When we stroll through our neighborhood while walking our dog, and we notice a stop-sign, we not only recognize the meaning of the sign (we're walking, so we feel free to not heed the sign's command), but we also subconsciously remember that we've already passed five of those same ...
Working on a family tree, you deal with a lot of names that have little or no meaning. They are just names without context, kind of like reading through the list of Hebrew names compiled by the Chronicler in today’s chapter. I have found it interesting, however, that certain ...
“Grant abundant peace upon Your people Israel eternally, for You are the King, Lord of all peace. May it be pleasing in Your eyes to bless Your people Israel at every season, every hour, with Your peace.”Shalom Rav - Traditional PrayerThe word Shalom meaning “hello,”“goodbye,” and...
Instead, there are many kinds of actions that lead to many “deaths.” There is a death that is not final. Physical death is a one time event (most of the time!), but a spiritual death can happen many times. We are called to repent from the acts that lead to death, meaning that...
Original Word: אָדַרPart of Speech: VerbTransliteration: adarPronunciation: ah-darPhonetic Spelling: (aw-dar')Definition: To be glorious, to be majestic, to be nobleMeaning: to expand, be great, magnificent Strong's Exhaustive Concordancebecome glorious, honorable ...
They contended also that the fundamental meaning of the biliterals is to be ascertained from the meaning of the letters composing each, and for this purpose they assigned to each letter what the former called "significatio hieroglyphica," and the latter "valor logicus." This last is the ...
The first group are fools. But what are the natural consequences of being foolish? The second group, those who walk in wisdom, will be kept safe. The fools face the opposite fate: they will experience harm. This harm is self-inflicted because it comes from the personal choice to trust in...
All this makes it worthy of investigation. The last few decades have seen a rise in the utilisation of cognitive linguistics (CL) for the exegesis of the HB. A review of scholarly literature did not identify any robust attempt at utilising CL to gain insight into the meani...
The Hebrew word “kadosh,” an adjective meaning holy, and its noun and verb forms (holiness and to sanctify) are used repeatedly in the Bible. They are used
“The whole world sighs…” (Apostle Paul). “It is of the very essence of Christianity to face suffering and death not because they are good, not because they have meaning, but because the resurrection of Jesus has robbed them of their meaning” (Merton). Amen, the final word is found...