We all seem to be so concerned about being able to choose. Perhaps a good topic: ❶ choosing (I simply comment before the following passage that here we are focusing on the word “choose,” בחר, but realize that the commonly occurring word “place” מקוםin the passage may not be talking about a physical location but about a concept …
Tag: Hebrew Etymology
Blog 111. Press / Release
פך Cognate Permutations A reminder – I go through these manually and could well have missed some. It is not intentional. If ever you find one that I miss, please let me know. The first section is a reference for myself created upon the original work by Zev Clementson: The two-letter words listing at the …
Blog 109. Gershom גרשם
Let Gershom be a reminder for us on many levels, as seen here. ⦁ Exodus 2:21-22 21 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she bore him a son. He called his name (h8034. שֵׁם šêm) Gershom(h1647. גֵּרְשֹׁם g̱êrešôm), for he said, “I have been a stranger (h1616. גֵּר g̱êr) in a foreign land.” …
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 105. A look at פדה and פתה, part of an exploration of אב cognate permutations
I am in the process of discerning a meaning for the two-letter word “father,” אב, based on the recent methods I’ve shared with you. The two-letter words occur in large numbers of roots, so the lists of cognate permutations get quite long and tedious. I will share with you when it is complete, LORD willing. I came across …
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 101 חוף clear of misdeeds; innocent
Job 33:9 Elihu NKJV 9 ‘I (am) pure, without transgression; I (am) innocent חף, and (there is) no iniquity in me. Notice in the following, Elihu serves to share the truth with Job, and describes himself, “I like/as your spokesman/mouth (to/toward God)” Notice in the Hebrewאני כפיך. Using cognate permutations, see the hidden word נבא in אני כפיך. p.146 נבא prophet; transmit God’s word. Where else might we look for things/peoplethat transmit God’s word? A few hints. First, …