Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city. Genesis 33:18 NASB Safely – In Hebrew there are really only two verb tenses; complete actions and incomplete actions. That’s because Hebrew sees the world with a completely different framework than…
Examine me, O Lord, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.Psalm 26:2 NASB Examine– I don’t have to tell you that life is complicated. If you think it isn’t, then you are probably less than twenty-five. I also don’t have to remind you that life is messy. We plan; God laughs. So say the sages. And…
In Hebrew there are really only two verb tenses; complete actions and incomplete actions. That’s because Hebrew “sees” the world with a completely different framework than Indo-European languages. It sees the world in terms of actions rather than time. Our Indo-European languages offer many more shades of meaning in verbs. We have past, present and…
