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may YHWHיְהוָהmakeיָאֵרhis faceפָּנָיוshineיָאֵרon youאֵלֶיךָand show you favor;וִיחֻנֶּךָּ
Numbers 6:25
Study it in the app“may YHWH make his face shine on you and show you favor;”
The ancient blessing that ends by asking God to give peacePeace and Anxiety
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 6:25, word by word
- may 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- makeיָאֵרyaer
look with favor
Literally "light up the face": to look on with favor.
Where else “yaer” appears- his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears- and show you favorיחֻנֶּychune
show favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “ychune” appears
The context
24May YHWH bless you and keep you;
25 · This verse (above)
26may YHWH lift up his face toward you and give you peace.’