To overlay:
See three Hebrew words and one Greek word here on the screenshot.
➙ ח –
AHLB – tent wall, protect, divide
TWHA – The symbol of transcendence, divine grace, and life
DeviantArt – A fence, inner room or chamber, to separate, to cut off from, to protect
➙ פ –
AHLB – speak and blow, the edge of something (lip)
TWHA – The symbol of speech and silence
DeviantArt – A mouth, opening or entrance, to command, speak, open, a beginning, here, present
➙ צ –
AHLB – side of something; hunting and chasing
TWHA – The symbol of righteousness and humility
DeviantArt – A fish hook, to pull toward, something inescapable, desire, trouble, aharvest, righteous, to hunt
➙ ש –
AHLB – teeth, sharp and press; two, again, both or second
TWHA – The symbol of divine power and script – but also of corruption
DeviantArt – Teeth, ivory, point of a rock, a peak, to devour, consume, destroy, something sharp, El Shaddai
➙ ת –
AHLB – mark, sign or signature
TWHA – The symbol of truth and perfection
DeviantArt – a mark, sign “x” or cross, ownership, to seal, covenant, join two thingstogether, the last
EDBH says only of ת, p.297, that it can be added as prefix or suffix to a three-lettered root to form a noun or adjective
- In digging deeper, first note that each of the three words includes פ.
① covering
Psalms 68:11-14
11 The Lord gave the word;
Great (was) the company of those who proclaimed (h1319. בָּשַׂר ḇâśar) (it):
12 “Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home divides the spoil.
13(14 H) Though you lie down among the sheepfolds,
(You will be) like the wings of a dove covered (h2645. חָפָה ḥâp̱â) with silver,
And her feathers with yellow gold.”
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it,
It was (white) as snow in Zalmon.
- Silver here is h3701. כֶּסֶף ḵesep̱, which we see many times in the Tabernacle. The yellow gold here is not the gold seen in the Tabernacle. This word for gold is h2742. חָרוּץ ḥârûṣ, from the root חרץ, and the only time relative to this entry that חרץ is seen is in Leviticus 22:22 in the list of defects that are not to be offered as freewill offerings נדבה to the LORD יהוה.
- Also note צפה is cognate with צוה and צוא
① looking over an area
Psalms 5:1-3
To the Chief Musician. With flutes. A Psalm of David.
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD,
Consider my meditation.
2 Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up (h6822. צָפָה ṣâp̱â). Does not seem the sense of look over?
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Genesis 2:1
1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host (h6635. צָבָא ṣâḇâ’) of them, were finished.
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Exodus 34:30-33 h7160. קָרַן qâran highlighted here – will be in next entry
30 So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone (h7160. קָרַן qâran), and they were afraid to come near him. 31 Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them. 32 Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them as commandments all that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. 33 And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil (h4533. מַסְוֶהmasewh) on his face.
- סוה cognate with צפה
② overlaying
Exodus 36:35-36 Obviously Tabernacle
35 And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet (thread), and fine woven linen; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim. 36 He made for it four pillars of acacia (wood), and overlaid (h6823. צָפָה ṣâp̱â) them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them.
③ covering
Numbers 16:39-40 Tabernacle
39(17:4H) So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned up had presented, and they were hammered out as a covering (h6826. צִפּוּיṣippûy) on the altar, 40 (to be) a memorial/reminder (h2146. זִכְרוֹן ziḵrôn) to the children of Israel that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the LORD had said to him through Moses.
- Shown here some “make altar” passages in Exodus. See altars are to be constructed of things of God’s creation, not man’s creation (recall the tower at Babel was made of man-made bricks – don’t be so proud of your own accomplishments).
- And see that the altar of burnt offering was made of Acacia.
- The “hammered out” acacia covering of the censers of those following Korah was to be a reminder of the struggle that took place with that uprising.
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Exodus 16:31
31 And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it (was) like white coriander seed, and the taste of it (was) like wafers (h6838. צַפִּיחִת ṣap̱iyḥiṯ) (made) with honey.
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Deuteronomy 11:3-4
3 His signs and His acts which He did in the midst of Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to all his land; 4 what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots: how He made the waters of the Red Sea overflow (h6687. צוּף ṣûp̱) them as they pursued you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day;
- Recall that God controls what flows. Overflows and droughts. An additional witness Job 37:6. And a reminder that an earthquake occurs as a result of the underlying flow.
④ expecting
Lamentations 4:17
17 Still our eyes failed us,
(Watching) vainly for our help;
In our watching (h6836. צְפִיָּה ṣep̱îyâ) we watched (h6822. צָפָה ṣâp̱â)
For a nation (that) could not save (h3467. יָשַׁע yâša‘) (us).
⑤ floating
2 Kings 6:1-7
1 And said the sons of the prophets to Elisha, “See now, the place which we dwellthere in your presence is too small for us. (צר ממנו – h6887. צָרַר ṣârar) ◆
2 Please, let us go to the Jordan, and let take from there (every) man a beam (h6982. קוֹרָה qôrâ), and let make (to (where we may)) dwell (there).” So he said, “Go.”
3 Then one said, “Please consent to go with your servants.”
And he answered, “I will go.” 4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. 5 But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron (ax head) fell into the water; and he cried out (h6817. צָעַק ṣâ‘aq) and said, “Alas, master! For it was borrowed.” ▲
6 So said the man of God, “Where did it fall?” And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw (it) in there; and he made the iron float (h6687. צוּף ṣûp̱). 7 Therefore he said, “Pick it up for yourself.” So he reached out his hand and took it.
