Good it isטוֹבthat one should await,וְיָחִילand silently,וְדוּמָםthe salvationלִתְשׁוּעַתof YHWH.יְהוָה
Lamentations 3:26
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Lamentations 3:26, word by word
- Good it isטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- that one should awaitיָחִילyachil
waiting patiently
Waiting with patience and expectation.
Where else “yachil” appears- and silentlyדוּמָםdumam
silently, in silence
Silently, quietly, in stillness.
Where else “dumam” appears- the salvationתְשׁוּעַתteshuat
deliverance
When YHWH rescues.
Where else “teshuat” appears- of 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
25Good is YHWH to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
26 · This verse (above)
27Good it is for the man that he bear a yoke in his youth.