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 …
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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 …
Blog 180. Hammer and Nail
The origin of this quotation is argued, but it has been used many times, including in Abraham Maslow’s book The Psychology of Science and Abraham Kaplan’s book The Conduct of Inquiry. It was also made famous in the movie Arrival that we have discussed many times before. Wójcicki attributes it to Mark Twain. It is a catchy phrase that seems to …
Blog 174. Alpha Α and Omega Ω – Two-Letter Thoughts
I guess we all know this repeated quotation, seen several times in the Book of Revelation. I would like to take a deeper dive into some possible meanings from this quotation. First, as we have discussed many times before, there are often many more meanings to Scripture than the obvious. With the adjacent quotes, “first …
Blog 169. Parable of the Sower
Why was the Parable of the Sower the parable that was used to explain to the disciples the purpose of parables, and why was this particular one spelled out in detail to get good understanding? And why the quotation from the prophet in the discussion? Hebrew זרוע = “that which is sown.” זרוע cognate permutations (challenge existent) – Bozrah in …
Blog 168. Encourage/Discourage Movement
① standing firm and upright ⦁ Deuteronomy 29:10-13 10(9H) “All of you stand (h5324. נָצַב nâṣaḇ) today before the LORD your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts …
Blog 166. Measure
⦁ John 3:34 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure (g3358. μέτρον metron). ▸ g3358. μέτρον metron; an apparently primary word; a measure (“metre”), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree): — measure. AV (13) – measure 13; ⦁ Genesis 18:6 …
Blog 162. “Rely” שען – (as עצם Bone)
עצם “Bone” Cognate Permutations includes מ ↔︎ נ Impression עצם cognate permutations (influence positively/negatively) also (withhold/provide) ((see אזן)) Includes שמע and שען Includes משח, the root for משיח Messiah. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h8172. שָׁעַן šâ‘an According to NKJV Strongs, in Olive Tree Bible Study, h8172. שָׁעַן šâ‘an occurs 20 times in TaNaKh. See the ways it is interpreted in NKJV: ⦁ Genesis 18:1-5 1 Then the LORD …
Blog 150. Let’s Be Clear about One Thing
I have shared before that my study of the Word of God using the techniques discussed here, mostly from the Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew by R. Matityahu Clark, is like trying to drink from a fire hose. Over the months, I seem to have learned to drink a little better than my previous sipping, …