It appears that sometimes there are so many connections in a verse, that I can’t go beyond a focus just on one word. Today, we will look at this word, and hopefully eventually be able to put it into context. ⦁ Genesis 25:5-6 5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. 6 But Abraham …
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Blog 117. Tent אהל
Just looking at the three-letter cognate permutations: First the roots with the lamed in the פ position (remember terminology is based upon the root פעל, and since Hebrew reads right to last, the פ is first, ע middle, and ל the last position in the terminology). Please see that all of these beginning with lamed ל should be in the same group, i.e. combine groups D42 and D51. I …
Blog 115. אכל Cognate Permutations
אכל is a very common word in Tanakh. And this number does not include other derived nouns such as h0402 אכלה (18 occurrences in ESV Strong’s), h0396 אכילה (1 occ.), h3978 מאכל (4 occ.), h3979 מאכלת, h3980 מאכלת (2 occ.), h4361 מכלת (1 occ.), and others that may be related h8502 תכלה (1 occ.), h8503 תכלית (4 occ.), h8504 תכלת (48 occ.), and h1964 היכל (75 occ.) This is the “כל family:” • כֹּל-(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, …
Blog 114. In what world do you live?
Following on Blog 113, now having gotten feedback from a couple of folks, hopefully, finally I can move along to this step. After we cover some of these “socially sensitive” topics, then there is a very large expanse to share with you. I anticipate that this entry will drive some away. I anticipate that the …
Blog 112. “Free Will” – choice בחר choose
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 …
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 – …