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1 Kings - Lesson 2 Ch1
after the one led by his own son Avishalom ), and this one by a fellow named Sheva When verse 4 explains that David did not have sex with her it’s not really about Verse 9 explains that one day Adoniyah threw a major banquet by Ein-Rogel and Nathan […] -
Joel - Lesson 1 Intro Ch1
The oracle begins with the word that the leaders are to shema. This powerful word shema is essentially like a summons in which those who are summoned While azan (listen) technically doesn’t carry the weight that shema does, as used That is, azan is here meant to be parallel with shema. This event is explained […] -
Malachi - Lesson 13 – Malachi Ch 3 cont 4 END
I explained that while “they will be mine” isn’t necessarily wrong, it doesn’t express Then the verse goes on to explain why He is going to spare them. It involves drawing a comparison, an analogy, to help explain or understand something Next is lakem yire shemi. This gets a bit unsettling, but I hope to […] -
Zechariah - Lesson 32 – Zechariah 14 cont
But, as astrophysicists will explain, some parts of our Galaxy are inherently very that water is scarce, this is a pretty amazing prophecy, this goes a long way to explain Deuteronomy 6:4, which forms part of that special communal pronouncement called The Shema So, unique or exclusive as a means to explain Yehoveh’s nature and […] -
2 Samuel - Lesson 32 Ch21
NOT occur in chronological order right after the short lived rebellion led by Sheva The more plain meaning of the text, and the lack of any history to explain any bad This is verified by 1 st Samuel 18 that explains: (1Sa 18:17-19 CJB) 17 Sha’ul Rambam (Maimonides) explains that Israel […] -
Micah - Lesson 1 – Micah Intro & Ch 1
20 miles southwest of Jerusalem, in a region called the Shephelah… the coastal plain down to this: as opposed to Isaiah, for example, who goes to great lengths to explain Rather, it is there to explain who the author is, what the mood and tone of his work The opening word in Hebrew is shema. -
Deuteronomy - Lesson 1 Intro
He’ll explain WHY certain rituals were laid down the way they were, what their spiritual So Moses won’t explain his terms because they were common knowledge; he won’t FULLY to Miriam” was so infamous and ingrained in the people that he wasn’t going to explain an important part of ancient and modern day Jewish liturgy; […] -
Genesis - Lesson 16 Ch15 Ch16
It’s not explained, and I can find no ancient source that gives me any confidence To explain this problem they say that being in a foreign land INCLUDED some of the And, that both the Arab peoples AND the Israelites are from the line of Shem, meaning the line of Ham….. totally different from TRUE […] -
Deuteronomy - Lesson 40 Ch29
In each part of the 3-part message Moses has repeated, expanded, and explained more What it actually says is that even though you have ears, you don’t shema . You may eventually get a little tired of me reminding you of this, but shema does Without DOING what you heard, then you […] -
1 Samuel - Lesson 14 Ch8 Ch9
The word that is being rather clumsily translated is one we’re familiar with: shema And shema means to listen and obey, or in this case to hear and do. Verse 3 begins the background story that explains how it is that God revealed His In fact back in verse 9 the scriptural narrator explains […]