2 Kings 6:1-7
1 וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ בְנֵֽי־הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים אֶל־אֱלִישָׁ֑ע הִנֵּֽה־נָ֣א הַמָּקֹ֗ום אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנַ֜חְנוּ יֹשְׁבִ֥ים שָׁ֛ם לְפָנֶ֖יךָ צַ֥ר מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
2 נֵֽלְכָה־נָּ֣א עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן וְנִקְחָ֤ה מִשָּׁם֙ אִ֚ישׁ קוֹרָ֣ה אֶחָ֔ת וְנַעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֥נוּ שָׁ֛ם מָקֹ֖ום לָשֶׁ֣בֶת שָׁ֑ם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֵֽכוּ׃
3 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הָֽאֶחָ֔ד הֹ֥ואֶל נָ֖א וְלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֲנִ֥י אֵלֵֽךְ׃
4 וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ אִתָּ֑ם וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ הַיַּרְדֵּ֔נָה וַֽיִּגְזְר֖וּ הָעֵצִֽים׃
5 וַיְהִ֤י הָֽאֶחָד֙ מַפִּ֣יל הַקּוֹרָ֔ה וְאֶת־הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל נָפַ֣ל אֶל־הַמָּ֑יִם וַיִּצְעַ֥ק וַיֹּ֛אמֶר אֲהָ֥הּ אֲדֹנִ֖י וְה֥וּא שָׁאֽוּל׃
6 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אָ֣נָה נָפָ֑ל וַיַּרְאֵ֨הוּ֙ אֶת־הַמָּקֹ֔ום וַיִּקְצָב־עֵץ֙ וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־שָׁ֔מָּה וַיָּ֖צֶף הַבַּרְזֶֽל׃
7 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הָ֣רֶם לָ֑ךְ וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח יָדֹ֖ו וַיִּקָּחֵֽהוּ׃ פ
- ▲ See note Cry/Call Out vs. Complain vs. Murmur – for h6817. צָעַק ṣâ‘aq – see in Genesis 4:10; Exodus 3:7 – anticipate it as next entry
- ◆ looking up h6887. צָרַר ṣârar “in this form” צר – 28 occurrences, see Deuteronomy 4:30 בצר “in tribulation” ◆ (This is also Egypt – מצרים and Tyre צר)
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Psalms 19:10 note all three highlighted are cognate permutations of צף:
10 More to be desired (are they) than gold (h2091. זָהָב zâhâḇ),
Yea, than much fine gold (h6337. פָּז p̱âz);
Sweeter also than honey (h1706. דְּבַשׁ ḏeḇaš) and the honeycomb.
⑥ watchtower
Genesis 31:45-50
45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 46 Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap. 47 And called to it Laban Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 And said Laban, “This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed, 49 also Mizpah (h4709. מִצְפָּה miṣp̱â), because he said, “May the LORD watch (h6822. צָפָה ṣâp̱â) between you and me when we are absent one from another. 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man (being) with us—see, God (is) witness between you and me!”
Genesis 31:45-50
45 וַיִּקַּ֥ח יַעֲקֹ֖ב אָ֑בֶן וַיְרִימֶ֖הָ מַצֵּבָֽה׃
46 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֤ב לְאֶחָיו֙ לִקְט֣וּ אֲבָנִ֔ים וַיִּקְח֥וּ אֲבָנִ֖ים וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־גָ֑ל וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּ שָׁ֖ם עַל־הַגָּֽל׃
47 וַיִּקְרָא־לֹ֣ו לָבָ֔ן יְגַ֖ר שָׂהֲדוּתָ֑א וְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב קָ֥רָא לֹ֖ו גַּלְעֵֽד׃
48 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֔ן הַגַּ֨ל הַזֶּ֥ה עֵ֛ד בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינְךָ֖ הַיֹּ֑ום עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמֹ֖ו גַּלְעֵֽד׃
49 וְהַמִּצְפָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔ר יִ֥צֶף יְהוָ֖ה בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ כִּ֥י נִסָּתֵ֖ר אִ֥ישׁ מֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃
50 אִם־תְּעַנֶּ֣ה אֶת־בְּנֹתַ֗י וְאִם־תִּקַּ֤ח נָשִׁים֙ עַל־בְּנֹתַ֔י אֵ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ עִמָּ֑נוּ רְאֵ֕ה אֱלֹהִ֥ים עֵ֖ד בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינֶֽךָ׃
⑦ man of vision
Isaiah 52:4-12
4 For thus says the Lord GOD:
“My people went down at first
Into Egypt to dwell there;
Then the Assyrian oppressed them in the extreme.
5 Now therefore, what have I here,” says the LORD,
“That my people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
Make them wail,” says the LORD,
“And blasphemed (is) my name continually every day.
6 Therefore know my people my name;
Therefore (they shall) in that day
▶︎ That I (am) he who speaks: ◀︎ could also be המדבר “I, the wilderness.”
‘Behold, (it is) I.'”
7 How beautiful upon the mountains
Are the feet of him from bringing news,
Proclaiming wholeness,
From bringing news of good,
Making proclamation, salvation,
Saying to Zion,
“Your God reigns!”
8 Your watchmen (h6822. צָפָה ṣâp̱â) shall lift up their voices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When the LORD brings back Zion.
9 Break forth (h6476. פָּצַח p̱âṣaḥ), sing together,
You desolations of Jerusalem!
For the LORD has comforted his people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The LORD has made bare his arm holy
In the eyes of all the nations;
And all the ends of the earth shall see
The salvation of our God.
11 Depart! Depart! Go out from there,
Touch no unclean (thing);
Go out from the midst of her,
Be clean,
You who bear the vessels of the LORD.
12 For you shall not go out in haste,
Nor go in flight;
For the LORD will go before you,
And the God of Israel your gleaning.
