Blog 108. Sacrifice – Pain that Uplifts

When one thinks about the Tabernacle, the world where God can dwell with us, it is a world where the people would bring their sacrifices. We think not only of the elements making up the Tabernacle , but of the livestock that were sacrificed. 🤔 livestock מקנה, shown as “מ from” + קנה p.229 “acquire by legal means.”  But also look at מק + נה – …

Blog 107. More on Dwelling in Tents

Blog 37 addresses this topic, for some background. Now we are digging somewhat deeper, using some of our more recently discovered tools. dwell ישב firm up; dry יבש This is the dry land appearing amidst the waters in Gn1:9. ashamed בוש This is the man and his wife not being “ashamed” in Genesis 2:25 repent שוב Please draw the connection …

Blog 104. דבר Cognate Permutations 

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Investigating the word דבר, as to what further depth of meaning we might get: Realizing that each three-letter root would have 3 factorial (3x2x1) possible rearrangements, we anticipate six different orderings of the consonants, so those a grouped here in that fashion. Then, within the ordering groups, the homorganic consonant substitutions are made. It will …

Blog 103. אמר Cognate Permutations 

Investigating the word אמר, as to what further depth of meaning we might get: •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• In the Greek Scriptures, g3056. λόγος logos, refers to two common Hebrew words, אמר and דבר. We will investigate them both, using these newfound tools we’ve been using recently. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• First, a quick peek at two families that include some permutation of אמר: • מַר-[phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), …

Blog 102. Boundaries

Sharing an Important Word/Group קלע Important to see the tie-in of the קלל/קל family גלל p.40 (rotate; roll) encircle (C26)  Galilee גליל, Gilgal גלגל, hill of the Skull Gulgolet גלגלת ילל p.104 (howl) encircle (C26)  כלל p.119 (complete by including everything) encircle (C26)  קלל p.228 (diminish substance; lessen material things) encircle (C26) “curse” – and see the “rods” מקל in Gn30:38, that Jacob peeled to alter the …

Blog 100. למד Lamad – Learning and Teaching

① learning Deuteronomy 31:12-13 12 Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn (h3925. לָמַד lâmaḏ) to fear (h3372. יָרֵא yârê’) the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, 13 and (that) their children, who have not …

Blog 98. Cry/Call Out vs. Complain vs. Murmur 

There are many words indicating the above list of verbs. This Blog was first inspired by the people’s complaints in the wilderness, but covers much more than that. As you progress, you may see that the more positive “calling out” words (the ones to which the LORD (יהוה) responds), seem to be associated with salvation ישע and ישועה and commands צוה. (And …

Blog 96. Hebel חבל and Acacia שוט

This writing was first written in February-March 2022. Much has been learned since that time. Associated writings, such as the recently posted Blog 95, include areas of significant learning about Scriptural structure that are not included here. But this was background for more recent understanding. Deuteronomy 32:7-12 7 “Remember the days of old, Consider the …

Blog 95. Cognates and Permutations

כהן↔︎עין – also צף study Leviticus 19:21-22 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, a ram as a trespass offering. 22 The priest (h3548. כֹּהֵן ḵôhên) shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed. And the …