The Missing Pieces

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Irn shrpns irn s n mn shrpns nthr  Proverbs 27:17 Shrpns – Can you read this verse?  It’s only missing the vowels, but vowels are the units of the sound system of a language that form the nucleus of a syllable.  You can’t speak without them. But you can read.  Why?  Because you read the vowels into the consonants.  The consonants are merely the framework for engagement.  They hold up the house while you go about…

Sword Play

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.   Proverbs 27:17 Iron – Hebrew puns are not obvious in translation, but once you know them, a deeper meaning appears.  Here the word “iron” has two meanings.  The first instance is a reference to a sword or knife.  The second is to a sharpening stone.  In Hebrew,…