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may YHWHיְהוָהlift upיִשָּׂאhis faceפָּנָיוtoward youאֵלֶיךָand giveוְיָשֵׂםyouלְךָpeace.’שָׁלוֹם
Numbers 6:26
Study it in the app“may YHWH lift up his face toward you and give you peace.’”
The ancient blessing that ends by asking God to give peacePeace and Anxiety
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 6:26, 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- lift upיִשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears- and giveיָשֵׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears- peace.’שָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
The context
25may YHWH make his face shine on you and show you favor;
26 · This verse (above)
27So they shall put my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them.”