Tag Archives: hebrew
My Big Boy Bible Has Arrived!
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, that is. If you don’t have one, get one. Now. Related Posts:Joshua, Elisha, and Jesus — God and Salvation at the TransfigurationTypos/Errors of Bullinger’s “The Companion Bible”Adam and the Enslavement of Humanity, Part 11 Chronicles 1:29 — Accents and Sentence StructureIsaiah 7 — Translation and Notes
Isaiah 6:4-5
See the disclaimer in the last post of this kind. Related Posts:A Translation of Isaiah 6 with NotesIsaiah 6:1-3Eden, the Temple, and birds: a look at Isaiah 31:5Sing with the understanding also: swift and beautiful feet a little hebrew spelling story
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Isaiah 6:1-3
I am an infant in Hebrew, going straight from a mere four quarters of relatively slow-paced Modern Israeli Hebrew to being dropped head first this quarter in a course alongside grad students of biblical Hebrew. So the comments on Isaiah 6:1-11 are by no means the product of my own reflection alone. Much of this [...]
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If you can read this, thank an obscure Semite who invented acrophony.
We do not know whether he considered himself a Canaanite, a Hebrew, an Israelite, some combination of the three, or even something else. Whoever he was, he was what history today refer to as a Canaanite. He probably wasn’t considered an especially high-status fellow, if you read between the lines of the economic situation he [...]
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an error in Charles A Crane’s ‘Christianity and Mormonism’
I am currently reading Charles A Crane’s Christianity and Mormonism, in which Charles A Crane makes his case against Mormonism. On the level I think he is right — that the LDS church makes some highly unlikely historical claims, especially with regard to the Book of Mormon. But I must take exception to something he [...]
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Jottings on Genesis: faces, Spanish, animal marriage, gopher wood, and the uncreation of Genesis 7
Faces Related Posts:an odd coincidenceJoshua, Elisha, and Jesus — God and Salvation at the TransfigurationTypos/Errors of Bullinger’s “The Companion Bible”Adam and the Enslavement of Humanity, Part 11 Chronicles 1:29 — Accents and Sentence Structure
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a few (2000) words on Genesis 6:5-8
וַיַּרְא יְהוָה כִּי רַבָּה רָעַת הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וְכָל־יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבֹת לִבּוֹ רַק רַע כָּל־הַיּוֹם׃ : וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהוָה כִּי־עָשָׂה אֶת־הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וַיִּתְעַצֵּב אֶל־לִבּוֹ׃ : וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶמְחֶה אֶת־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָאתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה מֵאָדָם עַד־בְּהֵמָה עַד־רֶמֶשׂ וְעַד־עוֹף הַשָּׁמָיִם כִּי נִחַמְתִּי כִּי עֲשִׂיתִם׃ : וְנֹחַ מָצָא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה׃ פ Genesis 6:5-8 Commentary on Verse 5 רבה means ‘great, [...]
a few (7000) words on Genesis 6:1-4
וַֽיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־הֵחֵ֣ל הָֽאָדָ֔ם לָרֹ֖ב עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וּבָנ֖וֹת יֻלְּד֥וּ לָהֶֽם׃ וַיִּרְא֤וּ בְנֵי־הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־בְּנ֣וֹת הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֥י טֹבֹ֖ת הֵ֑נָּה וַיִּקְח֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּחָֽרוּ׃ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה לֹֽא־יָד֨וֹן רוּחִ֤י בָֽאָדָם֙ לְעֹלָ֔ם בְּשַׁגַּ֖ם ה֣וּא בָשָׂ֑ר וְהָי֣וּ יָמָ֔יו מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃ הַנְּפִלִ֞ים הָי֣וּ בָאָרֶץ֮ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵם֒ וְגַ֣ם אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָבֹ֜אוּ בְּנֵ֤י הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־בְּנ֣וֹת הָֽאָדָ֔ם וְיָלְד֖וּ לָהֶ֑ם הֵ֧מָּה הַגִּבֹּרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר מֵעוֹלָ֖ם [...]
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hebrew thursday: genesis 5
This should be easier to follow than either of the previous three chapters. It’s unfailingly repetitive. Audio here. Related Posts:genesis 4: (the generally late) hebrew thursdayhebrew thursday: genesis 3hebrew thursday: genesis 2:4 – 2:25hebrew thursday!Joshua, Elisha, and Jesus — God and Salvation at the Transfiguration
Chronicles B 28:26-29:26