But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of YHWH Jonah 1:3 From – Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezer notices that there is a difference between flight from the Lord due to fear (mi-penei) and flight due to breaking the relationship (mi-lifnei). In some cases, the Bible describes running from the face of…
For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness.” 1 Corinthians 3:19 (citing Job 5:13) Craftiness – When rabbi Sha’ul cites Eliphaz’s comment in Job 5:13, he certainly recalled another use of a similar consonant stem (Ayin-Resh-Mem). Craftiness is the supreme characteristic of the serpent (Genesis 3:1). We wouldn’t…
for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? 1 Corinthians 3:3 Fleshly – Look at a few English versions and you will quickly discover that the Greek word sarkikos is translated in several ways. The NASB uses…
but just as it is written, “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 (quoting Isaiah 64:4 and 65:17) As It Is Written – Most Christian commentaries recognize that Paul’s…
I waited, waited for YHWH; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry. Psalm 40:2 (Hebrew Text) Inclined – Natah. Nun-Tet-Hey. That’s how you spell this Hebrew verb. The picture? What is revealed (what comes) from life surrounded. Actually, the pictures are fish darting through water (life activity) and a snake coiled around something…
I waited, waited for YHWH; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry. Psalm 40:2 (Hebrew Text) Waited – Soon we will all have additional opportunities to wait. Try seeing a doctor next year. Of course, our cultural framework for waiting isn’t the same as waiting in David’s Hebrew view. If we read our…
Then Jesus was taken up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tested by the devil. Matthew 4:1 Taken Up – This is the only place in the gospel of Matthew where the Greek verb anago (to take up) is used. Of course, anyone who stands at the mouth of the Jordan River realizes…
There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your rage, nor peace in my bones because of my sin. Psalm 38:3 There Is No – Any dictionary will tell you that ‘ayin is a particle of negation. It means “no, none or nothing.” It’s used thousands of times in Scripture to negate something. Here…
Make Your face shine upon Your servant; save me in Your kindness. Psalm 31:16 (ISR translation) Make Shine – No matter where you turn in the Scriptures, you are never far from Genesis. The beginning is the end. The Garden is the destination. So, we shouldn’t be too surprised to find ‘or connected with salvation. …
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says YHWH. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18 White – To make laban. Hebrew for “white” is laban. Of course, this has exquisite irony in the story of…
