RR Psalm 60:14 Part 7
(Early) Shabbat Shalom,
Correction: Two days ago, I referenced the three parts of the Shema, but there was a typo. The third part is taken from the end of Numbers 15 (not 13 as in the original RR). Please forgive the typo. I’ve corrected the original.
Psalms
Psalm 60:14(12) – Part 7
Psalm 60:4 With God we will do mighty things, and He will trample our foes.
Today we close out the work week by continuing our meditation of Psalm 60. I love the way David ends every Psalm (song) on a positive, upbeat, declaration. There are only six Hebrew words in this verse, divided evenly, with three in the first part and the other three in the second part. Hebrew is a very efficient language. Notice the English TLV takes 13 words to say the same thing. Today we’re just going to focus on the first word. Let’s go…
The first Hebrew word, “Bay’Elohim,” is God’s name with a prefix. “Bay” which is the preposition “in.” “Elohim” is the third word of the Torah in Genesis 1:1, “B’ray’sheet Bara Elohim,” meaning “In the beginning God….” “El” is God’s basic name. It is usually found coupled with an adjective such as “El Gibor” (the Mighty God - a “Gever” is a strong young man), “El Elyon” (the Most High God), and “El Shaddai” (the almighty God).
Rabbi Trail: A “Shad” in Hebrew is a “breast.” Yet, this name is always translated as “God Almighty,” which is understandable because a man’s strength is in his chest. Consider the bench press in weight lifting for example. End RT.
In the middle of God’s name, Elohim, is the Hebrew letter “Hey.” The “Hey” is used twice in the four letter “tetragrammaton” ineffable name for God (Yud-Hey-Vav-Hey). Each of those four letters represents the first letter of each Hebrew word in the sentence “He will be (Yud), He is (Hey), And (Vav), He was (Hey). Notice God’s name starts with the future and proceeds with what is to us “the past.”
Because God lives in a timeless eternity, the “past” to God is not as we think of it. To God, the past is what He has completed. The future is what He has not yet completed, and the present is what is now. In modern Hebrew, the Hey followed by an accent mark, which is a way of abbreviating His most holy name.
Rabbi Trail: It is our Jewish custom not to write out God’s name on anything that might be thrown in the trash. Prayer books and other papers with God’s name are kept in a closet called a “Genizah” until there are enough old papers and prayer books to fill a coffin. Then they are taken and buried in a Jewish cemetery, thus preserving the sanctity of God’s name. End RT.
Finally, for Elohim, there is the plural masculine ending “im.” God is both plural and singular at the same time. Just as you are three in one: body, soul and spirit, so is God. He has a Body (Son Yeshua), Holy Spirit, and God the Father. Most Jewish people struggle with this concept, but Isaiah didn’t have such a struggle.
Isaiah 48:16 “Draw near to Me, hear this: Since the beginning, I have not spoken in secret. From the time it existed, I was there. So now Adonai(YHVH) Elohim has sent Me, and His Ruach.”
The “Me” in that verse is Yeshua. Still not convinced? Look how Isaiah ends Chapter 48, verse 12… Isaiah 48:12 Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called: I am He; I am the first; I am also the last. Does that sound familiar? Revelation 22:13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Revelation verse 13 is preceded with a warning in verse 12… Revelation 22:12 Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to pay back each one according to his deeds. And He finishes the thought with a blessing for those who are faithful in following Him. Revelation 22:14 How fortunate are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may enter through the gates into the city.
How fortunate indeed. “Follow Him” into eternity and enter in with blessing. Shalom shalom and early Shabbat Shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Fri7-Aug 202624th of Av, 5786
De 15:1-18Ez 461 Ch 242 Ti 2 (Jn 11:28-57)
Correction: Two days ago, I referenced the three parts of the Shema, but there was a typo. The third part is taken from the end of Numbers 15 (not 13 as in the original RR). Please forgive the typo. I’ve corrected the original.
Psalms
Psalm 60:14(12) – Part 7
Psalm 60:4 With God we will do mighty things, and He will trample our foes.
Today we close out the work week by continuing our meditation of Psalm 60. I love the way David ends every Psalm (song) on a positive, upbeat, declaration. There are only six Hebrew words in this verse, divided evenly, with three in the first part and the other three in the second part. Hebrew is a very efficient language. Notice the English TLV takes 13 words to say the same thing. Today we’re just going to focus on the first word. Let’s go…
The first Hebrew word, “Bay’Elohim,” is God’s name with a prefix. “Bay” which is the preposition “in.” “Elohim” is the third word of the Torah in Genesis 1:1, “B’ray’sheet Bara Elohim,” meaning “In the beginning God….” “El” is God’s basic name. It is usually found coupled with an adjective such as “El Gibor” (the Mighty God - a “Gever” is a strong young man), “El Elyon” (the Most High God), and “El Shaddai” (the almighty God).
Rabbi Trail: A “Shad” in Hebrew is a “breast.” Yet, this name is always translated as “God Almighty,” which is understandable because a man’s strength is in his chest. Consider the bench press in weight lifting for example. End RT.
In the middle of God’s name, Elohim, is the Hebrew letter “Hey.” The “Hey” is used twice in the four letter “tetragrammaton” ineffable name for God (Yud-Hey-Vav-Hey). Each of those four letters represents the first letter of each Hebrew word in the sentence “He will be (Yud), He is (Hey), And (Vav), He was (Hey). Notice God’s name starts with the future and proceeds with what is to us “the past.”
Because God lives in a timeless eternity, the “past” to God is not as we think of it. To God, the past is what He has completed. The future is what He has not yet completed, and the present is what is now. In modern Hebrew, the Hey followed by an accent mark, which is a way of abbreviating His most holy name.
Rabbi Trail: It is our Jewish custom not to write out God’s name on anything that might be thrown in the trash. Prayer books and other papers with God’s name are kept in a closet called a “Genizah” until there are enough old papers and prayer books to fill a coffin. Then they are taken and buried in a Jewish cemetery, thus preserving the sanctity of God’s name. End RT.
Finally, for Elohim, there is the plural masculine ending “im.” God is both plural and singular at the same time. Just as you are three in one: body, soul and spirit, so is God. He has a Body (Son Yeshua), Holy Spirit, and God the Father. Most Jewish people struggle with this concept, but Isaiah didn’t have such a struggle.
Isaiah 48:16 “Draw near to Me, hear this: Since the beginning, I have not spoken in secret. From the time it existed, I was there. So now Adonai(YHVH) Elohim has sent Me, and His Ruach.”
The “Me” in that verse is Yeshua. Still not convinced? Look how Isaiah ends Chapter 48, verse 12… Isaiah 48:12 Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called: I am He; I am the first; I am also the last. Does that sound familiar? Revelation 22:13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Revelation verse 13 is preceded with a warning in verse 12… Revelation 22:12 Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to pay back each one according to his deeds. And He finishes the thought with a blessing for those who are faithful in following Him. Revelation 22:14 How fortunate are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may enter through the gates into the city.
How fortunate indeed. “Follow Him” into eternity and enter in with blessing. Shalom shalom and early Shabbat Shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Fri7-Aug 202624th of Av, 5786
De 15:1-18Ez 461 Ch 242 Ti 2 (Jn 11:28-57)
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