my Father, intimate adult address
ground, soil, earth
lord, master, owner
to love with self-giving covenantal love, to esteem highly, to value
love as covenantal action and obligation
to go up, ascend, come up
to examine, to cross-examine, to sift under questioning
remembrance, memorial
humility, lowliness
lawlessness; without law; without Torah
crooked, deceitful, heel-grabbing
self-law; governed by one's own law; the root of "autonomy"
father, origin, covenant founder
our Father (corporate covenant address to YHWH)
where are you?
to plunge, submerge, immerse until covered
blessed; from barakh, to bless, to kneel
one flesh, composite unity
voice from heaven; daughter of the voice
house of inquiry, house of study
good news, glad tidings, a king's victory announcement
discernment, understanding
building from the father-text; the first-occurrence principle
trust, reliance, confidence, security
sons of Adam, the human family
blessing; a blessing spoken to God for His gift
covenant, binding agreement
new covenant, renewed covenant
in the image of God
new, renewed, restored
new, renewed (feminine of chadash)
Feast of Unleavened Bread
dream
engraved, incised (of the tablets); a hapax legomenon
sin / sin offering / purification offering
grace, favor, charm
covenant lovingkindness, covenant loyalty
sin, missing the mark, going off target
riddles, dark sayings
new moon; month
the anointing, the ointment
statutes, decrees, engraved laws
knowledge, relational knowing
leader, the one who drives the flock
the blood of the covenant
to pierce, thrust through
to seek, inquire, study
to cling, to hold fast, to fuse
word, thing, event, matter
those belonging to the Master
to weigh, to distinguish, to judge between
to reason back and forth, to argue in both directions
covenant, a binding disposition set by one party
the poor ones, the dependent
one, unified, composite unity
congregation; an assembly gathered by appointment around a shared purpose
testimony, witness, solemn attestation
I will be what I will be
Called-out assembly, summoned gathering
a house of trade, a market
faithfulness, reliability, steadfastness
mixed multitude
the work of the law (singular ethical effect)
fire
the wife of your covenant
mirror
good news, a victory announcement, an imperial proclamation
to buy out / redeem / purchase a slave's release
a strength corresponding to him, a rescue-counterpart
to cut, sever, divide; to decree
Valley of Hinnom, Gehenna
to know by acquaintance, to know a person
nations, peoples, gentiles
the Way; the road, the path
to set apart, to consecrate, to make holy, to devote
assemble! — the command to gather everyone to hear Torah directly
to walk, to go, to live a life
to praise, to boast, to celebrate loudly; to shine
sin / sin offering
incline my heart, bend my heart toward
means of atonement / place of purification
mercy seat / place of atonement
here I am, behold me
to obey, to listen-under, to comply
to align under, to take one's ordered place, to support, to stand alongside
saying, spoken word, utterance, promise
vexation, hot anger
to subdue, to bring under order, to make serviceable
set-apart, distinguished, holy
Atonement / Covering
mercy seat / covering of the Ark
Scripturalists, Jews who hold the Tanakh as sole controlling authority over later rabbinic tradition
to cut; to cut off; the verb of covenant-cutting and of excision
to cut a covenant
guide, the one who leads the way
glory as weight, substance, heaviness
set-apartness, holiness, sanctification
self-emptying, pouring out, the voluntary laying down of standing
head, source, origin
to uphold, establish, cause to stand
Word Nerd Wednesday - Tzamach (צָמַח)/Tzemach (צֶמַח) by Diane Ferreira
How an ordinary Hebrew verb for "to sprout" becomes messianic and royal language in Jeremiah and Zechariah.
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