One more background piece before moving to the rest of the Hebrew/Life lesson. It seems each day new revelations come.
As usual, there is a family of words:
GV p.234 קרר cool; p.233 קרה occur [meet without prior intent]; p.232 קרא summon [cause change in direction]; p.226 קור dig [for source and connection]; p.227 קיר limit [space]; p.109 יקר value; p.162 נקר penetrate
CM קרר encircle (C43); קרה and קרא limit activity (C40); קור cover/uncover (C7); (קיר no cognates); יקר express concern (C48); נקר separate (D72)
H7121 – h7121. קָרָא qârâ’
683 occurrences
The first occurrences
H7136 – h7136. קָרָה qâârâ
27 occurrences
You should use the tools we’ve been sharing and look up some of these verses and content, to get a feel for the breadth and depth of meaning.
One example listed above, paralleling Gn19:8, which was discussed in great detail in Post # 28. Log and Speck Revisited (PLEASE read that post to get understanding):
Psalms 104:1-4
1 Bless (h1288. בָּרַךְ ḇâraḵ) the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
3 He lays the beams (h7136. קָרָה qâârâ) of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot (h7398. רְכוּב reḵûḇ; h7392. רָכַב râḵaḇ),
Who walks on the wings of the wind, – עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ
4 Who makes His angels spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.
Notice how bless and chariot are same letters rearranged ➔ similar meaning
H6982 – h6982. קוֹרָה qôrâ
5 occurrences
See SS1:17; 2Ch3:7; 2K6:2–5; Gn19:8
Genesis 19:8
8 See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof (h6982. קוֹרָה qôrâ).”
2 Kings 6:1-6 – (The Floating Ax Head)
1 And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we dwell with you is too small for us. 2 Please, let us go to the Jordan, and let every man take a beam (h6982. קוֹרָה qôrâ) from there, and let us make there a place where we may dwell.” So he answered, “Go.”
3 Then one said, “Please consent to go with your servants.”
And he answered, “I will go.” 4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. 5 But as one was cutting down a tree (h6982. קוֹרָה qôrâ), the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, master! For it was borrowed.”
6 So the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there; and he made the iron float.
The above is going to fit with the continuation of the “Hebrew Lesson / Life Lesson Post.”
2 Chronicles 3:3-7
3 This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits. 4 And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5 The larger room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it. 6 And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim. 7 He also overlaid the house—the beams (h6982. קוֹרָה qôrâ) and doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls.
THE LAST IS FROM SONG OF SONGS –
Recall that Solomon (h8010. שְׁלֹמֹה šelômô) wrote Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and probably some of the Psalms. Solomon is the Qohelet (h6953. קֹהֶלֶת qôheleṯ), in most English translations rendered as “preacher.”
ESD h8010. שְׁלֹמֹה šelômô; from h7965. שָׁלוֹם šâlôm; or שָׁלֹם shalom; from h7999. שָׁלַםšâlam
p.264 שלם harmonize; complete;; CM שלם complete cover
AND consider של + מה
של
GV p.263 שלל seize [capture]; p.263 שלה assure [feel secure]; p.257 שול edge lower [end]; p.173 נשל disengage [cut from moorings]
DV שאל – p.263 שלל seize [capture] > p.252 שאל request movement; demand removal
h7945. שֶׁל šel; for the rel. h0834. אֲשֶׁר ’ăšer ? Ec8:17, Jn1:7
¿ DV אשל – p.263 שלל seize [capture]; p.263 שלה assure [feel secure]; p.257 שול edge lower [end]; p.173 נשל disengage [cut from moorings] > p.18 אשל spread; develop outward ?
CM שלל raise/lower (E20); שלה move in a balanced way (E43); שול descend (E6); נשלrelease; unloose (D82); שאל move up/down (E15); אשל weaken/strengthen (A25)
מה
p.136 מהה be unknown; doubt
¿ GV p.136 מהה be unknown [doubt]; p.135 מאה multiply ?
¿ DV אמה – p.136 מהה be unknown; doubt > p.11 אמה serve ?
