Hebrew is read right to left, starting with the last word in the first line, vaQara means “and to call”, but also it means “and to proclaim”. Shem with the suffix shown refers to “his name”, but in Hebrew, a name also speaks to the character or reputation. I will work o...
The Hebrew perfect should be understood either as perfective “I have informed you” or performative “I hereby inform you.” Either is appropriate for “today” since the thirty sayings it refers to have been written down (v. 20), but it appears to be part of introducing the sayings ...
And now that we mention Biblical Hebrew, the story of the building of the temple in Jerusalem is not so much about a physical building but rather the Hebrew language (see our article on YHWH for more on this). And to be wholly precise: with the word Hebrew, we mean the entire cluster...
For the most part, the root word nun-ayin-mem ( نعم ) in Arabic has the same definitions as those in Hebrew: relaxed, pleasant, comfortable; but when it appears in the nominal form ni’ma (نعمه), it means chesed or divine grace, and it may be understood in the...
For example, “Keturah,” which means incense in Hebrew and Arabic, is the name of Abraham’s third wife or concubine. According to the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, the former slave turned abolitionist who first brought the case of the Zong to the attention of Granville Sharpe, Africans ...
Deborah is a Hebrew word for "bee". We also know that Deborah in the bible was the judge of Israel. The only time the word "bee" is found in the bible is in Isaiah 7:18 and refers to the Assyrian/King of Syria.Isaiah 7 is also where it says that Damascus is the head of ...
come to my aid, for I am persecuted unjustly.87 My enemies almost took away my life, but I have not forsaken your commands.88 In your kindness[dc] spare my life, and I will obey the statutes of your mouth. Lamedh 89 [dd]Your word, O Lord, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in...
In the new edition the three volumes of the first edition have been reduced to one volume by the elimination of the notes; besides Hebrew words and phrases have been eliminated or transliterated. By these changes the translator sought to produce a cheap edition in order to bring the work of...
The Mosaic Law is for the unrighteous (1 Timothy 1:9.) not those that have been given the free gift of righteousness. By the way… Who is “Yahshua”? The spelling of the Lord’s Name in Hebrew would be Yod-Shin-Vav- Ayin and be transliterated as “Yeshua”. Mike said this on ...
We speak of God, of the Son, his Word, and of the Holy Spirit and we say that the Father, the Son and the Spirit are united in power. For the Son is the intelligence, reason and wisdom of the Father and the Spirit is an effluence, as light from fire. In the same way we ...