WHAT IS A “FEMALE SLAVE”? CONTEXT AND COMPARISON ---— 36 —1.1 THE AMAH AND THE SHIFḤAH: BREEDER, DRUDGE, CONCUBINE OR WIFE?The terms אמהamah and שפחהshifḥah, found throughout the biblical text (as well as extra-biblical and post-biblical Hebrew texts), are...
southwestern Jordan and southern Israel. Edomite was aNorthwest Semitic Canaanite language, very similar to Hebrew, Ekronite, Ammonite, Phoenician, Amorite and Sutean, spoken by the Edomites in southwestern Jordan and parts of Israel in the 2nd and 1st millennium BC. ...
As with a terebinth or an oak whose trunk remains when its leaves have fallen.[ak] Holy offspring is the trunk. Chapter 7 The Syro-Ephraimite War[al] Crisis in Judah. 1 In the days of Ahaz,[am] king of Judah, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, ...
The Covenant Setting - This is what Moses said to all of Israel in the Transjordanian wilderness, the arid rift valley opposite Suph, between Paran
Esau was the first born twin son of Isaac and Rebekah, and he is described as a manly man in Genesis 25. As he grew, he became a hunter and his father's favorite, and before he forced his twin brother to flee, he married two Canaanite women, which displeased his parents. While his...
41. The Israelites expostulate with Judah for bringing home the king without themBerean Study BibleI am now eighty years oldThis phrase is spoken by Barzillai the Gileadite, a wealthy and loyal supporter of King David. The mention of "eighty years old" highlights the advanced age and the ...
The Battle of Armageddon is the great battle, mentioned in Revelation, that takes place in the Last Days before the new heaven and the new earth.
It helps us see what life was like for the majority of the Israelite/Judahite population that did not live in the major cities and formed the basis of biblical society. View Footnotes Prof. Oded Borowski is Professor (Emeritus) of Biblical Archaeology and Hebrew at Emory University. He is ...
41. The Israelites expostulate with Judah for bringing home the king without themBerean Study BiblePlease let your servant returnThis phrase reflects a humble request, emphasizing the speaker's deference and respect. The Hebrew word for "servant" is "ebed," which denotes a position of sub...
6then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon, 7and came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba. 8...