Tag: #language

  • Table of nations hypotheses

    This article is a follow up to my article on the historicity of the Tower of Babel. This is to further elaborate on some of the things discussed in the other article. I will by no means try to make exact connections from Biblical patriarchs to modern nations. We all know history and that city…

  • Section 7 The Lesson לקח

    Four entered the orchard: Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Acher (i.e., Elisha ben Avuya), and Rabbi Akiva. One looked and died. One looked and was harmed. One looked and cut down the trees. And one went up in peace and went down in peace. Ben Azzai looked and died. Scripture says about him (Ps. 116:15): “Precious…

  • Section 5 B’midbar (Numbers) במדבר

    So we find ourselves in B’midbar chapter 4 verse 39 Bemidbar: Verse 39פָּתַח וְאָמַר, יְיָ’ אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי מִמִּי אִירָא וְגוֹ.’ יְיָ’ אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי, כֵּיוָן דְּבַר נָשׁ אִסְתָּכַּל בִּנְהוֹרָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַנְהִיר עָלֵיהּ, לָא דָּחִיל מֵעִלָאִין וְתַתָּאִין. כד”א, וְעָלַיִךְ יִזְרַח יְיָ’ וּכְבוֹדוֹ עָלַיִךְ יֵרָאֶה. יְיָ’ מָעוֹז חַיֵּי, כֵּיוָן דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָחִיד בֵּיהּ בְּבַר…

  • Section 4 Vayikra (Leviticus) ויקרא

    Now we are in the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus) Vayikra: Verse 29ד”א בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי, דָּא גַּן עֵדֶן דִּלְעֵילָּא. אֲחוֹתִי כַלָּה, דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּבְהַהוּא יוֹמָא אִזְדַּוְּוגוּ זִוּוּגִין בְּכֹלָּא, אִזְדַּוְּוגוּ זִוּוּגִין בְּהַהוּא גַּן עֵדֶן, בְּגִין דְּאִתְבָּרְכוּ כֻּלְּהוּ מִשַּׁקְיוּ דְּנַחֲלָא, וְאִתְקַשָּׁרוּ כָּל חַד בְּחַבְרֵיהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם בְּשָׂמִי אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי…

  • What does Proverbs 1:27 really mean?

    Let’s talk about Proverbs/Mishlei chapter 1 verse 27. Here it is in the original masoretic text . כז בְּבֹ֤א כְשֹׁאָ֨וה כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם וְֽ֖אֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּבֹ֥א עֲ֜לֵיכֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְצוּקָֽה:(27) Here I will give my best translation and then I will publish some English translations. And your terror comes like a storm and your misfortune like a…

  • Contradictions

    Oct 10, 2023 — by The Hoosac historian What about contradictions and ambiguity in meaning and intertextual contradictions.I was watching something about the Dead Sea scrolls and Psalm 22 today and the debate on what Psalm 22:17 in the Hebrew text or 16 in most English translations say.Does it describe a lion attack or does…

  • On Daniel 2, The four Kingdoms

    Sep 15, 2023 — by The Hoosac historian Most secular historians don’t really deny 1,2,3 are Babylon,Persia,Alexandian Greece/Seleucid Greece but more argue Daniel was composed in about 165 BCE after they fell.Of coarse I am of the belief that Daniel was a contemporary of Nebuchanezzar /Nevukhadnetzar(Heb.).In Babylonian Cuneiform he was known as Nebu-Kuduri-Usur II ,(605-562…

  • Full analysis of Daniel 9:27

    Why does this matter ? This important because it is the finality of what prophetic scholars call the 70th week of Daniel.And so then you ask what is the 70th week of Daniel ? Now I am not an expert on this but I will offer a quick overview and feel free to do your…

  • How much does precise grammar actual matter?

    This will will be a lot about Hebrew and does precise grammar really effect pragmatic meaning. This article will only put forth opinions and you may or may not agree with my conclusions which is ok! Let us now dive into Genesis 1:1 בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ In both the King James…

  • Translations part II

    Now let us look at the Amplified Bible Same Corinithians 15 quote from the ESV I quoted 3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold], 4 and that He was buried, and that He was [bodily] raised on…