Isaiah 52:4-12 BHS
4 כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה מִצְרַ֛יִם יָֽרַד־עַמִּ֥י בָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה לָג֣וּר שָׁ֑ם וְאַשּׁ֖וּר בְּאֶ֥פֶס עֲשָׁקֹֽו׃
5 וְעַתָּ֤ה מַי־לִּי־פֹה֙* נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־לֻקַּ֥ח עַמִּ֖י חִנָּ֑ם מֹשְׁלָו יְהֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְתָמִ֥יד כָּל־הַיּ֖וֹם שְׁמִ֥י מִנֹּאָֽץ׃
6 לָכֵ֛ן יֵדַ֥ע עַמִּ֖י שְׁמִ֑י לָכֵן֙ בַּיֹּ֣ום הַה֔וּא כִּֽי־אֲנִי־ה֥וּא הַֽמְדַבֵּ֖ר הִנֵּֽנִי׃
7 מַה־נָּאו֨וּ עַל־הֶהָרִ֜ים רַגְלֵ֣י מְבַשֵּׂ֗ר מַשְׁמִ֧יעַ שָׁלֹ֛ום מְבַשֵּׂ֥ר טֹ֖וב מַשְׁמִ֣יעַ יְשׁוּעָ֑ה אֹמֵ֥ר לְצִיֹּ֖ון מָלַ֥ךְ אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃
8 קֹ֥ול צֹפַ֛יִךְ נָ֥שְׂאוּ קֹ֖ול יַחְדָּ֣ו יְרַנֵּ֑נוּ כִּ֣י עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֨יִן֙ יִרְא֔וּ בְּשׁ֥וּב יְהוָ֖ה צִיֹּֽון׃
9 פִּצְח֤וּ רַנְּנוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו חָרְבֹ֖ות יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כִּֽי־נִחַ֤ם יְהוָה֙ עַמֹּ֔ו גָּאַ֖ל יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
10 חָשַׂ֤ף יְהוָה֙ אֶת־זְרֹ֣ועַ קָדְשֹׁ֔ו לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְרָאוּ֙ כָּל־אַפְסֵי־אָ֔רֶץ אֵ֖ת יְשׁוּעַ֥ת אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ס
11 ס֤וּרוּ ס֨וּרוּ֙ צְא֣וּ מִשָּׁ֔ם טָמֵ֖א אַל־תִּגָּ֑עוּ צְא֣וּ מִתּוֹכָ֔הּ הִבָּ֕רוּ נֹשְׂאֵ֖י כְּלֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
12 כִּ֣י לֹ֤א בְחִפָּזוֹן֙ תֵּצֵ֔אוּ וּבִמְנוּסָ֖ה לֹ֣א תֵלֵכ֑וּן כִּֽי־הֹלֵ֤ךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם֙ יְהוָ֔ה וּמְאַסִּפְכֶ֖ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס
⑧ column heading
2 Chronicles 3:15
15 Also he made in front of the temple two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital (h6858. צֶפֶת ṣep̱eṯ) that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
- This is Solomon’s Temple. Note its grandiosity. This is important to note when noting his overlaying not of acacia but of cypress. Coming.
③ participating
Numbers 31:26-27
26 “Count up the plunder that was taken—of man and beast—you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation; 27 and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in (h8610. תָּפַשׂ ṯâp̱aś) the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
Habakkuk 2:19
19 Woe to him who says to wood (h6086. עֵץ ‘êṣ), ‘Awake!’
To silent (h1748. דּוּמָם dûmâm) stone (h0068. אֶבֶן ’eḇen), ‘Arise (h5782. עוּר ‘ûr)! It shall teach (h3384. יָרָה yârâ)!’
Behold, it is overlaid (h8610. תָּפַשׂ ṯâp̱aś) with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath (h7307. רוּחַ rûaḥ) at all.
Habakkuk 2:19
19 הֹ֣וי אֹמֵ֤ר לָעֵץ֙ הָקִ֔יצָה ע֖וּרִי לְאֶ֣בֶן דּוּמָ֑ם ה֣וּא יוֹרֶ֔ה הִנֵּה־ה֗וּא תָּפוּשׂ֙ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֔סֶף וְכָל־ר֖וּחַ אֵ֥ין בְּקִרְבֹּֽו׃
OR “••• and a measure of spirit is not in its midst (בקרבו).”
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⦁ 2 Chronicles 3:3-10 NKJV
3 This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits. 4 And the vestibule that (was) in front (of the sanctuary) was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height (was) one hundred and twenty. He overlaid (h6823. צָפָה ṣâp̱â) the inside with pure gold. 5 The larger room he paneled with cypress (h1265. בְּרוֹשׁ ḇerôš + h6086. עֵץ ‘êṣ) which he overlaid (h2645. חָפָהḥâp̱â) with fine gold (h2091. זָהָב zâhâḇ), and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it. 6 And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold (h2091. זָהָב zâhâḇ) (was) gold (h2091. זָהָב zâhâḇ) from Parvaim (h6516. פַּרְוַיִםp̱arwaiym). 7 He also overlaid (h2645. חָפָה ḥâp̱â) the house (h1004. בַּיִת ḇayiṯ)—the beams (h6982. קוֹרָה qôrâ) and doorposts (h5592. סַף sap̱), its walls (h7023. קִיר qîyr) and doors (h1817. דֶּלֶת ḏeleṯ)—with gold (h2091. זָהָב zâhâḇ); and he carved (h6605. פָּתַח p̱âṯaḥ) cherubim (h3742. כְּרוּב ḵerûḇ) on the walls (h7023. קִיר qîyr).
8 And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He overlaid (h2645. חָפָה ḥâp̱â) it with six hundred talents of fine gold (h2091. זָהָב zâhâḇ). 9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold (h2091. זָהָב zâhâḇ); and he overlaid (h2645. חָפָה ḥâp̱â) the upper area with gold (h2091. זָהָב zâhâḇ). 10 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid (h6823. צָפָה ṣâp̱â) them with gold (h2091. זָהָב zâhâḇ).
