62. Focus Attention – the first grouping

● נסס See discussion on this Keyword in Post 10. Keywords. ① elevating Psalms 60:1-4 To the Chief Musician. Set to “Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For teaching. When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 1 O God, …

61. Introduction to “Attention” Discussion

Genesis 1:2 2 The earth was without form (h8414. תֹּהוּ ṯôhû) and void (h0922. בֹּהוּ ḇôhû), and darkness(h2822. חשֶׁךְ ḥšeḵ) was over the face of the deep (h8415. תְּהוֹם ṯehôm). And the Spirit (h7307. רוּחַ rûaḥ) of God was hovering over the face of the waters. As the Israelites left Egypt, at Passover/Pesach, we’ve discussed how it was the birth of a new nation. At this point, having come to the …

60. Act Eagerly Follow-up

Below the line of ◈ is my homework from the “assignment” on “act eagerly.” Hopefully you came up with something as well. This was not pre-planned, but it struck me that there is a great, repeated message here, that can be approached from the opposite direction. And perhaps you can see how we meet in the middle. …

59. Act Eagerly

I believe it is time for you to do some investigation on your own. Take as much time as you need. Listed here are twenty-five verses. Use the tools we have discussed to look for connections, with the background cognate meaning of “act eagerly” in mind. A few pointers.  Where I have been labeling Ezekiel …

58. Break Bones

Exodus 12:43-49 – (Passover Regulations – Gen. 17:9–14; Ex. 12:1–13) 43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. 44 But every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it. 45 A sojourner and …

57. Let’s talk more about טוב

From the last entry: Here are those three verses: Genesis 11:6 6 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה אַחַת֙ לְכֻלָּ֔ם וְזֶ֖ה הַחִלָּ֣ם לַעֲשֹׂ֑ות וְעַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵ֣ר מֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָזְמ֖וּלַֽעֲשֹֽׂות׃ Genesis 11:6 6 And the LORD said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. Psalms 16:5 5 יְֽהוָ֗ה מְנָת־חֶלְקִ֥י וְכוֹסִ֑י אַ֝תָּ֗ה תּוֹמִ֥יךְ גּוֹרָלִֽי׃ Psalms 16:5 …

56. A Tribute to Different Perspectives

This will eventually tie back to our discussion on cycles, but not today. It will be another piece of background. Shared many times here before has been an idea of learning from one another. The entire website really came into being because of two men. So, in a way it is a tribute to these …

55. Answers, continued

If there is anyone out there that I have not yet offended, read here. I will surely offend you today. Again, simply trying to share a few of thousands of connected threads in the Hebrew. Your choice to hear or not. Let’s return to this image: This discussion is purposely a continuation of the previous …

54. Answers

In life are many blessings. They come in many forms. Ofttimes we don’t recognize the blessings, thinking they may be curses. It all goes back to our inability to really comprehend what is consumed from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God knows. We try our best to understand, but God’s perspective …

53. Jerusalem-City of Jebus

I began a project to take another look at “All Those Nations” we discussed in Post #43, the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, by using some of the newer tools we have been working with recently. I began with the last on the list, the Jebusites. You will see that this is a study …