Blog 123. דם Cognate Permutations 

I’ve not posted an entry for a month, but have been doing much background work. Hopefully this post and several more to follow will fit together many pieces of major importance. Shown here is the lengthy process of going through the cognate permutations of a two-letter word, with many “choice tidbits” included, and some important …

Blog 122. Why Do You Teach in Parables?

I am in the process of doing the “deep dive” for the meaning of the two-letter Hebrew word בד, for the background of another entry. When I came to this, God’s Word inspired a connection, from which I felt I must stop and share. I will attempt to show my train of thought, but feel free …

Blog 120 His Hand ידו

|| כבד This is an entry inserted between what we have just discussed in Blog 119, the idea of “having an impact,” and the next entries which will discuss ideas of understanding life, burdens, and haste somewhat more. The entire point of this entry is to indicate its seriousness. The section on the sacrifices will be …

Blog 119. Having an Influence on Others 

Return to the idea of tent, אהל p.4 radiate in all directions, and the image we showed in Blog 37. Dwell in Tents, shown again here. The mental image of the ropes “radiating in all directions” is the picture to have in your mind. But here we will put a real emphasis on “all,” not just the ropes radiating outward, …

Blog 118. Gifts 

It appears that sometimes there are so many connections in a verse, that I can’t go beyond a focus just on one word. Today, we will look at this word, and hopefully eventually be able to put it into context.  ⦁ Genesis 25:5-6 5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. 6 But Abraham …

Blog 117. Tent אהל

Just looking at the three-letter cognate permutations: First the roots with the lamed in the פ position (remember terminology is based upon the root פעל, and since Hebrew reads right to last, the פ is first, ע middle, and ל the last position in the terminology). Please see that all of these beginning with lamed ל should be in the same group, i.e. combine groups D42 and D51. I …

Blog 115. אכל Cognate Permutations 

אכל is a very common word in Tanakh. And this number does not include other derived nouns such as h0402 אכלה (18 occurrences in ESV Strong’s), h0396 אכילה (1 occ.), h3978 מאכל (4 occ.), h3979 מאכלת, h3980 מאכלת (2 occ.), h4361 מכלת (1 occ.), and others that may be related h8502 תכלה (1 occ.), h8503 תכלית (4 occ.),  h8504 תכלת (48 occ.), and h1964 היכל (75 occ.) This is the “כל family:” • כֹּל-(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, …

Blog 114. In what world do you live?

Following on Blog 113, now having gotten feedback from a couple of folks, hopefully, finally I can move along to this step. After we cover some of these “socially sensitive” topics, then there is a very large expanse to share with you. I anticipate that this entry will drive some away. I anticipate that the …

Blog 113. Pocket Bible 

GIDEONS TRAVEL BIBLE BOOK 4.75″x3″x .5″ Got this photo from eBay When I was growing up, this travel Bible was a common thing to see. One can still buy newer versions of the same. We stop to ponder the importance of the Psalms and the Proverbs.  Today we will talk about four different Hebrew roots …