karat

  • In the Cut

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, and eliminate every inhabitant from the [c]Valley of Aven, as well as him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden; so the people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the Lord.  Amos 1:5  NASB     Eliminate – Perhaps you recognize the symbolic, metaphorical use of this term.  It’s karat.  “The most important use of the root is ‘to cut’…

  • The Hebrew Stutter

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    then you shall say to them, ‘That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So, these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.” Joshua 4:7 NASB Were cut off – Remember…