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Lift upשְׂאוּyour handsיְדֵכֶםto the sanctuaryקֹדֶשׁand blessוּבָרֲכוּYHWH.אֶת יְהוָה
Psalms 134:2
Study it in the app“Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 134:2, word by word
- Lift upשְׂאוּseu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “seu” appears- your handsיְדֵyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- to the sanctuaryקֹדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears- and blessבָרֲכוּvarachu
praise
To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".
Where else “varachu” 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
The context
1A song of the ascents. Look, bless YHWH, all you servants of YHWH, who stand in the house of YHWH in the nights.
2 · This verse (above)
3May YHWH bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth.