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Whoמִיisזֶהthe manהָאִישׁwho fearsיְרֵאYHWH?יְהוָהHe will instruct himיוֹרֶנּוּin the wayבְּדֶרֶךְhe should choose.יִבְחָר
Psalms 25:12
Study it in the app“Who is the man who fears YHWH? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 25:12, word by word
- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who fearsיְרֵאyere
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yere” 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- He will instruct himיוֹרֶyore
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “yore” appears- in the wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- he should chooseיִבְחָרyivchar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “yivchar” appears
The context
11For the sake of your name, YHWH, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
12 · This verse (above)
13His soul will spend the night in good, and his offspring will possess the land.