I am going to preface this blog with a statement. If you have been reading along and have gotten to know my work, I hope you will be able to trust that I have done some deep digging before I share. Nevertheless, it is very important for you to “be Berean.“ Make sure that you …
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Blog 204. The Enemy of Good is Perfect
Isn’t it interesting how the life we lead serves to teach us what is laid out in Scripture? I have also pointed out before how I love it when new scientific discoveries confirm what was written in Scripture thousands of years ago. In my lifetime, I have lived (and continue to live) many different “chapters.” …
Blog 202. Baby Steps
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/186LdNxpjU/?mibextid=wwXIfr Hopefully all can open the links in this blog. In case not, refer to the movie “What About Bob.” In order to make progress in the way of YHWH, we must do it s-l-o-w-l-y. We do this because the hearts of people must be changed, and we are not able to change hearts; only YHWH changes hearts. …
Blog 201. When is משפט Justice and When Judgment?
⦁ ▸ Note BDB does NOT use “justice” for משפט. For this, we should not be so “mechanical” or “machine-like” in our translations. We should be “impeccable” with our word. Many times in what I have shared previously, using BDB as the basis for the more literal translations, I have used “judgment” when it felt uncomfortable to …
Blog 195. Feel מש
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 …
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 …