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YHWHיְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתwhoמִיis like you,כָמוֹךָstrongחֲסִיןYah?יָהּAnd your faithfulnessוֶאֱמוּנָתְךָsurrounds you.סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ
Psalms 89:8
Study it in the app“YHWH Elohim Tsevaot, who is like you, strong Yah? And your faithfulness surrounds you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:8, 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- Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- strongחֲסִיןchasin
mighty
Strong, mighty. It appears only once, said of God.
Where else “chasin” appears- Yahיָהּyah
Yah
Yah: the short form of the name YHWH. It is the form found in "Hallelujah" ("praise Yah").
Where else “yah” appears- And your faithfulnessאֱמוּנָתְemunat
faithfulness
Being dependable, always keeping one's word, like YHWH.
Where else “emunat” appears- surrounds youסְבִיבוֹתֶיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears
The context
7El greatly feared in the intimate council of the holy ones, and fearsome above all who surround him.
8 · This verse (above)
9You rule the pride of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.