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Then YHWHוַ יְהוָהraised upיָּקֶםjudges,שֹׁפְטִיםand they saved themוַיּוֹשִׁיעוּםfrom the handמִיַּדof those who plundered them.שֹׁסֵיהֶם
Judges 2:16
Study it in the app“Then YHWH raised up judges, and they saved them from the hand of those who plundered them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 2:16, word by word
- Then 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- raised upיָּקֶםyakem
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “yakem” appears- judgesשֹׁפְטִיםshoftim
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shoftim” appears- and they saved themיּוֹשִׁיעוּyoshiu
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “yoshiu” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of those who plundered themשֹׁסֵיshose
plunder
Plunder: take from someone by force what he has.
Where else “shose” appears
The context
15Wherever 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.
16 · This verse (above)
17Yet even to their judges they did not listen, for they prostituted themselves after other gods and bowed down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked, listening to the commandments of YHWH; they did not do so.