¿ DV המה – p.136 מהה be unknown [doubt] > המה agitate; make noise ?
CM מהה have/lack substance (B55 – ¿ also B49 increase/decrease ?); מאה increase/decrease (B49 ¿ also B55 have/lack substance ?); אמה and המה protect/disturb (A38)
ESD h6953. קֹהֶלֶת qôheleṯ; feminine of active participle from h6950. קָהַל qâhal
p.225 קהל gather to implement plan
DV קהל – p.225 קול sound [multiply noise] > p.225 קהל gather to implement plan
GV p.228 קלל diminish [substance; lessen material things]; p.228 קלה restrain [devalue]; p.228 קלא parch; p.225 קול sound [multiply noise]
CM קלל encircle (C26); קלה and קלא cover/expose (C25); קול express control (C5); קהלactivate/deactivate (C2)
Please note קול which is first seen in Genesis 3:8 and 3:10. Its most common translation is “voice.” (In KJV 383 times as voice, 49 times as noise, 39 times as sound, 10 times as thunder••• total 506 occurrences.)
Song of Songs 1:16-17
The Shulamite
16 Behold, you are handsome, my beloved!
Yes, pleasant!
Also our bed (h6210. עֶרֶשׂ ‘ereś) is green (h7488. רַעֲנָן ra‘ănân).
17 The beams (h6982. קוֹרָה qôrâ) of our houses are cedar (h0730. אֶרֶז ’erez),
And our rafters (h7351. רְחִיט reḥîyṭ) of fir (h1266. בְּרוֹת ḇerôṯ).
h6210. עֶרֶשׂ ‘ereś obviously a cognate of ארץ (earth, land)
p.193 ערשׂ cradle; hold forcibly;; CM ערשׂ focus decisively (A52)
ESD h7488. רַעֲנָן ra‘ănân; from an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous: — green, flourishing.
p.246 רען renew – no variants or cognates listed
h0730. אֶרֶז ’erez also obviously a cognate of ארץ (earth, land)
p.16 ארז root firmly for strong growth
DV ארז – p.241 רוז rule [with restraint] > p.16 ארז root firmly for strong growth
CM רוז control (E70); ארז focus decisively (A52)
ESD h7351. רְחִיט reḥîyṭ; from the same as h7298. רַהַט rahaṭ; a panel (as resembling a trough): — rafter.
ESD h1266. בְּרוֹת ḇerôṯ; a variation of h1265. בְּרוֹשׁ ḇerôš; the cypress (or some elastic tree): — fir.
[[ OR CONSIDER PERHAPS ESD h1285. בְּרִית ḇerîyṯ; from h1262. בָּרָה ḇârâ (in the sense of cutting (like h1254. בָּרָא ḇârâ’))
GV p.32 ברר cleanse [eliminate unfit material]; p.31 ברה rejuvenate [restore physical health]; p.31 ברא open [actualize]; p.23 בור dig [clear pit]; p.26 ביר isolate [tall structure]
DV p.20 באר – p.32 ברר cleanse [eliminate unfit material]; p.31 ברה rejuvenate [restore physical health]; p.31 ברא open [actualize]; p.23 בור dig [clear pit] > p.20 באר clarify; go from dark to light
DV p.2 אבר – p.32 ברר cleanse [eliminate unfit material]; p.31 ברא open [actualize]; p.23 בורdig [clear pit]; p.26 ביר isolate [tall structure] > p.2 אבר soar above protectively
CM ברר separate out (B42); ברה and ברא emerge from constraints (B37); בור undermine (B20); ביר free from control (B27); באר highlight/expose (B1); אבר expose/conceal (A8) ]] – Recall that Solomon is very wise and very skilled in poetry, playing with words. It is all about connections.
Genesis 1:1
1 In the beginning (h7225. רֵאשִׁית rê’šiyṯ) God created (h1254. בָּרָא ḇârâ’) the heavens (h8064. שָׁמַיִם šâmaiym) and the earth (h0776. אֶרֶץ ’ereṣ).
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