They came to Balaam and reported[n] to him the words of Balak. 8 He replied to them, “Stay[o] here tonight, and I will bring back to you whatever word the Lord may speak to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam. 9 And God came to Balaam and said, “Who are ...
kurs ('alah (Nu 5:21,23,17, etc.), me'erah (Pr 3:33; Mal 2:2, etc.), klalah (Ge 27:12-13); katara (Ga 3:10,13)): This word as noun and verb renders different Hebrew words, some of them being more or less synonymous, differing only in degree of strength. It is ...
In other words, the bad money will be used to make payments ahead of the good money. However, as emphasized above, this can only happen when the two currencies exchange at a fixed exchange rate and when the use of good money at its market price is expensive. According to Rolnick and ...
(Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:13): This word as noun and verb renders different Hebrew words, some of them being more or less synonymous, differing only in degree of strength. It is often used in contrast with “bless” or “blessing” (Deuteronomy 11:29). When a curse is pronounced ...
In various books of the Hebrew Bible there are long lists of curses against transgressors of the Law. The 10 Plagues of Egypt, preceding the 10 Commandments, can be seen as curses cast from the rods of Aaron and Moses acting on instruction from the God of Israel, in order to enable ...
Placing Psalm 58 within the context of the lament genre, the purpose of its difficult words is examined. In line with authors such as W. Brueggemann and C. Stuhlmueller an attempt is made to surface the significance of formal language of violence in the search for theological meaning. A ...
These words are parenthetical, just as in Matthew 9:6. The latter part of the oath is called "an oath of cursing," because it contained the imprecations on the guilty. To rot. Hebrew, "to fall." Τὸν μηρόν σουδιαπεπτωκότα,, Septuagint. To swell. The...
The mother's initial curse upon the thief and subsequent blessing upon her son highlight the power of words and intentions in Hebrew culture. Teaching PointsThe Importance of ConfessionMicah's confession to his mother demonstrates the biblical principle of confessing sins to restore relationships and...
The researchers first asked fluent speakers of Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean and Russian to list the most vulgar ( 粗俗的 ) words they could think of. Once they’d made a list of each language’s most frequently used curse words, the researchers compared these with neutral words from th...
Part II discusses the two skills which lawyers uniquely posses to help them understand the Word of God which any person with a vocation must realize: (1) the ability to use and interpret words and (2) the ability to analyze the world around them. Part III employs the biblical example of...