יָפֵ֑ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָפֵ֑ר

   ya-FER

   will annul
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּמִ֣י יָפֵ֑ר

   u-MI ya-FER

   and who will annul
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת יָעָ֖ץ וּמִ֣י יָפֵ֑ר

   ki-Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ya-ATS u-MI ya-FER

   for the LORD of hosts has purposed and who will annul
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת יָעָ֖ץ וּמִ֣י יָפֵ֑ר וְיָד֥וֹ הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה וּֽמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃

   ki-Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ya-ATS u-MI ya-FER ve-ya-DO han-ne-tu-YA u-MI ye-shi-VE-na

   for the LORD of hosts has purposed and who will annul and his hand the stretched out and who will turn it back

Exegesis

Two rhetorical questions, umi yafer {וּמִ֣י יָפֵ֑ר | ū-mi yā-pêr} and umi yeshivenah {וּֽמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה | ū-mi yĕ-šî-ve-nā}, emphasize the impossibility of humans annulling or reversing God’s will.

Root and etymology

p-r-r🔊 פ־ר־רpe–resh–resh

“to break, annul”

• 🔊 הֵפֵרhē-pērnullifyNumbers 30:13