▸ h2645. חָפָה ḥâp̱â; a primitive root (compare 2644, 2653); to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect: — ceil, cover, overlay.
AV (12) – covered 7, overlaid 4, cieled 1;
to cover, overlay, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling
(Qal) to cover
(Niphal) to be covered
(Piel) to cover, overlay
▸ h2644. חָפָא ḥâp̱â’; an orthographical variation of h2645. חָפָה ḥâp̱â; properly, to cover, i.e. (in a sinister sense) to act covertly: — do secretly.
AV (1) – did secretly 1;
(Piel) to cover, do secretly
▸ h2653. חָפַף ḥâp̱ap̱; a primitive root (compare 2645, 3182); to cover (in protection): — cover.
AV (1) – cover 1;
(Qal) to cover, enclose, shelter, shield, surround
▸ h3182. יָחֵף yâḥêp̱; from an unused root meaning to take off the shoes; unsandalled: — barefoot, being unshod.
AV (5) – barefoot 4, unshod 1;
barefoot
bareness, being unshod (subst)
▸ h1265. בְּרוֹשׁ ḇerôš; of uncertain derivation; a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood): — fir (tree).
AV (20) – fir tree 13, fir 7;
cypress, fir, juniper, pine
a noble tree (lit.)
of stateliness (fig.)
material for temple
▸ h6516. פַּרְוַיִם p̱arwaiym; of foreign origin; Parvajim, an Oriental region: — Parvaim.
AV (1) – Parvaim 1; Parvaim = “oriental regions”
a region known for its gold output, perhaps in Arabia
Please see that everything about Solomon’s Temple was grandiose. And representative of the very best of mankind’s workers, and built on the backs of many, many forced laborers. Is there any reason not to see why it had to come down? And why it still stands destroyed, as a memorial, a reminder? Compare that with the building of the Tabernacle, which was built of materials that were brought by people with a willing heart, of things that represented the struggles in mankind’s lives.
- Shared with this writer this week by a friend. A timely witness.
- If you have curiosity, you might check out the website represented there getdatfaith. These are inspired young people.
- It was high time to offend both many Christians and many Jews, it seems.
▸ h6823. צָפָה ṣâp̱â; a primitive root (probably identical with h6822. צָפָה ṣâp̱â through the idea of expansion in outlook, transferring to action); to sheet over (especially with metal): — cover, overlay.
AV (46) – overlay 40, covered 5, garnished 1;
to lay out, lay over, overlay, cover
(Piel) to overlay, plate, stud
(Pual) to be laid over
h6822. צָפָה ṣâp̱â; a primitive root; properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await: — behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
AV (37) – watchman 20, watch 8, behold 2, look 2, espy 1, look up 1, waited 1, look well 1, variant for Zophim 1;
to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch
(Qal) to keep watch, spy
(Piel) to watch, watch closely
⦁ Habakkuk 2:18-20 NKJV
18 “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’
To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach (h3384. יָרָה yârâ)!’
Behold, it is overlaid (h8610. תָּפַשׂ ṯâp̱aś) with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.
20 “But the LORD is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
h8610. תָּפַשׂ ṯâp̱aś; a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably: — catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, x surely, surprise, take.
AV (65) – take 27, taken 12, handle 8, hold 8, catch 4, surprised 2, misc 4;
to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield
(Qal)
to lay hold of, seize, arrest, catch
to grasp (in order to) wield, wield, use skilfully
(Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured
(Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands)
h3384. יָרָה yârâ; or (2 Chr. 26:15) יָרָא yara; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach: — (+) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.
AV (84) – teach 42, shoot 18, archers 5, cast 5, teacher 4, rain 2, laid 1, direct 1, inform 1, instructed 1, shewed 1, shooters 1, through 1, watered 1;
to throw, shoot, cast, pour
(Qal)
to throw, cast
to cast, lay, set
to shoot arrows
to throw water, rain
(Niphal) to be shot
(Hiphil)
to throw, cast
to shoot
to point out, show
to direct, teach, instruct
to throw water, rain
① grabbing hold
② handling; using
③ participating
• שֵׁת-Sheth.
• שֵׁת-Seth, Sheth.
• שֵׁת-six(-th). Aramaic
h8351. שֵׁת šêṯ; from h7896. שִׁית šiyṯ; (Nm24:17)
h8352. שֵׁת šêṯ; from h7896. שִׁית šiyṯ; (Gen. 4:25,26; 5:3,4,6-8; 1 Chr. 1:1)
h8353. שֵׁת šêṯ; (Aramaic) or שִׁת shith (Aramaic), sheeth; corresponding to h8337 above (Ezra 6:15; Dan. 3:1.)
GV p.272 שׁתת set out; p.272 שׁתה flow [move in particular direction]; p.259 שׁות place [set up]; ¿ p.164 נשת cease activity ?
¿ DV אשת – p.272 שתת set out; p.272 שתה flow [move in particular direction]; p.259 שות place [set up] > p.19 אשת hide ? No other DVs
CM (שתת none on p.272*)(E38) [also p.282 שׂתת impact negatively (E38)]; שתהsearch for sustenance (E39); שות act surreptitiously/openly (E4); נשת prepare/cease activity (D80); אשת abound/lack (A55)
*on p.256 שדד listing, both שׁתת break and שׂתת exert power are listed as cognates = CM impact negatively (E38) // both listed as שתת – see passage on Sibboleth and Shibboleth, Judges 12 AND see TWOT comment on שׁ and שׂ – proof they were the same being Psalm 119
שׁ
2298 שׁ (sh) The twenty-first letter, with שׂ(ś) of the Hebrew alphabet. That the two letters were once considered the same is seen in the alphabetical psalms, e.g., Ps 119:161-168, where the two are used interchangeably to start the eight verses in this section.//
Job 1:7
7 וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֖ן מֵאַ֣יִן תָּבֹ֑א וַיַּ֨עַן הַשָּׂטָ֤ן אֶת־יְהוָה֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר מִשּׁ֣וּט בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּמֵֽהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ בָּֽהּ׃
This writer is in the midst of a very extensive look at the very common word שתי, to discern where it fits in this discussion. Therefore, this discussion is not yet complete. שתי is the form of the word שנים, which means “two,” when two is used as an adjective modifying a feminine noun (construct form). The construct form when it is modifying a masculine noun is שני. The construct forms would literally be translated as “two of,” so for the feminine, as in “two wives,” in Genesis 4:19, it is שתי, literally “two of wives.” In Genesis 29:3 two rams is שני, literally “two of rams.”
