Tag: faith
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Chapter 8 Hebrew for Christians
69. So maybe Hebrew for Christians is not the right title for this chapter for anyone can read the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible. Maybe “New Testament relevant Hebrew would be better. So for the Obvious here is Jesus and of course Jesus is an Anglicization of the Greek word word Jesus. The original name…
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Chapter 7 The self,family and the human experience
64. Father (formal): Av אב ,also 11th month of Hebrew calendar. Father (informal like Daddy) Aba אבא. Fathers (plural)also ancestors and Biblical Patriarchs Avot אבות Mother (formal): Eim אם (and Informal like Mom) Ima אמא Son as a concept: bein בן and son as “son of” example David Ben Gurion: ben בן Son in Aramaic:…
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Chapter 6 Mishnaic Hebrew
57. So what is Mishnaic Hebrew also known as the L’shon chazal לשון חז״ל (language of the sages) ? It was the style of post Biblical Hebrew that became in common use in Rabbinical writings from after the Dead Sea scroll era to about 500 to maybe 550 ce. It gets its name from the…
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Chapter 5 Late Biblical Hebrew
48. What is late Biblical Hebrew ? In general it is the post exilic style found in the mid 500’s bce and forward. This is third evolution in Hebrew itself as I show down below. Pre Biblical Hebrew- from the Patriarchs to about the Judges era 1800 bce to just later than about 1100 bce…
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Chapter 4 Early Biblical Hebrew part 2
37. let us look at Shir Hashirim or Song of Songs שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים (also Songs of Solomon).This in the peshat,the simple interpretation of the Bible this book is an erotic love poem between two lovers.The remez or the hint a deeper level of interpretation views this book as an allegory for God’s love of Israel.This…
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Chapter 3 Early or Classical Biblical Hebrew
26. What are Psalms? They were originally intended as songs of praise ,in Hebrew they are called T’hilim תהילים meaning “praises”. These praises were often meant to be sung with instruments as songs of praise and these are often called a מִזְמוֹר mizmor (meaning song). The T’hilim or Psalms are divided into 5 books with…
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Chapter 2 Early Hebrew and the Torah
10. So let us look at some early Torah Hebrew with Genesis 1:1. בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ This says B’reishit (In the literally head but meaning beginning) bara (creation) Elohim (God phrased plural) et ha’shamyim v’et ha’eretz (the heavens and the earth) Bara is interesting it is where “Abracadabra” came from Abra…
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A brief and simple history of Hebrew linguistics
Chapter 1 What is Hebrew and where did it come from 1. First I want to start with a vowel pronunciation code ,now it is true that Hebrew vowels are written in what are called nikud which are dots under the letters and we will thoroughly go over those.However due to the fact that computer…
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Jesus and the Pharisees and what does it mean ?
So first let us ask who were the Pharisees? The word comes from the Hebrew word P’rushim פְּרוּשִׁים meaning separated ones or that is pious ones more broadly.Most likely coming from the word parash which can mean to apportion in some cases.They were the most prominent group in Jewish thought in second Temple times and…
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About deliverance
What is the truth about deliverance ministries and what does it mean .Is “name it and claim” it really true? This has become very controversial in modern Christianity with some people radically both supporting and opposing things like deliverance ministries and the prosperity Gospel.So what does scripture say on this matter and let us begin…
Truth in Mikra 