FREE Biblical Hebrew Magazine

[Robin Sampson]

If you aren't studying the Hebrew language you are missing out. This is from my blog this morning:

This morning I received Biblical Hebrew E-Magazine from the Ancient Hebrew Research Center. The purpose of this Research Center is to teach the ancient Biblical Hebrew language of the Bible through the study of the ancient Hebrew alphabet, culture and thought.

This Ezine is a super resource to use to introduce your children to the significance of the Hebrew language. Did I mention it is free? Biblical Hebrew is an easy to learn language. Browsing this Ezine will excite and motivate you to want to learn more. You can receive in your email or visit the site read an issue from the archives.

Biblical Hebrew E-Magazine May 20008 Issue.

Here is an excerpt by Jeff A. Benner from Feburary's Ezine (the Ezine include the Hebrew letters) .

Word of the Month - Forgive

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation. (Genesis 21:18)

The Hebrew word behind "lift up" is nasa (Strong's #5375) and means to take hold of something and lift it up, either to move or remove it. This very same Hebrew word is also used in the following verse.

Consider mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins. (ASV, Psalm 25:18)

From an Hebraic perspective, the forgiveness of sins is the same as lifting it off and removing it just as we see in Micah 7:19.

He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. (ASV)

The Hebrew word salahh (Strong's #5545) is also translated as forgive and is used in the following verse where the forgiveness of iniquity is being paralleled with the healing (or lifting up) of diseases.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases. (RSV, Psalm 103:2,3)

By investigating other words that are related to salahh we can see that this word has a very similar meaning to nasa.

• salad, (Strong's #5539) means "to leap up."
• sala (Strong's #5553) is a "cliff" (a wall that is lifted up).
• salaq (Strong's #5559) means "to ascend."

Interesting, My father worked for NASA all my life and I never knew the meaning of the word.

Why should you study the Bible from a Hebraic perspective? Listen to an MP3 radio interview by Jeff A. Benner explaining the fascinating study of ancient Hebrew language.

 

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[Lisa W]

Thank you for passing this on, Robin. I have downloaded two issues and I'm looking forward to going through them at length this evening. It looks great so far!