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How long,עַד מָהYHWH?יְהוָהWill you be angryתֶּאֱנַףforever?לָנֶצַחWill your jealousyקִנְאָתֶךָburnתִּבְעַרlikeכְּמוֹfire?אֵשׁ
Psalms 79:5
Study it in the app“How long, YHWH? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 79:5, 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- Will you be angryתֶּאֱנַףteenaf
be angry
Be angry: grow very angry; it comes from a root that means "breathe hard."
Where else “teenaf” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- Will your jealousyקִנְאָתֶkinate
jealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kinate” appears- burnתִּבְעַרtivar
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “tivar” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
The context
4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us.
5 · This verse (above)
6Pour out your fury on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name,