The Letter kaf

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Behold, I am with you  Genesis 28:15a NASB I – hinneh ʾānōkî  (“Behold, I”) says YHVH to Jacob in the famous dream of Genesis 28.  Here the text uses ʾānōkî rather than the shorter form, ʾānî. But since ʾānōkî and ʾānî are both translated “I,” we would have a hard time distinguishing the two. Sometimes they are used interchangeably.  But sometimes they…

Hurricane Force

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Deep calls to deep at the noise of Your cataracts; all Your waves and Your billows have gone over me. Psalm 42:7 (Hebrew text – translation Hebrew World) Your – You’re waiting for the big one.  Floating on the ocean, slipping over the little waves with relative ease, you wait for the one big thrill,…