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My heartלִבִּיis with those who commandלְחוֹקְקֵיIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלwith those who offered themselves willinglyהַמִּתְנַדְּבִיםamong the people.בָּעָםBlessבָּרֲכוּYHWH!יְהוָה
Judges 5:9
Study it in the app“My heart is with those who command Israel, with those who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless YHWH!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 5:9, word by word
- My heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- is with those who commandחוֹקְקֵיchokke
decree
To make laws, set rules.
Where else “chokke” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- with those who offered themselves willinglyמִּתְנַדְּבִיםmitnadvim
volunteer
To give oneself gladly.
Where else “mitnadvim” appears- among the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- Blessבָּרֲכוּbarachu
praise
To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".
Where else “barachu” appears- 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
The context
8Israel chose new gods; then there was war in the gates. Was a shield seen, or a spear, among forty thousand in Israel?
9 · This verse (above)
10You who ride white donkeys, who sit on rugs, and who walk on the road, speak of it!