Tag: #Oldtestament
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The true origins of begadkefat?
So first then what is begadkefat? It is a grammatical system where consonantal pronunciation changes in certain letters of the Hebrew writing script. This often depends on whether begins or ends syllables or words and is often indicated with a dagesh mark which is a dot that appears inside or next to a letter. This…
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The Trinity and why does it matter?
So what is the Trinity? It is the theology that God exists in three persons: The Father (known in the Old Testament as YHVH) The Son (known in the New Testament as Jesus or Yeshua) and the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost. Here below is from John 1:1 ESV 1 In the beginning was the Word,…
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What is the truth on Isaiah ישעיהו 14
First here let me quote the early verse before the more significant parts arrive. Here is Isaiah/ Yeshayahu 14:1-8 14 The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land.Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.2 Nations will take them and bring them to their own place.And Israel will take possession of…
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What is divine inspiration?
So when we say the Bible is the word of God, what is meant by this? Did the Bible just drop from heaven? So most peoples understanding both those who believe in the truth of scripture and those who do not. It sort of goes like, a prophet goes into a daze or trance and…
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The Yom Kippur confessional
So what is the Yom Kippur confession or the Viduy Zuta (short confession) or Ashmnu meaning confession of our guilt. This is recited several or many times in the 24 hours of Yom Kippur by Orthodox Jews. If you do noy know Yom Kippur is the Biblical day of atonement which is every year on…
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Section 3 Late Biblical Hebrew and Mishnaic Hebrew
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 using…
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Section 2 Analysis of Early Biblical Hebrew
Before I formally begin the article I want to give you a pronunciation guide if you do not know the nikud (vowel points in diacritics). A- A as in father ‘ The apostrophe is the quickest e that is almost silent. E- E as in pet. Ei- E as in they or A as in…
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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…
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Historicity of the Tower of Babel section II
We won’t discuss language anymore because I feel it’s clear there is a single language source,so now to talk about why there was a language catastrophe in Sumer/Kengir at the Tower of Babel/Bavel. The common word for tower in ancient Sumer/Kengir is ziggurat as opposed to migdal (Heb. tower) but the word ziggurat is not…
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The Historicity of the Tower of Babel Section I
Is there proof the Tower of Babel account a true account historically ? I will explore this in this article. Here is Genesis chapter 11 וַיְהִ֥י כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ שָׂפָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּדְבָרִ֖ים אֲחָדִֽים: And it was that the earth was of one language and words were uniform. יְהִ֖י בְּנָסְעָ֣ם מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיִּמְצְא֥וּ בִקְעָ֛ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם: And…
