Blog 156. A Grasp of Hebrew

I have experienced reading of Jewish writings for more than ten years now. One of the first things I noticed is that I had to learn to let go of holding onto things too tightly. If you do any reading of Jewish material, you may have noticed the same thing. It is educational on a …

Blog 155. To Call קרא – Continuing in Genesis 2

There is so much in Genesis 2, perhaps a lifetime of learning. It is so hard to know where to go next. קרא seems like a good step. We mentioned last time that there seems to be more explanation of the language שׂפה in the investigation of cognate permutations for קרא than any other dissection/digestion done so far. And that does …

Blog 154. Books of Torah

Bereshit בראשית Genesis Shemot שמות Exodus Vayikra ויקרא Leviticus Bamidbar במדבר Numbers  Devarim דברים Deuteronomy Considerations, that help you understand how the language works. First, thinking of Genesis not just as ב in + ראשית beginning (from ראש head; chief – EDBH ראש p.237 begin; animate;; move energetically (E65)), but also as: Bereshit בראשית as ברא + שית ● A comment about interchangeability of yod י and vav ו. For example, Nun, of Joshua son of Nun coming from the root נין. In use in Judaism, …