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 …
Tag: Samson Raphael Hirsch
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 …
Blog 165. True Knowledge
(I was led in this direction by a devotional in The Berean. And, as always, my own life is another witness to me.) ⦁ Romans 10:2 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge (g1922. ἐπίγνωσις epignōsis). ▸ g1922. ἐπίγνωσις epignōsis; from 1921; recognition, i.e. (by implication) …
Blog 163. Wait Quietly דומם
To follow is the work from my two-letter research, the family of דם roots, according to Hirsch’s variant families (see the Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, based on the Commentaries of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (EDBH), by Rabbi Matityahu Clark (see References). h1748. דּוּמָם dûmâm: ⦁ ▸ Tanakh (4 results) ❶. Yeshayahu 47:5 (Mikraot Gedolot) שְׁבִי דוּמָם וּבֹאִי …
Blog 162. “Rely” שען – (as עצם Bone)
עצם “Bone” Cognate Permutations includes מ ↔︎ נ Impression עצם cognate permutations (influence positively/negatively) also (withhold/provide) ((see אזן)) Includes שמע and שען Includes משח, the root for משיח Messiah. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h8172. שָׁעַן šâ‘an According to NKJV Strongs, in Olive Tree Bible Study, h8172. שָׁעַן šâ‘an occurs 20 times in TaNaKh. See the ways it is interpreted in NKJV: ⦁ Genesis 18:1-5 1 Then the LORD …
Blog 155. To Call קרא – Continuing in Genesis 2
There is so much in Genesis 2, perhaps a lifetime of learning. It is so hard to know where to go next. קרא seems like a good step. We mentioned last time that there seems to be more explanation of the language שׂפה in the investigation of cognate permutations for קרא than any other dissection/digestion done so far. And that does …
Blog 154. Books of Torah
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, …