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YHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתis with us;עִמָּנוּa high refugeמִשְׂגָּבfor usלָנוּis the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Jacob.יַעֲקֹבSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 46:7
Study it in the app“YHWH Tsevaot is with us; a high refuge for us is the Elohim of Jacob. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 46:7, word by word
- 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- a high refugeמִשְׂגָּבmisgav
high refuge
A high, safe place that the enemy cannot reach: a height, a refuge on high. It is said of God as protection.
Where else “misgav” appears- is the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
6Nations roared, kingdoms were moved; he gave his voice, the earth melts.
7 · This verse (above)
8Come, gaze on the works of YHWH, who has set desolations in the earth.