H6960A–קָוָה–qa.vah

And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

קִוִּ֥ינוּ ki.Vi.nu “we have waited”קִוִּ֣ינוּ ki.Vi.nu “we have waited”

We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.

קִוִּינ֑וּךָ (קִוִּינ֑וּ) ki.vi.Nu. “we have waited for”

O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.

קִוִּ֑ינוּ ki.Vi.nu “we have waited”

But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

וְקוֹיֵ֤ (קוֹיֵ֤) ko.Ye “[those who] wait for”

And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.

קוָֹֽי׃ (קוָֹֽ) ko.Va “[those who] wait for”

Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the sea-lands will be waiting for me, and they will put their hope in my strong arm.

יְקַוּ֔וּ ye.ka.Vu “they will wait”

For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

נְקַוֶּ֤ה ne.ka.Veh “we wait eagerly”

We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

נְקַוֶּ֤ה ne.ka.Veh “we wait eagerly”

While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.

נְקַוֶּ֑ה ne.ka.Veh “we were looking for”

We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.

קַוֵּ֥ה ka.Veh “we waited eagerly”

Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

וְקִוִּיתֶ֤ם (קִוִּיתֶ֤ם) ki.vi.Tem “you will wait”

Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fe

קַוֵּ֤ה ka.Veh “we waited eagerly”

Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.

וּ֨נְקַוֶּה־ (נְקַוֶּה) ne.ka.veh- “we may wait eagerly”

All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.

שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּ (קִּוִּינֻ֖) ki.vi.Nu. “we have waited for”

The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.

לְקוָֹ֔יו (קוָֹ֔י) ko.Va “[those who] wait for”

So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

וְקַוֵּ֥ה (קַוֵּ֥ה) ka.Veh “wait”

And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.

יְקַוֶּה֙ ye.ka.Veh “it waits”