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Bring us back,הֲשִׁיבֵנוּYHWH,יְהוָהto you,אֵלֶיךָand we will return;וְנָשׁוּבָהrenewחַדֵּשׁour daysיָמֵינוּas of old.כְּקֶדֶם
Lamentations 5:21
Study it in the app“Bring us back, YHWH, to you, and we will return; renew our days as of old.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:21, word by word
- Bring us backהֲשִׁיבֵhashive
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “hashive” 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- renewחַדֵּשׁchadesh
renew
To give something a fresh start, as if for the first time.
Where else “chadesh” appears- our daysיָמֵיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- as of oldקֶדֶםkedem
of old
Times long ago, from far back.
Where else “kedem” appears
The context
20Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for length of days?
21 · This verse (above)
22Unless you have utterly despised us, and you are angry with us beyond measure.