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My portionחֶלְקִיis YHWH,יְהוָהsaysאָמְרָהmy soul;נַפְשִׁיthereforeעַל כֵּןI will awaitאוֹחִילhim.לוֹ
Lamentations 3:24
Study it in the app“My portion is YHWH, says my soul; therefore I will await him.”
Amid the ruins, the poet recalls: they are new every morningFaithfulnessThe poet remembers and waits: YHWH’s mercies are “new every morning”Hope
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:24, word by word
- My portionחֶלְקִchelki
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelki” appears- is 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- saysאָמְרָהamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- I will awaitאוֹחִילochil
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “ochil” appears
The context
23They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
24 · This verse (above)
25Good is YHWH to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.