I was struggling with another entry to share here, but instead I was led to share this. I hope it touches someone. ⦁ Exodus 10:21 (NKJV – The Ninth Plague: Darkness) 21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which …
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Blog 189. A Follow Up to Blog 126.
It seems long ago I said I would return to something, but have not specifically done so. I have confirmed the statement in Blog 126 on other occasions, pointing out that God’s way of looking at Good and Evil are not mankind’s way, but I have not shown you specific examples of why the Warning was given. …
Blog 188. “Abomination”
h8441 I covered with ABBD; h8251 and h8263 I covered with KSS; h6292 I covered with BBKL; h2194 I covered with AMS; h0887 I covered with ABS. ABBD תועב “abomination” בעתו in its time cognate permutations (act to balance) KSS שקץ detest ישש age cognate permutations (converge; diverge) BBKL ויבל and bring פגול stink cognate permutations – (manage by encouraging/discouraging) AMS עצם bone נסה test נסע go forward משׂא burden משה Moses שׂנא hate סנהbush נחש serpent cognate permutations (influence positively/negatively) also (withhold/provide) ABS צוה “command”/delegate authority while retaining control חפץ desire אסףgather; collect; I add cognate permutations (motivate/dissuade) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ⦁ ▸ How I was led to dive deeper into understanding was …
Blog 187. AlHaTorah Search Like Which כאשר – [just as]
Impression – כאשר like which; just as cognate permutations (intensive effort) You can see כאשר is a very common occurrence in TaNaKh, and this is without any modifications. We won’t do them all – there are plenty more for you to “seek and find.” Most often it does not appear with a Strong’s number, as if insignificant, but you may get …
Blog 185. To Appreciate הדר
I actually began thinking on this topic on my recent trip to Sukkot, driving across the desert Southwest. I realized how much I “appreciated” the Landscape. I was thinking a lot about national parks that we have set aside for people to “appreciate.” We honor these places. To me the topography, the rock formations, are …
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 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 169. Parable of the Sower
Why was the Parable of the Sower the parable that was used to explain to the disciples the purpose of parables, and why was this particular one spelled out in detail to get good understanding? And why the quotation from the prophet in the discussion? Hebrew זרוע = “that which is sown.” זרוע cognate permutations (challenge existent) – Bozrah in …
Blog 168. Encourage/Discourage Movement
① standing firm and upright ⦁ Deuteronomy 29:10-13 10(9H) “All of you stand (h5324. נָצַב nâṣaḇ) today before the LORD your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts …
Blog 166. Measure
⦁ John 3:34 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure (g3358. μέτρον metron). ▸ g3358. μέτρον metron; an apparently primary word; a measure (“metre”), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree): — measure. AV (13) – measure 13; ⦁ Genesis 18:6 …