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YHWH isיְהוָהthe one who keeps you;שֹׁמְרֶךָYHWH isיְהוָהyour shadeצִלְּךָatעַלyour rightיְמִינֶךָhand.יַד
Psalms 121:5
Study it in the app“YHWH is the one who keeps you; YHWH is your shade at your right hand.”
A pilgrim song: the one who keeps you does not slumberProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 121:5, word by word
- YHWH isיְהוָהyehva
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- the one who keeps youשֹׁמְרֶshomre
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomre” appears- your shadeצִלְּtsil
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsil” appears- your rightיְמִינֶyemine
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “yemine” appears- handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
4Look, he will not slumber and will not sleep, the one who keeps Israel.
5 · This verse (above)
6By day the sun will not strike you, nor the moon by night.