Rivers in the Bible also serve as obvious metaphors for the "flow" of human cultural enlightenment: theNilecorresponds to the wisdom and culture ofEgypt, theEuphratesandTigriswith the wisdoms and cultures ofAssyriaandBabylon, and so on. A Hebrew is someone who fearlessly crosses over all of ...
except by Palestinian speakers) or are lost. Thesyntaxis based on that of theMishna. Characteristic of Hebrew of all stages is the use of word roots consisting usually of three consonants, to which vowels and other consonants are added to derive words of different parts of speech and meaning...
for 'shiryown' (8302); a coat of mail:--brigandine. 5631 cariycsaw-reece' or caric {saw-reece'}; from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state:--chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare '...
words carefully, you can say something that sounds like perfectly comprehensible Dutch, perfectly comprehensible German and perfectly comprehensible English at the same time (albeit perhaps with a funny accent and poor grammar), but which has a completely different meaning in each of these languages....
or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}; apparently from ''ashar' (833) (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire:--Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See ''ashur' (838). 80...
Hosea also warns Israel to not depend on the strength and support of foreign powers or even the people’s own abilities to make war. He asks the people to confess —“Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses.”(14:3)
Many people have a narrow view of the meaning of "helper" (ezer) used for Eve in Genesis 2. How is ezer used in the Bible?
One was born in the land of Assyria, another by origin a Hebrew from Palestine. When I met the last one (who was superior in power), having tracked him down in his hiding-place in Egypt, I found rest. He was the true, Sicilian bee, gathering from the flowers of the p...
or cheq {khake}; and chowq {khoke}; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively):--bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within. 2437 Chiyrahkhee-raw' from 'chavar' (2357) in the sense of splendor; Chirah, an Adullamite:--Hirah. 2438 Chiyramkhe...
from an unused root meaning to journey; a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller):--ewe, sheep. 7354 Rachelraw-khale' the same as 'rachel' (7353); Rachel, a wife of Jacob:--Rachel. 7355 rachamraw-kham' a primitive root; to fondle; by ...