The word probably denotes the peculiar fertility of the soil; by the ancient versions, instead of using it as a proper name, a word meaning fruitful or fat is adopted. Thus, in Ps 22:13, for Bashan, we find in Sept. πίονες; Aquila, λιπαροί; Symmachus, σιτ...
of Biblical literature. Historically, exegetes have recognized four levels of meaning in the Bible: the historical or literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the anagogical or mystical, putting emphasis on the necessity of a foundation for the latter three in the literal sense. —exegete,n....
However, the places themselves; their names, their climates, their distinct features, add an extra layer of meaning to the stories we thought we knew. Dr Jonathan Lipnick, the creator of this course, is a licensed Israeli tour guide. As someone who actually lives in and travels throughout ...
for no less than seven distinct Hebrew words, each of which had its own independent and individual meaning, and could not be-at least is not- interchanged with any other. We frequently find two, three, and even more equivalents for the same Hebrew term; and, besides, some of the words...
Before and while searching for Isaiah 2, the desire to just sing Hosanna came out. I hate to admit but I did not know the meaning. I did not look it up until after reading Isaiah 2 out loud. As I was reading I was singing Hosanna. ...
Psalm 68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32. Psalm 68:13 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags Psalm 68:14 Hebrew Shaddai Psalm 68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among th...
Isaiah says (Isa 34:7), "The Lord shall cause his victims to be slain in the land of Edom; a terrible slaughter will he make; he will kill the unicorns and the lulls," meaning those proud and cruel princes who oppressed the weak. SEE CATTLE. ...
The precise meaning of the Hebrew word (תֵּבָה, tebah') is uncertain. The word only occurs here and in the second chapter of Exodus, where it is used of the little papyrus boat in which the mother of Moses entrusted her child to the Nile. In all probability it is ...
and describes more accurately the birthplace of Porphyry-Batanea, the Bashan of Scripture. To account for his being called a Tyrian some have supposed that he was originally of Jewish origin, and having first embraced, and afterwards renounced Christianity, called himself a Tyrian to conceal his ...
Doubtless this is an agreement with the meaning of the original word (which occurs also in Nu 13:33, in connection with the Anakim). But these giants, as in other cases, would naturally be designated by a descriptive name, and great strength is generally accompanied by violence and ...