Sometimes a different formation is used, without the construct, but two absolutes side by side, as in two tables (masculine noun שלחן) where it is the standard form שנים (Ezekiel 40:39&40).
Part of the holdup is in trying to sort this all out – apologies.
However, there is another discussion to include here that may in the future tie in, by way of קדש. We have looked much at קדש previously, including the מקדש, miqdash, Sanctuary.
A brief introduction as an explanation. Devoted things חרם are things which are devoted to God, which means they are to be completely destroyed, not kept for man’s use. They are, in a way, like a burnt offering, an olah, עלה or עולה, completely given over to God. King Saul’s failure with the Amalekites was in not destroying completely as instructed. This is emphasized as a reminder by Samuel’s dealing with Agag in 1 Samuel 15. Below is the only time that קדש and חרם are used together. Achan is referenced several times before, on the website, including Post 14. Synthetic Grasp of Life.
Joshua 7:10-13 (ESV The Sin of Achan)
10 The LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11 Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things (h2764. חֵרֶם ḥêrem); they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. 12 Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction (h2764. חֵרֶם ḥêrem). I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things (h2764. חֵרֶם ḥêrem) from among you. 13 Get up! Consecrate (h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš) the people and say, ‘Consecrate (h6942. קָדַשׁqâḏaš) yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the LORD, God of Israel, “There are devoted things (h2764. חֵרֶם ḥêrem) in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things (h2764. חֵרֶם ḥêrem) from among you.”
- (Lord of the Rings)
Things that are devoted to destruction are things that will make you weak, which are reliance on anything other than God. You feel as if they make you powerful, but they only weaken. Only the LORD יהוה gives real strength, and only when one turns the flow of things over to him, not trying to control things oneself.
① preparing
Numbers 11:18
18 Then you shall say to the people, ‘Consecrate (h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš) yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the LORD, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For (it was) well with us in Egypt.” Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat.
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Exodus 29:1-3
1 “And this is what you shall do to them to hallow (h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš) them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish, 2 and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat (h2406. חִטָּה ḥiṭâ) flour (h5560. סֹלֶת sleṯ)). 3 You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
- All about clearing the guilt we keep inside that weakens us. Cleansing evil. This is where the Catholic church addresses the issue with confession, the Sacrament of Penance, rather than animal sacrifice. Same purpose.
- Yes, even the most common word for sin appears in the Tabernacle. But note, as pointed out by von Rad (see Post 14. Synthetic Grasp of Life) it is not just the act, but the consequences of the act, which is why it is so necessary to be in a world in which God could dwell with us.
- See investigation of חטה and חטא below.
② reserving; prohibiting for use
Deuteronomy 22:9
9 “You shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the yield of the seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be defiled (h6942. קָדַשׁqâḏaš).
③ note they skipped #3
④ making independent
Genesis 2:3
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified (h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš) it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
⑤ inviting; summoning
Zephaniah 1:7
7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD;
For the day of the LORD is at hand,
For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice;
He has set apart (h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš) the ones called (h7121. קָרָא qârâ’).
⑥ sanctifying; making holy
Leviticus 19:2
2 “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: You shall be holy (h6918. קָדוֹשׁ qâḏôš), for I the LORD your God (am) holy (h6918. קָדוֹשׁ qâḏôš).
⑦ being extremely moral
Exodus 15:11
11 “Who (is) like You, O LORD, among the gods?
Who (is) like You, glorious (h0142. אָדַר ’âḏar) in holiness (h6944. קֹדֶשׁ qôḏeš),
Being honored (h3372. יָרֵא yârê’) in praises (h8416. תְּהִלָּה ṯehilâ), making (h6213. עָשָׂה‘âśâ) wonders (h6382. פֶּלֶא p̱ele’)?
⑧ being immoral
Deuteronomy 23:17-18
17(18H) “There shall be no (ritual) harlot (h6948. קְדֵשָׁה qeḏêšâ) of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted (h6945. קָדֵשׁ qâḏêš) one of the sons of Israel. 18 You shall not bring the wages of a harlot (h2181. זָנָה zânâ) or the price of a dog (h3611. כֶּלֶב ḵeleḇ) to the house of the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
⑨ sanctuary
Exodus 29:36-37 Tabernacle connection
36 And a bull sin offering you shall make every day for atonement. And you shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify(h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš) it. 37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify (h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš) it. And the altar shall be most (h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš) holy(h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš). Whatever touches the altar must be holy (h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš).
Shemot 29:36-37
36 ופר חטאת תעשה ליום על־הכפרים וחטאת על־המזבח בכפרך עליו ומשחת אתו לקדשו׃
37 שבעת ימים תכפר על־המזבח וקדשת אתו והיה המזבח קדש קדשים כל־הנגע במזבח יקדש׃ ס
- NOTE it is here that led to the deeper investigation of חטא below. Here, the word וחטאת is translated “and you shall cleanse.” We have already discussed together that חטא is sin and is wheat, as in some of the sacrifices. “To cleanse” requires some more understanding – deeper digging to come.
