ʾābad

  • Fair Warning

    You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord loathes the person of bloodshed and deceit.  Psalm 5:6  NASB Destroy/ loathe – Two verbs of consequence: ʾābad and tāʿab, “to destroy” and “to loathe.”  The meanings are a bit tangled. The verb ʾābad is a common word for to die, or, in the case of things, reputation, etc., to pass…

  • Like It Never Happened

    And Job said, “May the day on which I was to be born perish, as well as the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’”  Job 3:2-3  NASB Perish – “The verb ʾābad is a common word for to die, or, in the case of things, reputation, etc., to pass away. . . Probably the main theological question…

  • The Collection

    You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. Jeremiah 7:28 NASB Perished – What happens to a society that does not obey the voice of the Lord? Jeremiah gives us a list—a…