Bereshit בראשית Genesis Shemot שמות Exodus Vayikra ויקרא Leviticus Bamidbar במדבר Numbers Devarim דברים Deuteronomy Considerations, that help you understand how the language works. First, thinking of Genesis not just as ב in + ראשית beginning (from ראש head; chief – EDBH ראש p.237 begin; animate;; move energetically (E65)), but also as: Bereshit בראשית as ברא + שית ● A comment about interchangeability of yod י and vav ו. For example, Nun, of Joshua son of Nun coming from the root נין. In use in Judaism, …
Tag: Phonetic Cognate
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 …
Blog 85. מסע ⇔ משח
Please know that I have been investigating and writing extensively since the last entry, and each “answer” brings many more questions. Connecting threads are more than can be imagined. There is much more, but I stop here to get something out. There will (LORD willing), be more to come. Hopefully this will pique your interest enough to …
75. תקח Take – Set in Motion
I do not recall what path led me to the word תקח, as I tend to follow many connections inGod’s word. If I stumble across what led me here in the future, I’ll be sure to reference thisentry. First, note that תקח is not a root, but seems to be a word formed by adding a ת to thebeginning of the root לקח and absorbing the ל. The ל is not one of the typically–indicated“weak consonants” that is commonly dropped when adding prefixes, but it does occuroccasionally, noted even by Gesenius (see bibliography). My first endeavor in investigating this word (since we are making the case that the letters have meaning, even if they are used in forming new words) was to look at roots that are “would-be cognates,” if indeed …