2. Stone with Stones – Remove with Understanding

One critical piece in understanding the Hebrew Scriptures is some of the symbolism used. Egypt represents “the world,” the worldly way of looking at life, as opposed to God’s way. When verses are shared, you should have your Bible and study the context. Some details brought out here are likely different from your translation, as one delves into the language.

Olive Tree Bible Maps – In Hebrew Scriptures Egypt Represents “The World”

Deuteronomy 13:10 LITV modified

10 And you shall stone (h5619. סָקַל sâqal) him with stones (h0068. אֶבֶן ’eḇen;), and he shall die (h4191. מוּת mûṯ), for he has sought to thrust you out from Jehovah your God, (the one) bringing you out (hiphil, participle) of the land (ארץ) of Egypt, out of the house (h1004. בַּיִת ḇayiṯ) of slaves (h5650. עֶבֶד ‘eḇeḏ).

SEE ALSO Dt13:5 at bottom ⚫︎

[Definitions in red are from the Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, and are the root word/words that the listed word comes from. DV stands for “Derivational Variant,” GV “Gradational Variants,” and CM means “Cognate Meaning” of the phonetic cognates for the word.]

h5619. סָקַל sâqal;

p.175 ספל remove

h0068. אֶבֶן ’eḇen;

p.2 אבן create by using special tool

DV p.2 אבן – p.28 בנן understand; p.28 בנה build [form]; p.23 בון mediate [be in between]; p.25 בין understand [penetrate to core] > p.2 אבן create by using special tool

GV p.28 בנן understand; p.28 בנה build [form); p.23 בון mediate [be in between]; p.25 בין understand [penetrate to core]

h4191. מוּת mûṯ;

p.138 מות die; end of life

GV p.145 מתת cause death; p.145 מתה live on; p.138 מות die [end of life]

[other related words to h4191. מוּת mûṯ; from. ESD

h4962. מַת maṯ;

h4970. מָתַי mâṯay;

h4962. מַת maṯ; from the same as 4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural): — + few, x friends, men, persons, x small.

AV (22) – men 14, few 2, few + h4557 1, friends 1, number 1, persons 1, small 1, with 1;

male, man

males, men

few men (in prose)

less emphasis on sex

men (poetic)

less emphasis on sex

h4970. מָתַי mâṯay; from an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative): — long, when.

AV (3) – when, long;

when?

with prep

against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?

[h4969. מָתַח mâṯaḥ; a primitive root; to stretch out: — spread out.

AV (1) – spreadest them out 1;

(Qal) to spread out]]

h1004. בַּיִת ḇayiṯ;

p.26 בית protect; contain

GV p.33 בתת cut off [define]; p.33 בתה destroy [lay waste]; p.26 בית protect [contain]

CM בתת isolate components בתה react to externals בית protect/endanger

h5650. עֶבֶד ‘eḇeḏ;

p.178 עבד work subject to another’s will

CM constrain by external force

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

15 “See, I have set before you today life (h2416. חַי ḥay) and good (h2896. טוֹב ṭôḇ), death (h4194. מָוֶת mâewṯ) and evil (h7451. רַע ra‘).

16 If you obey the commandments of YHWH your God that I command you today, by loving YHWH your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and YHWH your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,

18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land (h0127. אֲדָמָה ’ăḏâmâ) that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess.

19 I call heaven and earth (h0776. אֶרֶץ ’ereṣ) to witness against you today, that I have set before you life (h2416. חַי ḥay) and death (h4194. מָוֶת mâewṯ), blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

20 loving YHWH your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life (h2416. חַי ḥay) and length of days, that you may dwell in the land (h0127. אֲדָמָה ’ăḏâmâ) that YHWH swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

Deuteronomy 30:15

15 רְאֵ֨ה נָתַ֤תִּי לְפָנֶ֨יךָ֙ הַיֹּ֔ום אֶת־הַֽחַיִּ֖ים וְאֶת־הַטֹּ֑וב וְאֶת־הַמָּ֖וֶת וְאֶת־הָרָֽע׃

Deuteronomy 30:19

19 הַעִידֹ֨תִי בָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ֒ הַחַיִּ֤ים וְהַמָּ֨וֶת֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְפָנֶ֔יךָ הַבְּרָכָ֖ה וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן תִּחְיֶ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה וְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃

