We tend to form our own opinions about exactly what is “good” and what is “evil” ever since the incident in the Garden. We know that the LORD is good, for Scripture clearly tells us so. It was that cunning one in the Garden that led us to questioning. ⦁ Isaiah 45:7 7 I form the light …
Tag: Hebrew Etymology
Blog 182. “Challenge Existent” זרוע
זרוע something sown בצרה Bozrah אשור Assyria/Asshur cognate permutations (challenge existent) זרוע what was sown; arm cognate permutations (challenge existent) also Bozrah בצרה and Assyria/Asshur אשור ((And see within the זרוע cognate permutations group בשׂר which is flesh and tidings)) ⦁ ▸ Tanakh (13 results) 1. Vayikra 11:37 (Mikraot Gedolot) וְכִי יִפֹּל מִנִּבְלָתָם עַל כׇּל זֶרַע זֵרוּעַ אֲשֶׁר יִזָּרֵעַ טָהוֹר הוּא. ⦁ Leviticus 11:37 37 And if a part of (any such) carcass falls on any planting seed …
Blog 181. The Elijah Conundrum
Hopefully this will be brief. First, you might want to refer to Blog 3. A Transition. And from there you might be led to the second half of my dissertation, starting with Post 29. Beginning Elijah/Eliyahu Discussion. And then we can talk about the point of the current entry. Well, if you don’t want to take the time to …
Blog 180. Hammer and Nail
The origin of this quotation is argued, but it has been used many times, including in Abraham Maslow’s book The Psychology of Science and Abraham Kaplan’s book The Conduct of Inquiry. It was also made famous in the movie Arrival that we have discussed many times before. Wójcicki attributes it to Mark Twain. It is a catchy phrase that seems to …
Blog 179. Choose / Choice
A clear point at which he made a choice: See the בחר choose/choice cognate permutation group meaning is (expand/contract activity), and it is in with other very important roots such as עברcross over to the other side (the root for Hebrew), רבע four/fourth, אור illuminate/light, חרב sword/lose vitality, עפר dust, and אפר ash. (As in ash to ash, dust to dust). See the list of …
Blog 178. Shinar שנער
Without an explanation beforehand for the title, I will begin today’s discussion with a continuation of the קר discussion from last time. Hopefully I will be able to steer your thinking toward the topic at hand. Recall, please, that the cognate permutations group meaning for קר is (covering/uncovering having impact). ⦁ 1 Chronicles 2:7 7 The son of Carmi (h3756. …
Blog 175. Management of Emotions – continuing Alpha and Omega
This entry has grown organically in two ways. First, it grows from the context of Blog 171 and Blog 174. And secondly, it grows organically from my own life, in which I see reflections in Scripture. The first section is going to be some reflections from my own life. Feel free to skim the parts about my life …
Blog 174. Alpha Α and Omega Ω – Two-Letter Thoughts
I guess we all know this repeated quotation, seen several times in the Book of Revelation. I would like to take a deeper dive into some possible meanings from this quotation. First, as we have discussed many times before, there are often many more meanings to Scripture than the obvious. With the adjacent quotes, “first …
Blog 173. Of Golems and Camels
There isn’t really a lot for me to say here, except to see the previous post, Blog 172, about Golem, and then just look at the red highlighted sections in the Scriptural passages below. (Please also note the NKJV translations and compare with the more literal translation in the highlighted passages. We can easily be misled …