Psalm 42:1-2 says, “As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God.” We should pant after God as a deer panteth for the water, and we should lap it up as a camel laps up water from a stream in the desert. The bloo...
When exploring the word of God in the Old Testament (OT), it is important to locate the texts into a social and historical context. It is in this context that the word of God is mediated by human expression. To deny the human expression is effectively to place a barrier between the wor...
Hebrew is God’s heart language—the mother tongue of the Scriptures Jesus read. Hebrew is also an extremely rich, poetic language that looks at the world in very different ways than English. What it says in English is an inexact representation of its meaning in its original language. Some ...
Kitty Burns Florey remarks that trying to get English to conform to the rules of Latin grammar is "something like forcing a struggling cat into the carrier for a trip to the vet." Trying to get Hebrew (which is lusciously poetic) and Greek (which relies heavily on context for ...
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In Hebrew, "Elohim" is used here, a plural form that denotes majesty and power. This name for God emphasizes His sovereignty and supreme authority over all creation. The use of "Elohim" in this context reminds us of the Creator who spoke the universe into existence, underscoring the weight...
W. Kenyon and Don Gossett reveal the secret of seeing the fulfillment of God's promises in your own life. Far too many Christians continue to li... EW Kenyon 被引量: 2发表: 2009年 Midrash In modern parlance, midrash (Hebrew root dr, "to investigate, seek, search out, examine") ...
In Hebrew, "words" (דִּבְרֵי, dibrei) often carry the connotation of not just spoken words but also intentions and thoughts. The "mouth" (פִּי, pi) is the instrument through which these words are expressed. In the biblical context, words are not trivial;...
fame; glory," which was used in Biblical writing to translate a Hebrew word which had a sense of "brightness, splendor, magnificence, majesty of outward appearance." The religious use has colored that word's meaning in most European tongues.Wuldorwas an Old English word used in this sense....
finish. In case we were hoping to blame the slavery on human free will and attribute the salvation to God, the Haggadah forecloses that option, reminding us that God had promised Avraham that his descendants would wind up in Egypt for four centuries, but that God would eventually rescue ...