One interpretation: advice to young parents The reader will see several Tabernacle connections in this entry. ⦁ Deuteronomy 22:8 8 When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof. ⦁ Deuteronomy 22:8 8 …
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Blog 87. More on שמר
Continuing thoughts from Blog 86 שמר and Complacency Please remember to look back to the reference points that are marked in this entry, from the last entry. ◈ parallels קוה and יחל and שמר from the context of: 🅖 Psalms 130:5-6 5 I wait (h6960. קָוָה qâwâ) for the LORD, my soul waits (h6960. קָוָה qâwâ), And in His word I do hope (h3176. יָחַל yâḥal). 6 My soul (waits) …
Blog 86. Some thoughts on Pesach פסח tied into Complacency
Had Israel gotten complacent in Egypt? Exodus 12:42-43 42 לֵ֣יל שִׁמֻּרִ֥ים הוּא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הֽוּא־הַלַּ֤יְלָה הַזֶּה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה שִׁמֻּרִ֛ים לְכָל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ללְדֹרֹתָֽם׃ פ 43 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן זֹ֖את חֻקַּ֣ת הַפָּ֑סַח כָּל־בֶּן־נֵכָ֖ר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל בֹּֽו׃ ••• Exodus 13:3 3 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־הָעָ֗ם זָכֹ֞ור אֶת־הַיֹּ֤ום הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְצָאתֶ֤ם מִמִּצְרַ֨יִם֙ מִבֵּ֣ית עֲבָדִ֔ים כִּ֚י בְּחֹ֣זֶק יָ֔ד הוֹצִ֧יאיְהוָֹ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִזֶּ֑ה וְלֹ֥א יֵאָכֵ֖ל חָמֵֽץ׃ ••• Exodus 13:8 8 וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ בַּיֹּ֥ום הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּעֲב֣וּר זֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לִ֔י בְּצֵאתִ֖י מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ BDB שִׁמֻּרִים GLOSS vigil, night watch PARSING Hebrew, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute Exodus 12:42-43 42 It (is) a night of solemn observance (שִׁמֻּרִ֛ים h8107. שִׁמֻּר šimur) to the LORD for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This (is) that night …
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 …
Blog 84. Attitude
Came here from note מעשׂה Work, which will likely find its way here soon. This is a long blog entry, so you may want to break into sessions. I have marked potential ”pauses,” if you so desire. In that note, we began a look at three words for work, h4639. מַעֲשֶׂה ma‘ăśeh, h4399. מְלָאכָה melâ’ḵâ, and h5647. עָבַד ‘âḇaḏ. h5647. עָבַד ‘âḇaḏ is featured in this Deuteronomy passage in the middle …
Blog 83. Silver, Like Standing on the Threshold
Silver h3701. כֶּסֶף ḵesep̱ And consider כ + סף כ ••••••• EDBH The כ highlights an example for all to emulate (Gn 10:10). AHLB כ – bend and curve, to tame or subdue TWHA כ – The symbol of crowning accomplishment DeviantArt כ – A palm of a hand, a wing, to allow, to cover, to open the hand, the power to suppress or lift up ▶︎ From note: Origins of …
80-1/2. Sign of Jonah
See note in Blog 80. מעם and “Abomination” that this relates to, Mt12:39, 16:4; Lk11:29-30 ① depriving someone of possessions illegally Exodus 22:21 21(20H) “You shall neither mistreat (h3238. יָנָה yânâ) a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. || Genesis 9:20-23 20 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted …
80. מעם and “Abomination”
AlHaTorah Search מעם Exodus 25:1-9 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. 3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 …
79. Place Which the LORD Your God Chooses
Deuteronomy 12:5 5 כִּ֠י אִֽם־אֶל־הַמָּקֹ֞ום אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֔ם לָשׂ֥וּם אֶת־שְׁמֹ֖ו שָׁ֑ם לְשִׁכְנֹ֥ו תִדְרְשׁ֖וּ וּבָ֥אתָשָֽׁמָּה׃ Deuteronomy 12:5 5 “But you shall seek (h1875. דָּרַשׁ ḏâraš תִדְרְשׁ֖וּ) the place (h4725. מָקוֹם mâqôm) where the LORD your God chooses (h0977. בָּחַר ḇâḥar), out of all your tribes (h7626. שֵׁבֶט šêḇeṭ), to put (h7760. שׂוּם śûm; or שִׂים siym) His name (h8034. שֵׁם šêm) for His dwelling place (h7933. שֶׁכֶן šeḵen); and there (h8033. שָׁם šâm) you shall go (h0935. בּוֹא bô). Deuteronomy 12:5 ESV [with ESV note] 5 But you …