Month: August 2021

65 1/2 Nimrod

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I do have two more entries on the Attention series ready to go, which will come out soon,LORD (יהוה) willing, but I am feeling a strong “nudge” to post this now. It is fairly short relative to recent entries. May our eyes, our ears, and our hearts be open. Genesis 10:8-12 8 וְכ֖וּשׁ יָלַ֣ד אֶת־נִמְרֹ֑ד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל לִֽהְיֹ֥ות גִּבֹּ֖ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ 9 הֽוּא־הָיָ֥ה גִבֹּֽר־צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה עַל־כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד גִּבֹּ֥ור צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ 10 וַתְּהִ֨י רֵאשִׁ֤ית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֶ֖רֶךְ וְאַכַּ֣ד וְכַלְנֵ֑ה בְּאֶ֖רֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃ 11 מִן־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא יָצָ֣א אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיִּ֨בֶן֙ אֶת־נִ֣ינְוֵ֔ה וְאֶת־רְחֹבֹ֥ת עִ֖יר וְאֶת־כָּֽלַח׃ 12 וְֽאֶת־רֶ֔סֶן בֵּ֥ין נִֽינְוֵ֖ה וּבֵ֣ין כָּ֑לַח הִ֖וא הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃ …

65. Concentrate Attention

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◉ There is very little commentary in this entry••• ① bowing Isaiah 44:14-17 14 He cuts down cedars for himself, And takes the cypress and the oak; He secures it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it. 15 Then it shall be for a man …

64. Direct Attention / Pay Attention

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I take one brief moment to remember our teacher, our mentor, our friend Oswald, who crossed over this week to the other side. Oswald has not only been the inspiration for the work done here, but an ongoing encouragement right up until he moved to join the LORD and his great friend Nathan. His wife …

63. Implications of נשׁה

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This is the continuation of Blog 62, Focus Attention, the extended investigation of נשה. These are the eighteen occurrences of נשׁה in ESV However, note the listing of Genesis 33:5, where we last ended, is נשׁים. There are 131 occurrences of נשׁים in BHS. נשי seventeen occurrences. We will discuss later••• Genesis 32:32 ESV 32 Therefore to this day the people of Israel …