One of many reasons we are trying to understand messiah somewhat more is because there is much difference of opinion about the concept, even within Judaism. Look at this Wikipedia article, and especially at the section “Contemporary Jewish Views.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_in_Judaism Where we left off last time, we were looking at an AlHaTorah Search on the …
Tag: Cognate Permutations
Blog 139. The Way of Messiah
The hope is to take a somewhat different direction at this point, but my plans are often redirected. We have introduced this topic before, but I want to spend more time here. Messiah is a “concept” held in both Judaism and Christianity, and I know individual readers have specific pictures in their mind about Messiah. …
Blog 137. Raising Younger Ones
Proverbs 22:6 NKJV6 Train up a child in the way he should go,And when he is old he will not depart from it. ▸ BDB חנך GLOSS qal: dedicate, consecrate; train PARSING Hebrew, verb, qal, imperative, masculine, singular ▸ to ל EDBH p.299 The ל indicates movement or return to an object. ▸ BDB נַעַר GLOSS young man, lad; servant PARSING …
Blog 136. לנן with Another Major Warning
Psalms 91:1 1 Dwelling in the secret place of the Most High Under the shadow of the Almighty abides יתלונן. Psalms 91:1 1 יֹ֭שֵׁב בְּסֵ֣תֶר עֶלְיֹ֑ון בְּצֵ֥ל שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְלוֹנָֽן׃ Note Strongs does not include a root לנו, and lists the root for abide here as h3885. לוּן lûn; or לִין liyn; a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently. They are definitely of the …
Blog 135: Absorb and Use ¿ Unreliable ? Knowledge
Here is another entry in the investigation of the של doublet cognate permutations, clearly a permutation of the root כסל we looked at in Blog 132. Once again, we may be looking at different viewpoints. being foolish Genesis 31:26-30 NKJV 26 And Laban said to Jacob: “What have you done, that you have stolen away unknown to me, and carried away …
Blog 134. What is Your Walk?
Sometimes we have to discern our purpose in life, that has been given to us by God. It is not necessarily the most obvious, but may require prayer, meditation, and observation, looking at the world around us. If you are a parent, Scripture makes it clear that there is large purpose in parenting (at least …
Blog 131. The Messiah Path / God Speaks
Much, much, much there is to share. How do I begin? In recent months, more than ever before, as we have begun looking at the hidden writings, more at the Sohd “secret” level in Scripture, there has been an explosion. I have written dozens and dozens (some finished, some as yet unfinished) of documents that I would …
Blog 129. Psalm 1
I doubt I will do in-depth studies on each Psalm encountered in the time of Counting the Omer, but this one has particularly stood out to me, both for current personal life meaning, and for an upcoming entry. It helps demonstrate the amazing potential that the LORD has provided us in giving us this life revelation, not …