Blog 156. A Grasp of Hebrew

I have experienced reading of Jewish writings for more than ten years now. One of the first things I noticed is that I had to learn to let go of holding onto things too tightly. If you do any reading of Jewish material, you may have noticed the same thing. It is educational on a …

Blog 155. To Call קרא – Continuing in Genesis 2

There is so much in Genesis 2, perhaps a lifetime of learning. It is so hard to know where to go next. קרא seems like a good step. We mentioned last time that there seems to be more explanation of the language שׂפה in the investigation of cognate permutations for קרא than any other dissection/digestion done so far. And that does …

Blog 154. Books of Torah

Bereshit בראשית Genesis Shemot שמות Exodus Vayikra ויקרא Leviticus Bamidbar במדבר Numbers  Devarim דברים Deuteronomy Considerations, that help you understand how the language works. First, thinking of Genesis not just as ב in + ראשית beginning (from ראש head; chief – EDBH ראש p.237 begin; animate;; move energetically (E65)), but also as: Bereshit בראשית as ברא + שית ● A comment about interchangeability of yod י and vav ו. For example, Nun, of Joshua son of Nun coming from the root נין. In use in Judaism, …

Blog 153. Steady… Steady

A life lesson and a lesson on the language שׂפה. Some background before more on Genesis 2. I searched on the word “steady.” There is not just a single Hebrew word translated as steady: ⦁ Psalms 112:6-8 6 For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. 7 He is not afraid of …

Blog 152. A Formation Lesson – Genesis 2

There will hopefully be many more on Genesis 2 You are likely aware that the first two chapters of The Bible talk about the beginnings of the universe and of mankind. Some people get confused, seeing two different creation stories, and not seeing the same things projected in each. My goal in this and future …

Blog 151. Establishing Limits

My apologies up front for the meandering path taken on this entry. I actually find there is much to be learned on a meandering path. (See the Doctrine of the Roadfrom our headmaster in Blog 105, also referred to in Blog 131.) A straight line is fastest, but more the way of mankind, not God. I recalled this …

Blog 149. A Niblet 

As always, it seems, I have many different threads, research projects, ongoing at once. I have explained to you before that what I discern in life comes from a combination of God’s written Word and witnesses all around me in life. I am in the midst of a very large project, not yet ready for …

Blog 148. Hailstones

Again, it is my intent to share what Scripture says. My words convince no one of anything. God communicates to you by way of your own life. Messengers in your life may be witnesses and words may be witnesses. The “eye-opening” is the willingness to see, the removal of the Log. Here is the discovery …

Blog 147 Commentary on Techniques and Communication

You have likely noticed that I have an interest in linguistics. The time in which we live is very interesting in terms of linguistics. It seems we manufacture more and more new terminology now than ever before. I suppose it goes along with “the age,” and many other things that are in flux. I noticed …

Blog 146. דמים Revisited

I’ve ended up looking at many more passages with דמים, which we had explored before as “extreme in measure,” or as “excesses.” We did point out before that it is really the direction or the focus of the extreme that seems to be  most critical in the teaching of Scripture. If the direction is toward the LORD, he appears …