BDB All Results: חטא וְ
וְ
GLOSS and; also; but; so; then
PARSING Hebrew, particle, conjunction
CODE@Pc
חטא
GLOSS qal: sin; offend; miss; piel: purify; bear a loss; hithpael: purify oneself; hiphil: cause to sin
PARSING Hebrew, verb, piel, consecutive perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
CODE@vpq2ms
⑩ home of consecration
Exodus 25:8 Tabernacle connection
8 And let them make Me a sanctuary (h4720. מִקְדָּשׁ miqḏâš), that I may dwell among them.
⑪ palace
Amos 7:12-13
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos:
“Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy.
13 But never again prophesy at Bethel,
For it (is) the king’s sanctuary (h4720. מִקְדָּשׁ miqḏâš),
And it (is) the royal residence.”
A deeper look at חטא and חטה, the “sin words.”
① bearing the blame
⦁ Genesis 31:39 Part of Jacob’s argument to Laban. Read context please.
39 That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss (h2398. חָטָאḥâṭâ’) of it. You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
Genesis 31:39
39 טְרֵפָה֙ לֹא־הֵבֵ֣אתִי אֵלֶ֔יךָ אָנֹכִ֣י אֲחַטֶּ֔נָּה מִיָּדִ֖י תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נָּה גְּנֻֽבְתִ֣י יֹ֔ום וּגְנֻֽבְתִ֖י לָֽיְלָה׃
② diverting from the path
⦁ 2 Kings 13:6
6 Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins (h2403. חַטָּאָה ḥaṭâ’â) of the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin (h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’), but walked in them; and the wooden image also remained in Samaria.
2 Kings 13:6
6 אַ֠ךְ לֹֽא־סָ֜רוּ מֵחַטֹּ֧אות בֵּית־יָרָבְעָ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱטִ֥י* אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּ֣הּ הָלָ֑ךְ וְגַם֙ הָאֲשֵׁרָ֔ה עָמְדָ֖ה בְּשֹׁמְרֹֽון׃
- It is nearly impossible to distinguish these two roots, and based on the note on p.295, that would be anticipated. Thus, showing both here.
③ sinning extensively
⦁ Genesis 20:6
6 And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
Genesis 20:6
6 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אֵלָ֨יו הָֽאֱלֹהִ֜ים בַּחֲלֹ֗ם גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֤י יָדַ֨עְתִּי֙ כִּ֤י בְתָם־לְבָבְךָ֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וָאֶחְשֹׂ֧ךְ גַּם־אָנֹכִ֛י אֹֽותְךָ֖מֵחֲטוֹ־לִ֑י עַל־כֵּ֥ן לֹא־נְתַתִּ֖יךָ לִנְגֹּ֥עַ אֵלֶֽיהָ׃
- Strongs and BDB list the root here as h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’; EDBH is saying חטה. Looking at the Hebrew, it could be either, or even shades of others in the family because really what is there is חט. The reader might definitely see aspects of breaking physically/emotionally in the heading “sinning extensively.”
• חַת-broken, dismayed, dread, fear.
• חֵת-Heth.
h2845. חֵת ḥêṯ;
GV p.93 חתת break [physically/emotionally]; p.92 חתה remove [from a source]; p.77 חות fear; ¿ p.154 נחת lower ?
(p.154 נחת lower) נחת not listed in EDBH as part of GV but fits No DVs
CM חתת pierce (A31); חתה retain/relinquish (A57); חות constrain by external force (A2); נחת contain (D56)
① sinning; distancing from God
⦁ Genesis 39:7-9
7 And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”
8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what (is) with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. 9 (There is) no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you (are) his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin (h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’) against God?”
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⦁ Genesis 42:22-24
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin(h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’) against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us.” 23 But they did not know that Joseph understood (them), for he spoke to them through an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
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⦁ Leviticus 4:2-3
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: If a person sins (h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’) unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD (in anything) which ought not to be done, and does any of them, 3 if the anointed priest sins (h2398. חָטָאḥâṭâ’), bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD for his sin (h2403. חַטָּאָה ḥaṭâ’â) which he has sinned (h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’) a young bull without blemish as a sin offering (h2403. חַטָּאָה ḥaṭâ’â).
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⦁ Psalms 51:5-6
5(7H) Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin (h2399. חֵטְא ḥêṭe’) my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden (part) You will make me to know wisdom.
② violating the law unintentionally
⦁ Psalms 1:1-3
1 Blessed (is) the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners (h2400. חַטָּא ḥaṭâ’),
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful (לץ);
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
– parallel חטא and לץ – shared meaning. Do we own this?
• לץ none – BUT Psalms 1:1
תהלים
1 אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי־הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹ֥א הָלַךְ֮ בַּעֲצַ֪ת רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ חַ֭טָּאִים לֹ֥א עָמָ֑ד וּבְמוֹשַׁ֥ב לֵ֝צִ֗ים לֹ֣א יָשָֽׁב׃
Also in this form, Pr1:22, 3:34, 19:29;; also Is29:20; Pr9:8, 19:25, 20:1, 21:24, 22:10, 24:9 – apparently one Solomon thought about a lot
GV p.133 לצץ deride; p.130 לוץ interpret [manipulate speech]
DV p.11 אלץ – p.133 לצץ deride; p.130 לוץ interpret [manipulate speech] > אלץ urge No other DVs
CM לצץ (none listed); לוץ change form (D50); אלץ relieve/apply pressure (A37)
- Personal commentary here. This very word לץ/לוץ explains so well the raison d’etre (reason for existence) of Log and Speck. It is Post 01. Leave Scripture Unchanged. In that post were shared many, many verses telling us readers that very thing. We are not to manipulate speech, most especially God’s Word, to apply pressure on others. Let’s just do what Chan and Strauch and Spurgeon (see Post 04. Interpretation Overview) and many other great teachers have taught us, dig deep, meditate on it, and lift out of the Word, not read into it.
