Study it in the app“And they stood up in their place and read in the book of the law of YHWH their Elohim a fourth of the day, and for another fourth they were confessing and prostrating themselves before YHWH their Elohim.”
And they stood upוַיָּקוּמוּin their placeעַל עָמְדָםand readוַיִּקְרְאוּin the bookבְּסֵפֶרof the lawתּוֹרַתof YHWHיְהוָהtheir Elohimאֱלֹהֵיהֶםa fourthרְבִעִיתof the day,הַיּוֹםand for another fourthוּרְבִעִיתthey were confessingמִתְוַדִּיםand prostrating themselvesוּמִשְׁתַּחֲוִיםbefore YHWHלַיהוָהtheir Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיהֶם
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appearsplace, post
Post: the fixed place where someone is to stand to do his service.
Where else “amda” appearsread aloud
To say a written text aloud.
Where else “yikru” appearsbook
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torat” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsfourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “reviit” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsconfess
To own aloud before God and others one's own sins.
Where else “mitvadim” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “mishtachavim” appears2And the offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 · This verse (above)
4And there stood up on the step of the Levites Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to YHWH their Elohim.
