH raised up judges, and they saved them from the hand of those who plundered them.
