Today’s Word

Construction Material

So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.  Genesis 2:21  ESV Ribs – Except for this passage (side of man) and 2 Samuel 16:13 (side of hill), this word (sela’) is usually about an…
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Puzzling Pole

And YHWH said to Mosheh, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole. And it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” So Mosheh made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole. And it came to be, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when…
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Accusative Assignment

Also, he has put all things under his feet and made him head over everything for the Messianic community, which is his body, the full expression of him who fills all creation.   Ephesians 1:22-23  Complete Jewish Bible Head – The Greek word kephalen in this verse is a singular, feminine noun in the accusative.  This…
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A Case of Mistaken Identity

“Can this be Naomi?”  Ruth 1:19  JPS Can this be – Who are we?  Are we defined by our circumstances or by our character?  That’s the question behind Naomi’s story in the book of Ruth.  When Naomi returns to her village of origin, the women of Bethlehem are stunned to see the woman whose name…
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Waiting for God

Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it;  Psalm 127:1 KJV Except – In the Hebrew text, this two letter word is attached to God’s name.  The expression is ‘im-YHWH.  English separates what Hebrew sees as one single concept.  The particle ‘im is translated according to the context.  It can…
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Master and Commander

“ . . . and let them have dominion over . . .”  Genesis 1:26  ESV Dominion – “There is no dignity without responsibility.”[1]  Apparently the modern world doesn’t agree with Soloveitchik.  It seems as if the governments of the West think that all that is necessary for men to live is to be provided…
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