The first time that followers of Yeshua/Jesus were called “Christians” was in Antioch (Acts 11:26) Numerous other times, we see in the book of Acts, the followers of Yeshua/Jesus were known as “The Way” (Acts 9:1-2, 29:6-9, 19:23-26, 24:12-16, and 24:22-23. “The Way” was an important perspective for his followers. Not only was it defined in the opening passage from Matthew …
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Blog 189. A Follow Up to Blog 126.
It seems long ago I said I would return to something, but have not specifically done so. I have confirmed the statement in Blog 126 on other occasions, pointing out that God’s way of looking at Good and Evil are not mankind’s way, but I have not shown you specific examples of why the Warning was given. …
Blog 188. “Abomination”
h8441 I covered with ABBD; h8251 and h8263 I covered with KSS; h6292 I covered with BBKL; h2194 I covered with AMS; h0887 I covered with ABS. ABBD תועב “abomination” בעתו in its time cognate permutations (act to balance) KSS שקץ detest ישש age cognate permutations (converge; diverge) BBKL ויבל and bring פגול stink cognate permutations – (manage by encouraging/discouraging) AMS עצם bone נסה test נסע go forward משׂא burden משה Moses שׂנא hate סנהbush נחש serpent cognate permutations (influence positively/negatively) also (withhold/provide) ABS צוה “command”/delegate authority while retaining control חפץ desire אסףgather; collect; I add cognate permutations (motivate/dissuade) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ⦁ ▸ How I was led to dive deeper into understanding was …
Blog 187. AlHaTorah Search Like Which כאשר – [just as]
Impression – כאשר like which; just as cognate permutations (intensive effort) You can see כאשר is a very common occurrence in TaNaKh, and this is without any modifications. We won’t do them all – there are plenty more for you to “seek and find.” Most often it does not appear with a Strong’s number, as if insignificant, but you may get …
Blog 185. To Appreciate הדר
I actually began thinking on this topic on my recent trip to Sukkot, driving across the desert Southwest. I realized how much I “appreciated” the Landscape. I was thinking a lot about national parks that we have set aside for people to “appreciate.” We honor these places. To me the topography, the rock formations, are …
Blog 183. Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles
We have just recently witnessed this Fall Festival, sometimes also called the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Ingathering, or the Season of our Rejoicing. I personally was involved in a long trek to participate with some family members and their congregation. The holiday coincides with the full moon, which symbolically connects with the idea …
Blog 182. “Challenge Existent” זרוע
זרוע something sown בצרה Bozrah אשור Assyria/Asshur cognate permutations (challenge existent) זרוע what was sown; arm cognate permutations (challenge existent) also Bozrah בצרה and Assyria/Asshur אשור ((And see within the זרוע cognate permutations group בשׂר which is flesh and tidings)) ⦁ ▸ Tanakh (13 results) 1. Vayikra 11:37 (Mikraot Gedolot) וְכִי יִפֹּל מִנִּבְלָתָם עַל כׇּל זֶרַע זֵרוּעַ אֲשֶׁר יִזָּרֵעַ טָהוֹר הוּא. ⦁ Leviticus 11:37 37 And if a part of (any such) carcass falls on any planting seed …
Blog 181. The Elijah Conundrum
Hopefully this will be brief. First, you might want to refer to Blog 3. A Transition. And from there you might be led to the second half of my dissertation, starting with Post 29. Beginning Elijah/Eliyahu Discussion. And then we can talk about the point of the current entry. Well, if you don’t want to take the time to …