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ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהwill notלֹאabandonיִטֹּשׁhis people,עַמּוֹand his inheritanceוְנַחֲלָתוֹhe will notלֹאforsake.יַעֲזֹב
Psalms 94:14
Study it in the app“For YHWH will not abandon his people, and his inheritance he will not forsake.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 94:14, 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- abandonיִטֹּשׁyitosh
abandon
To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.
Where else “yitosh” appears- his peopleעַמּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- and his inheritanceנַחֲלָתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- forsakeיַעֲזֹבyaazov
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “yaazov” appears
Translation note
Paul takes up these words in Romans 11:1-2.
The context
13to give him calm from the days of evil, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14 · This verse (above)
15For judgment will return to righteousness, and after it all the upright in heart.