There will be one more entry to follow number 66 in the “Attention” series, but again this had more of a sense of urgency, and it fits right in with the topic. At a later time I hopefully will get to connect this word for “window” ארבה with the cognate חרב, which we have discussed …
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65 1/2 Nimrod
I do have two more entries on the Attention series ready to go, which will come out soon,LORD (יהוה) willing, but I am feeling a strong “nudge” to post this now. It is fairly short relative to recent entries. May our eyes, our ears, and our hearts be open. Genesis 10:8-12 8 וְכ֖וּשׁ יָלַ֣ד אֶת־נִמְרֹ֑ד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל לִֽהְיֹ֥ות גִּבֹּ֖ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ 9 הֽוּא־הָיָ֥ה גִבֹּֽר־צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה עַל־כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד גִּבֹּ֥ור צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ 10 וַתְּהִ֨י רֵאשִׁ֤ית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֶ֖רֶךְ וְאַכַּ֣ד וְכַלְנֵ֑ה בְּאֶ֖רֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃ 11 מִן־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא יָצָ֣א אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיִּ֨בֶן֙ אֶת־נִ֣ינְוֵ֔ה וְאֶת־רְחֹבֹ֥ת עִ֖יר וְאֶת־כָּֽלַח׃ 12 וְֽאֶת־רֶ֔סֶן בֵּ֥ין נִֽינְוֵ֖ה וּבֵ֣ין כָּ֑לַח הִ֖וא הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃ …
64. Direct Attention / Pay Attention
I take one brief moment to remember our teacher, our mentor, our friend Oswald, who crossed over this week to the other side. Oswald has not only been the inspiration for the work done here, but an ongoing encouragement right up until he moved to join the LORD and his great friend Nathan. His wife …
63. Implications of נשׁה
This is the continuation of Blog 62, Focus Attention, the extended investigation of נשה. These are the eighteen occurrences of נשׁה in ESV However, note the listing of Genesis 33:5, where we last ended, is נשׁים. There are 131 occurrences of נשׁים in BHS. נשי seventeen occurrences. We will discuss later••• Genesis 32:32 ESV 32 Therefore to this day the people of Israel …
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 …