The only way you might be convinced of that would be for you to do the same degree of investigation into their use that I have been doing for years now. It is by way of experiencing the process that such impressions come. Repeatedly (multiple witnesses 😉) over the past year, I have come to …
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Blog 163. Wait Quietly דומם
To follow is the work from my two-letter research, the family of דם roots, according to Hirsch’s variant families (see the Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, based on the Commentaries of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (EDBH), by Rabbi Matityahu Clark (see References). h1748. דּוּמָם dûmâm: ⦁ ▸ Tanakh (4 results) ❶. Yeshayahu 47:5 (Mikraot Gedolot) שְׁבִי דוּמָם וּבֹאִי …
Blog 162. “Rely” שען – (as עצם Bone)
עצם “Bone” Cognate Permutations includes מ ↔︎ נ Impression עצם cognate permutations (influence positively/negatively) also (withhold/provide) ((see אזן)) Includes שמע and שען Includes משח, the root for משיח Messiah. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h8172. שָׁעַן šâ‘an According to NKJV Strongs, in Olive Tree Bible Study, h8172. שָׁעַן šâ‘an occurs 20 times in TaNaKh. See the ways it is interpreted in NKJV: ⦁ Genesis 18:1-5 1 Then the LORD …
Blog 161. “Hope”
⦁ Romans 8:24 NKJV 24 For we were saved in this hope (g1680. ἐλπίς elpis), but hope (g1680. ἐλπίς elpis) that is seen is not hope (g1680. ἐλπίς elpis); for why does one still hope (g1679. ἐλπίζω elpizō) for what he sees? ▸ g1680. ἐλπίς elpis; from a primary ἔλπω elpō (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence: — faith, …
Blog 158. Errata
Japheth occurrences I have recognized an error in the book Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew that has led me to publish a correction. The following are different LogAndSpeckentries that include the word Japheth. The ones with a strikethrouh are not impacted by this error, but the ones not stricken, in bold, are potentially affected, and notations are …
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 …