- One more interesting thought here. Look at a cognate, h3870. לוּז lûz,
- ⦁ Genesis 28:19
- 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously. Bethel, the house of God, is to take the place of לוז.
- p.129 לוז transpose;; CM change form (D50) – for those with the book, look up the definitions and the verses. One definition is “twisting,” and one verse has to do with one of Jacob’s schemes. Jacob, indeed had much wrestling with God and man, as do we all. We will share soon a big point about sharing truth, which this writer hopes all can hear.
- See the overall heading of this subheading, violating the law unintentionally. Even when we think our motives are right, what comes out may not be Godly. Again, Scripture requires of us that we look at our Assumptive Reasoning.
- There is much in Scripture about what comes out of our mouth. The very saddest happening in Judges is Jephthah and his daughter, and see her words in Judges 11:36, “Do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth.” Also see Matthew 15:10-12.
③ being frivolous and immoral
⦁ Genesis 13:12-13
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom (were) exceedingly wicked (h7451. רַע ra‘) and sinful (h2400. חַטָּא ḥaṭâ’) against the LORD.
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⦁ Psalms 40:1-8To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 I waited patiently for the LORD;
And He inclined to me,
(And) heard my cry.
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see (it) and fear,
And will trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed (is) that man who makes the LORD his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, (are) Your wonderful works
(Which) You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
(If) I would declare and speak (of them),
They are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice (h2077. זֶבַח zeḇaḥ) and offering (h4503. מִנְחָה minḥâ) You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering (h5930. עֹלָה ‘ôlâ) and sin offering (h2401. חֲטָאָה ḥăṭâ’â) You did not require.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book (it is) written of me.
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law (is) within my heart.”
④ expiating from sin
⦁ Numbers 19:11-12
11 He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean (h2930. טָמֵא ṭâmê’) seven days. 12 He shall purify (h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’) himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean (h2891. טָהֵר ṭâhêr). But if he does not purify (h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’) himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean (h2891. טָהֵר ṭâhêr).
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⦁ Psalms 51:7(9H)
7 Purge (h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’) me with hyssop, and I shall be clean (h2891. טָהֵר ṭâhêr);
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- Here, here is that sense of cleansing
BDB חטא
GLOSS qal: sin; offend; miss; piel: purify; bear a loss; hithpael: purify oneself; hiphil: cause to sin
PARSING Hebrew, verb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, pronomial suffix: 1st person, common, singular
CODE@vpi2msX1cs
AND VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE not only “purify” in the definition here, but “bear a loss.” This is why Moses told Aaron and Eleazar not to mourn in Lv10:6 at the loss of Nadab and Abihu. This is why the silence in Is53:5-12 (see “silent” in verse 7). We are to bear our losses and not complain, knowing that God is in control of the flow of things.
⑤ diverting from path
⦁ 2 Kings 13:10-11
10 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, (and reigned) sixteen years. 11 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins (h2403. חַטָּאָה ḥaṭâ’â) of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin (h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’), (but) walked in them.
⑥ missing the target
⦁ Judges 20:16
16 Among all this people (were) seven hundred select men (who were) left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair’s (breadth) and not miss (h2398. חָטָא ḥâṭâ’).
- The book of Judges has some of the saddest history in Scripture. One very sad one is in chapters 19 and 20, but chapter 21 brings redemption. And as always, with the LORD (יהוה), there is teaching for good. Reminiscent of the War Between the States in U.S. history.
⑦ free-from-sin offering
⦁ Exodus 29:14
14 But the flesh (h1320. בָּשָׂר ḇâśâr) of the bull (h6499. פַּר p̱ar), with its skin (h5785. עוֹר ‘ôr) and its offal (h6569. פֶּרֶשׁ p̱ereš), you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering (h2403. חַטָּאָה ḥaṭâ’â).
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Exodus 29:1-3
1 “And this the word you shall do to them to hallow (h6942. קָדַשׁ qâḏaš) them for ministering to Me as priests: Take bull one son of the herd and rams two without blemish, 2 and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed in oil, and unleavenedwafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat (h2406. חִטָּה ḥiṭâ) flour(h5560. סֹלֶת sleṯ)). 3 You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
Shemot 29:1-3 Looking for שט cognate permutations
1 וזה הדבר אשר־תעשה להם לקדש אתם לכהן לי לקח פר אחד בן־בקר ואילם שנים תמיםם׃
2 ולחם מצות וחלת מצת בלולת בשמן ורקיקי מצות משחים בשמן סלת חטים תעשה אתם׃
3 ונתת אותם על־סל אחד והקרבת אתם בסל ואת־הפר ואת שני האילם׃
🤔 our various sins which are to be brought to the priest.
➙ Flesh בשר see as ב “in” + שר
• שַׂר-captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
• שֹׁר-navel.
h8269. שַׂר śar; from h8323. שָׂרַר śârar; 421 occurrences
h8270. שֹׁר šôr; from h8324. שָׁרַר šârar; Prov. 3:8; Song 7:2(kjv, šōrer [H8326]); Ezek. 16:4.
