Psalms 131:3

“Let Israel await YHWH from now and forever.”
Psalms 131:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Let Israel awaitיַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵלYHWHאֶל יְהוָהfrom nowמֵעַתָּהand forever.וְעַד עוֹלָם

Psalms 131:3, word by word

Let Israel awaitיַחֵלyachel

wait, hope

Wait patiently; hope.

Where else “yachel” appears

Let Israel awaitיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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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.

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and foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

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The context

2Rather, I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like the weaned child within me is my soul.

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