Appendix 8 – The Word of Yihvah will be your helper

“I will pray the Father and He will send you another helper … and lo, I am with you always, even until the end of the age” (John 14:16, Matthew 28:20).

The phrase “I will be/He will with you,” was consistently translated as “the Word of Yihvah will be your helper” in the Targumim.

HEB: Hebrew text
ONK Targum Onkelos
PAL: Targum Palestine, aka Pseudo Jonathan
JON: Targum Jonathan
CHR: Targum Chronicles

With Abraham: Gen 21:22

HEB: God is with you
ONK: The Word of Yihvah is your Helper, מֵימְרָא דַיוי בְסַעֲדָך
PAL: The Word of Yihvah is your Helper, מימרא דייי בסעדך

With Isaac: Gen 26:3, see also Gen 26:24, 28

HEB: I will be with you
ONK: My Word will be your helper, מֵימְרִי בְסַעֲדָך
PAL: My Word will be your helper, מימרי בסעדך

With Jacob: Gen 31:3, see also Gen 35:3

HEB: I will be with you
ONK: My Word will be your helper, מֵימְרִי בְסַעֲדָך
PAL: My Word will be your helper, מימרי בסעדך

With Joseph: Gen 39:2, see also Gen 39:3,21,23; 48:21

HEB: Yihvah was with Joseph
ONK: the Word of Yihvah was his helper, מֵימְרָא דַיוי בְסַעֲדֵיה
PAL: the Word of Yihvah was his helper, מימר דייי בסעדא

With Moses: Exod 3:12

HEB: I will be with you
ONK: My Word will be your helper, מֵימְרִי בְסַעְדָך
PAL: My Word will be your helper, מימרי בסעדך

With Joshua: Josh 1:5, see also Josh 1:9,17; 3:7; 6:27

HEB: I will be with you
JON: My Word will be your helper, מֵימְרִי בְסַעֲדָך

With Caleb: Josh 14:12

HEB: If the Yihvah will be with me
JON: If the Word of Yihvah will be with me, מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְסַעְדִי

With the house of Judah: Judg 1:19

HEB: Yihvah was with Judah
JON: the Word of Yihvah helped the house of Judah, מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְסַעְדֵיה

With the house of Joseph: Judg 1:22

HEB: Yihvah was with them
JON: the Word of Yihvah helped them, וּמֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְסַעדְהֹון

With Gideon: Judg 6:12, see also Judg 6:16

HEB: Yihvah is with you
JON: The Word of Yihvah is your helper, מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְסַעְדָך

With Samuel: 1Sam 3:19

HEB: And Yihvah was with him
JON: And the Word of Yihvah was his helper, וּמֵימְרָא דַיְיָ הְוָה בְסַעְדֵיה

With Saul: 1Sam 10:7

HEB: God is with you
JON: the Word of Yihvah is your helper, מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְסַעְדָך

With David: 1 Sam 16:18, see also 1 Sam 17:37; 18:12,28; 20:13; 2 Sam 7:3,9; 14:17; 22:19; 1 Kings 1:37; 1 Chr 11:9, 17:2; Psa 18:18

HEB: And Yihvah is with him
JON: And the Word of Yihvah is his helper, וּמֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְסַעְדֵיה

With Israel: 1 Kings 8:57, see also 2 Chr 19:19; 20:17; 32:8; 36:23; Isaiah 43:2, 5; Jer 42:11;  Amos 5:14; Haggai 1:13; 2:4; Zech 8:23; 10:5

HEB: May Yihvah be with us
JON: May the Word of Yihvah our God be our helper, מֵימְרָא דַיוי אְלהַנָא בְסַעְדַנָא

With Solomon: 1 Kings 11:38, see also 1 Chr 22:11, 16, 18; 28:20; 2 Chr 1:1

HEB: I will be with you
JON: My Word will be your helper, מֵימְרִי בְסַעְדָך

With Phineas: 1 Chr 9:20

HEB: And Yihvah was with him
CHR: And the Word of Yihvah was his helper, ומימרא דה׳ הוה בסעדיה

With Asa: 2 Chr 15:2, see also 2 Chr 15:9

HEB: Yihvah is with you
CHR: The Word of Yihvah is your helper, מימרא דייי בסעדכון

With Jehosaphat: 2 Chr 17:3

HEB: Yihvah was with Jehosaphat
CHR: the Word of Yihvah was his helper, מימרא דייי בסעדיה

With Jeremiah: Jer 1:8, see also Jer 1:19; 15:20; 20:11

HEB: I am with you
JON: My Word will be your helper, בְסַעֲדָך מֵימְרִי