GV p.271 שׁרר concentrate [strength]; p.271 שׁרה loosen; p.258 שׁור see; p.261 שׁיר sing [out; express thoughts in poetic form]; p.112 ישׁר straighten [strengthen]
GV p.281 שׂרר rule [by exerting exorbitant power]; p.280 שׂרה exert power [rule] p.275 שׂור rule [regulate]
DV אשר – p.271 שרר compress; p.271 שרה loosen; p.258 שור view > p.18 אשר progress; move forward
DV שאר – p.271 שרר compress; p.271 שרה loosen > p.253 שאר complete; complement
No השר and no שהר
CM שׁרר and שׂרר apply/withhold pressure (E34); שׁרה and שׂרה project outward (E30); שׁור and שׂור unify/separate (E14); שׁיר block/express movement (E18); ישׁר expand/limit (C22); אשר limit and hold together (A28); שאר complete/limit (E10)
➙ Bull is פר
• פַּר-([phrase] young) bull(-ock), calf, ox. h6499. פַּר p̱ar; or פָּר par; from h6565. פָּרַרp̱ârar; 127 occurrences
GV p.207 פרר separate [out parts]; p.206 פרה produce; p.205 פרא free [of control]; p.199 פור invalidate [undermine proper proceeding]
DV פאר – p.207 פרר separate [out parts] > p.196 פאר distinguish [stand out]
DV אפר – p.207 פרר separate out parts > p.15 אפר cover No other DVs
CM פרר separate out (B42); פרה and פרא emerge from constraints (B37); פורundermine (B20); פאר expose; highlight (B1); אפר expose/conceal (A8)
EDBH shows פרה as the root for bull; Strongs says from פרר
➙ Ram is איל
p.9 איל strengthen;; CM איל move directly/circularly (A11)
➙ Unleavened is מ + צא “from”
• צא none BUT
Isaiah 30:22 וְטִמֵּאתֶ֗ם אֶת־צִפּוּי֙ פְּסִילֵ֣י כַסְפֶּ֔ךָ וְאֶת־אֲפֻדַּ֖ת מַסֵּכַ֣ת זְהָבֶ֑ךָ תִּזְרֵם֙ כְּמֹ֣ו דָוָ֔ה צֵ֖א תֹּ֥אמַר לֹֽו׃
BDB gives “filth”
The closest would be Darby translation:
Isaiah 30:22 And ye shall defile the silver covering of your graven images, and the gold overlaying of your molten images; thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth (or discharge): Out! shalt thou say unto it. (h1739. דָּוֶה ḏâewh is sickly or menstrual)
GV p.211 צאא produce; p.211 צאה move out [move to goal]; p.213 צוא evacuate [void]; p.107 יצא exit [come out]
CM צאא continue/curtail movement (E8); צאה continue/abort energetic movement (E2) there appears to be no logic in how E2 and E8 are separated ?; צוא control movement/action (E5); יצא emerge and separate (C18)
Mixed in oil בלולת שמן ➔ focus on בלל p.27 בלל mix new element into existing ones
➙ Flour סלת could be ת “the mark of” + סל (see below)
OR could be ל “to/toward” + סת
• סת none
GV p.176 סתה change; p.169 סות ensnare [in order to achieve goal] No DVs
CM סתה search for sustenance (E39); סות none listed on p.169, but elsewhere is listed in (E4) act surreptitiously/openly
➙ Basket סל
• סַל-basket.
h5536. סַל sal; from h5549. סָלַל sâlal; Gen. 40:16-18; Ex. 29:3,23,32; Lev. 8:2,26,31; Num. 6:15,17,19; Judg. 6:19.
GV p.172 סלל [elevate] raise [up]; p.171 סלה weigh [with balanced weights] [raise on high]; p.171 סלא weigh No DVs
CM סלל raise/lower (E20); סלה and סלא move in balanced way (E43)
All of the offerings were, of course, offered in the Tabernacle, the purpose of which is to קרב draw closer to God.
Clearing the picture, and recalling von Rad’s discussion of the Synthetic Grasp the Scripture explains, this is very, very deep psychology. And Paul explains it well in one of his Romans soliloquies. Deep inside we know when we have sinned. That knowledge deep within weakens us, taking us away from the strength that confidence/faith in God can bring. Sin has many faces, including some of those referenced just above, including our strengths, when we rely on them too much. Recall Egypt is anything of the world.
Isaiah 31:1
1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the LORD!
See the ten times that ארץ (most often “land”) is translated as “world” in ESV,world[h0776][ארצ], generally referring to inhabited world or kingdoms of the world. Like Egypt, or like the “so-called First World.” And see the צר in both מצרים and in ארץ. See the laments for Tyre. Look instead, to the Holy One of Israel; consult the LORD יהוה.
• צַר-adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
• צֵר-Zer.
• צֹר-flint, sharp stone.
• צֹר-Tyre, Tyrus.
h6862. צַר ṣar; or צָר tsar; from h6887. צָרַר ṣârar; 143 occurrences
GV p.222 צרר compress [combine]; p.222 צרה squeeze; p.215 צור compress [press from all sides]; p.108 יצר [compress] form; p.160 נצר protect [preserve; save]
DV אצר – p.222 צרר compress [combine]; p.222 צרה squeeze; p.215 צור compress [press from all sides] > p.15 אצר collect; hoard
DV צהר – p.222 צרר compress [combine]; p.222 צרה squeeze; p.215 צור compress [press from all sides] > p.213 צהר illuminate; create a circle of light No other DVs
CM צרר apply/withhold pressure (E34); צרה project outward (E30); צור unify/separate (E14); יצר expand/limit (C22); נצר preserve/separate (D85); אצר limit and hold together (A28); צהר limit/complete (E10)
As one returns to the idea of overlaying Acacia, there are likely many ways to interpret it, appropriate to our lives. Perhaps two important messages lie here, in addition to whatever else the reader may glean. The first is that the underlying structure of whatever the overlaying is, is Acacia, the scourging, the struggles of life that we must overcome, and bear the loss. The other important thing is that whatever is on the surface is likely covering a lot of the results of those struggles, the scars of life. As we go through life we must get to know others, that we may see not only the overlying shininess (or grumpiness, or whatever is on the surface), but also the underlying sins and struggles. And likely the only way you will get to see that is if you share your own Acacias with others as you get to know them one on one, face to face, mouth.
Much yet upon which to meditate.
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