… the life and the good, the death and the evil

… the life and the death, the blessing and the curse

h2416. חַי ḥay

GV p.79 חיי encircle [quickly; move actively due to inner drive]; p.79 היה live [by virtue of God’s thoughts] CM היי encompass

//very enlightening to look at where חיי h2425 appears Gen. 3:22; 5:5; 11:12,14; 25:7; Ex. 1:16; 33:20; Lev. 18:5; 25:35,36; Num. 21:8,9; Deut. 4:42; 5:24(21); 19:4,5; 1 Sam. 20:31; Neh. 6:11; Jer. 38:2; Ezek. 18:13,24; 20:11,13,21; 47:9.//

h2896. טוֹב ṭôḇ

p.94 טוב be good; advance benefit to man CM טוב impact positively/negatively

GV p.94 טוב be good [advance benefit to man] p.103 יטב benefit [please; be good]

h4194. מָוֶת mâewṯ

p.138 מות die; end of life CM מות limit/extend

GV p.145 מתת cause death; p.145 מתה live on; p.138 מות die [end of life]

h7451. רַע ra‘

GV p.247 רעע break [into pieces]; p.246 רעה tend [satisfy needs]; p.241 רוע break [physically or morally]; p.111 ירע restrict [limit space] CM רעע shatter

CM רוע increase/decrease

It is important to realize that death does not necessarily mean physical death. As in Eden, the man and the woman, having disobeyed God’s command, did not instantaneously drop dead. They died in their spiritual life. They were removed from God’s presence.

Genesis 3:3-4

3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

Genesis 3:3-4

3 וּמִפְּרִ֣י הָעֵץ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּתוֹךְ־הַגָּן֒ אָמַ֣ר אֱלֹהִ֗ים לֹ֤א תֹֽאכְלוּ֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְלֹ֥א תִגְּע֖וּ בֹּ֑ו פֶּן־תְּמֻתֽוּן׃

4 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַנָּחָ֖שׁ אֶל־הָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה לֹֽא־מֹ֖ות תְּמֻתֽוּן׃

מות GLOSS qal: die; perish; hiphil: kill; hophal: be killed; polel: kill

PARSING Hebrew, verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix: paragogic nun x 2

Jeff Benner’s Vol 2 ‘Learn To Read Biblical Hebrew’.

What is a Paragogic nun (PN), or nun paragogicum as Gesenius refers to it? In Semitic languages, paragogic letters are what scribes add to the ordinary forms of words in order to express some additional emphasis and/or some change in the sense.

A good example of this PN is in Exodus 20: 12 where the word יארכוּן ya-a-riy-khun. As per Benner, the root is the verb ארך (A-R-K, Strong’s #748) meaning “be long.” The prefix י (ya) and the suffix ו (u) identify the verb as imperfect tense, and the subject of the verb as third person, masculine plural–“they will be long.” The suffix ן (n) is called the paragogic nun, which adds the idea of “must” or “certainly” to the verb–“they will certainly be long.”

To find two PN’s in one verse is extremely rare! In the Masoretic Text of 1 Sam 2:22 two paragogic nuns appear. An interesting discussion on this can be found here:

http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q … -1-sam-222

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Here is what Gesenius says in regards to PN’s:

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“Stoning with stones” “and the one shall die,” is a removing from community life, a separation, a setting apart, which is a curse, which is in some ways worse than dying.

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Deuteronomy 13:4-5(H5-6)

4 You shall walk after YHWH your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.

5 But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against YHWH your God, (the one) bringing you out of the land of Egypt and redeeming you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which YHWH your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 13:5

5 אַחֲרֵ֨י יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם תֵּלֵ֖כוּ וְאֹתֹ֣ו תִירָ֑אוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֹתָ֤יו תִּשְׁמֹ֨רוּ֙ וּבְקֹלֹ֣ו תִשְׁמָ֔עוּ וְאֹתֹ֥ו תַעֲבֹ֖דוּ וּבֹ֥ו תִדְבָּקֽוּן׃

הלך GLOSS qal: go, come; walk; behave; niphal: vanish; piel: go; walk; hithpael: walk to and fro; hiphil: bring; lead