Blog 194. Which in your(pl.) Midst אשר בתוככם in relation to קדש

(✱ ➽ Need to look at these with עמדי – see separate note בתוך עמדי In Midst / With Me) ⦁ ▸ Tanakh (5 results) 1. Bereshit 23:9 (Mikraot Gedolot) וְיִתֶּן לִי אֶת מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר לוֹ אֲשֶׁר בִּקְצֵה שָׂדֵהוּ בְּכֶסֶף מָלֵא יִתְּנֶנָּה לִּי בְּתוֹכְכֶם לַאֲחֻזַּת קָבֶר. ⦁ Genesis 23:8-9 8 And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish that …

Blog 193. Israel FROM Egypt ישראל ממצרים 

Includes קנה acquire; reed עין appear; emerge; eye עמק deepen; valley הים create confusion כהן priest cognate permutations (express/withhold) A reminder (see the red box)  God’s people emanate from “double straits.” ▸ h4714. מִצְרַיִם miṣrayim; dual of h4693. מָצוֹר mâṣôr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt: — Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. AV (681) – Egypt 586, Egyptian 90, Mizraim 4, Egyptians + h1121 1; n pr loc Egypt …

Blog 192. Ice Cream

How do we as individuals manage temptation/addictions? And, do we manage all the same?  I will begin with a temptation that I have, which is ice cream. Do we avoid the issue by not keeping ice cream in the house at all? My dad struggled with tobacco addiction all his adult years. He would quit …

Blog 191. Feminine “This” זאת

The first occurrence of זאת (it occurs three times in that first verse) is in Genesis 2:23. There are no other connecting phrases in that verse. This is a distinctive occurrence, a “flag,” of sorts, to “pay attention.” We will see more below to help with the understanding, but I will say just a few important …

Blog 190. Narrow the Way

The first time that followers of Yeshua/Jesus were called “Christians” was in Antioch (Acts 11:26) Numerous other times, we see in the book of Acts, the followers of Yeshua/Jesus were known as “The Way” (Acts 9:1-2, 29:6-9, 19:23-26, 24:12-16, and 24:22-23. “The Way” was an important perspective for his followers. Not only was it defined in the opening passage from Matthew …

Blog 189. A Follow Up to Blog 126.

It seems long ago I said I would return to something, but have not specifically done so. I have confirmed the statement in Blog 126 on other occasions, pointing out that God’s way of looking at Good and Evil are not mankind’s way, but I have not shown you specific examples of why the Warning was given. …

Blog 188. “Abomination”

h8441 I covered with ABBD; h8251 and h8263 I covered with KSS; h6292 I covered with BBKL; h2194 I covered with AMS;  h0887 I covered with ABS. ABBD תועב “abomination” בעתו in its time cognate permutations (act to balance) KSS שקץ detest ישש age cognate permutations (converge; diverge) BBKL ויבל and bring פגול stink cognate permutations – (manage by encouraging/discouraging) AMS עצם bone נסה test נסע go forward משׂא burden משה Moses שׂנא hate סנהbush נחש serpent cognate permutations (influence positively/negatively) also (withhold/provide) ABS צוה “command”/delegate authority while retaining control חפץ desire אסףgather; collect; I add cognate permutations (motivate/dissuade) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ⦁ ▸ How I was led to dive deeper into understanding was …

Blog 187. AlHaTorah Search Like Which כאשר – [just as]

Impression – כאשר like which; just as cognate permutations (intensive effort)  You can see כאשר is a very common occurrence in TaNaKh, and this is without any modifications. We won’t do them all – there are plenty more for you to “seek and find.” Most often it does not appear with a Strong’s number, as if insignificant, but you may get …

Blog 186. Wait for It

I remind you of the search shared in Blog 184, “Lord is Good:” Using one of the tools we have shared before, the Sesame Street jingle “🎶One of these things is not like the others🎵,” which one would you indicate is a bit different from the other six? This is one of those “guess what I am thinking” …

Blog 185. To Appreciate הדר

I actually began thinking on this topic on my recent trip to Sukkot, driving across the desert Southwest. I realized how much I “appreciated” the Landscape. I was thinking a lot about national parks that we have set aside for people to “appreciate.” We honor these places. To me the topography, the rock formations, are …