One interpretation: advice to young parents The reader will see several Tabernacle connections in this entry. ⦁ Deuteronomy 22:8 8 When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof. ⦁ Deuteronomy 22:8 8 …
Month: April 2022
Blog 89. Keep Ranks עדר ערך
In the pondering of בין (in 1 Chronicles 12:32, from Hirsch, The Chumash on Gn49:14-15??) – I was working on an entry for Pesach/Passover, but the work week didn’t allow me to complete on time. Then I was led here. BHS 1 Chronicles 12:32-33 32 וּמֵחֲצִי֙ מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אָ֑לֶף אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִקְּבוּ֙ בְּשֵׁמֹ֔ות לָבֹ֖וא לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ אֶת־דָּוִֽיד׃ ס 33 וּמִבְּנֵ֣י יִשָּׂשכָ֗ר יוֹדְעֵ֤י בִינָה֙ לַֽעִתִּ֔ים לָדַ֖עַת מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל רָאשֵׁיהֶ֣ם מָאתַ֔יִם וְכָל־אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־פִּיהֶֽם׃ ס The Tanakh that I have has the verse numbering as …
Blog 88. Hitpael/Hithpael Investigation
(especially focused on walk הלך) To me, there is a certain level of intensity in the hithpael. Which, I think fits with the addition of the ה and the ת, or even in some cases, two ת’s. Maybe something along the lines of “the sign or mark of causation?” See definitions below. ⦁ Psalms 89:38-39 38(39H) But You have cast …
Blog 87. More on שמר
Continuing thoughts from Blog 86 שמר and Complacency Please remember to look back to the reference points that are marked in this entry, from the last entry. ◈ parallels קוה and יחל and שמר from the context of: 🅖 Psalms 130:5-6 5 I wait (h6960. קָוָה qâwâ) for the LORD, my soul waits (h6960. קָוָה qâwâ), And in His word I do hope (h3176. יָחַל yâḥal). 6 My soul (waits) …