Blog 108. Sacrifice – Pain that Uplifts

When one thinks about the Tabernacle, the world where God can dwell with us, it is a world where the people would bring their sacrifices. We think not only of the elements making up the Tabernacle , but of the livestock that were sacrificed. 🤔 livestock מקנה, shown as “מ from” + קנה p.229 “acquire by legal means.”  But also look at מק + נה – …

Blog 107. More on Dwelling in Tents

Blog 37 addresses this topic, for some background. Now we are digging somewhat deeper, using some of our more recently discovered tools. dwell ישב firm up; dry יבש This is the dry land appearing amidst the waters in Gn1:9. ashamed בוש This is the man and his wife not being “ashamed” in Genesis 2:25 repent שוב Please draw the connection …

Blog 104. דבר Cognate Permutations 

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Investigating the word דבר, as to what further depth of meaning we might get: Realizing that each three-letter root would have 3 factorial (3x2x1) possible rearrangements, we anticipate six different orderings of the consonants, so those a grouped here in that fashion. Then, within the ordering groups, the homorganic consonant substitutions are made. It will …

Blog 103. אמר Cognate Permutations 

Investigating the word אמר, as to what further depth of meaning we might get: •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• In the Greek Scriptures, g3056. λόγος logos, refers to two common Hebrew words, אמר and דבר. We will investigate them both, using these newfound tools we’ve been using recently. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• First, a quick peek at two families that include some permutation of אמר: • מַר-[phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), …

Blog 102. Boundaries

Sharing an Important Word/Group קלע Important to see the tie-in of the קלל/קל family גלל p.40 (rotate; roll) encircle (C26)  Galilee גליל, Gilgal גלגל, hill of the Skull Gulgolet גלגלת ילל p.104 (howl) encircle (C26)  כלל p.119 (complete by including everything) encircle (C26)  קלל p.228 (diminish substance; lessen material things) encircle (C26) “curse” – and see the “rods” מקל in Gn30:38, that Jacob peeled to alter the …

Blog 101 חוף clear of misdeeds; innocent

Job 33:9  Elihu NKJV 9 ‘I (am) pure, without transgression; I (am) innocent חף, and (there is) no iniquity in me. Notice in the following, Elihu serves to share the truth with Job, and describes himself, “I like/as your spokesman/mouth (to/toward God)” Notice in the Hebrewאני כפיך. Using cognate permutations, see the hidden word נבא in אני כפיך. p.146 נבא prophet; transmit God’s word. Where else might we look for things/peoplethat transmit God’s word? A few hints. First, …

Blog 100. למד Lamad – Learning and Teaching

① learning Deuteronomy 31:12-13 12 Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn (h3925. לָמַד lâmaḏ) to fear (h3372. יָרֵא yârê’) the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, 13 and (that) their children, who have not …