Psalms 118:25

“I beg you, YHWH, save, please; I beg you, YHWH, give success, please.”
Psalms 118:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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I beg you,אָנָּאYHWH,יְהוָהsave,הוֹשִׁיעָהplease;נָּאI beg you,אָנָּאYHWH,יְהוָהgive success,הַצְלִיחָהplease.נָּא

Quotation · Matthew 21:9

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The crowd acclaims him with words of Psalm 118:25-26. “Hosanna” is the Hebrew hoshia na, “save, please” (118:25); “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of YHWH” is 118:26.

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Greek of the New Testament: οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι οἱ προάγοντες αὐτὸν καὶ οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντες ἔκραζον λέγοντες Ὡσαννὰ τῷ υἱῷ Δαυίδ Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου Ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אָנָּא יְהוָה הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא אָנָּא יְהוָה הַצְלִיחָה נָּא בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה בֵּרַכְנוּכֶם מִבֵּית יְהוָה

Septuagint (Psalms 117:26 in the Septuagint numbering): εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου· εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐξ οἴκου Κυρίου.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Mark 11:9

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The crowd acclaims him with words of Psalm 118:25-26. “Hosanna” is the Hebrew hoshia na, “save, please” (118:25); “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of YHWH” is 118:26.

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ οἱ προάγοντες καὶ οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντες ἔκραζον Ὡσαννά Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · John 12:13

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The crowd acclaims him with words of Psalm 118:25-26. “Hosanna” is the Hebrew hoshia na, “save, please” (118:25); “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of YHWH” is 118:26.

See the original texts

Greek of the New Testament: ἔλαβον τὰ βαΐα τῶν φοινίκων καὶ ἐξῆλθον εἰς ὑπάντησιν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐκραύγαζον Ὡσαννά εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 118:25, word by word

I beg youאָנָּאana

please!

I beg you!: an exclamation of entreaty.

Where else “ana” 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

saveהוֹשִׁיעָhoshia

save

To rescue someone from danger.

Where else “hoshia” appears

give successהַצְלִיחָhatsliach

give success

To make something succeed.

Where else “hatsliach” appears

Translation note

“Save, please”: in Hebrew, hoshia na, from which comes the word “hosanna,” with which the people welcomed Jesus in Jerusalem (Matthew 21:9).

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Matthew 21:9

The crowd acclaims him with words of Psalm 118:25-26. “Hosanna” is the Hebrew hoshia na, “save, please” (118:25); “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of YHWH” is 118:26.

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Psalms 118:25

²⁵I beg you, YHWH, save, please; I beg you, YHWH, give success, please.

Matthew 21:9

⁹And the crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were crying out, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Quotation · Mark 11:9

The crowd acclaims him with words of Psalm 118:25-26. “Hosanna” is the Hebrew hoshia na, “save, please” (118:25); “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of YHWH” is 118:26.

See them side by side

Psalms 118:25

²⁵I beg you, YHWH, save, please; I beg you, YHWH, give success, please.

Mark 11:9

⁹And those who went ahead and those who followed were crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

Quotation · John 12:13

The crowd acclaims him with words of Psalm 118:25-26. “Hosanna” is the Hebrew hoshia na, “save, please” (118:25); “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of YHWH” is 118:26.

See them side by side

Psalms 118:25

²⁵I beg you, YHWH, save, please; I beg you, YHWH, give success, please.

John 12:13

¹³took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and they were crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”

The context

24This is the day YHWH has made; let us exult and rejoice in it.

25 · This verse (above)

26Blessed is the one who comes in the name of YHWH; we bless you from the house of YHWH.

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