Pass It On

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.  Psalm 119:111  NASB Inherited – Two or three words matter here.  The first is nāḥal (to inherit), the second is the familiar ʿēdût (testimony), and the third is joy (śāśôn).  First, nāḥal.  “The verb nāḥal basically signifies giving or receiving property which is…

Messianic Expansion

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

His life will repose in bounty, and his seed will inherit the earth.  Psalm 25:13  Robert Alter translation Will inherit – When the ESV, NIV, NLT and NASB choose to translate ‘erets as “land,” we miss the vital connection between David’s poetry and Yeshua’s beatitude.  Translators may sometimes be justified in choosing “land” rather than…