common in the era of the prophets, continuing into the time of the Exile. El Ôlām (or El’ôloām) as a name calls attention to God’s eternal duration, His agelessness and His perpetuity amid the changing tides of natural and human events. The name El ’Elyôn (Gen 14:18; ...
It is clustered in poetic passages in the prophets and the Psalter. The idea of rule is expressly asserted in the enthronement psalms (93, 96-99), but is already found in Psalm 2. This suggests that the entire Book of Psalms should be read with an emphasis on God's rulership. The ...
This name derives from the Hebrew “Zekaryâh / Zekaryâhû,” meaning “God has remembered.” Zechariah was an essential person in the Hebrew Bible and traditionally considered the author of Zechariah’s Book, the Twelve Minor P... read more
). For other changes see list below. In Ḳimḥi's commentary on the Prophets (ed. Soncino, 1485) the printer apologizes for changing the "he" ofYhwhto a "dalet" and the "he" of Elohim to a "ḳof," "in honor and reverence for His Name, for sometimes copies may be lost an...
The only important hypogeum which is wholly Jewish in its arrangement, and may consequently belong to an earlier or to any epoch, is that known as the tombs of the prophets, in the western flank of the Mount of Olives. It has every appearance of having originally been a natural cavern ...
The father of fortitude. This unisex name is used to refer to various characters in the Bible, including David’s brother Eliab’s daughter. 6. Abital Abital is a Hebrew name with ancient origins; it means “my father is dew,” in an unusual expression. It is a unisex name that was...
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of the Bible were becoming popular (Wycliffe, Tyndale et al.) there was no significant Jewish presence to speak of in England. So the gentiles, in ignorance, assumed that G-d's personal Name had the vowels of Adonai in it. It would be like taking the consonants of your first name and...
In the Bible, Elijah was a prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the 9th century BCE. He is known for his miracles and his confrontation with the prophets of the god Baal on Mount Carmel. The story of Elijah has made the name popular among Jews, Christians, and Mu...
Bible indicates that the prophets only knew in part. But it is a full word of God, his full revelation from beginning to end that can give us a faith and an understanding of God and his purposes. Apart from his word we are in darkness and there is no knowledge of God, of who God...