The Contours of the Land in Israel's History
The Land of Palestine
The land of Palestine took its name from the Philistines (the Pelishtim in Hebrew) who settled along the Mediterranean coast from Joppa to Gaza about 1300–12...
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Of Heroes and Hearsay - Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields
Recently I heard on a Christian radio station a one-minute devotion on Gideon. The speaker began by pointing out the popularity of various c...
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Something to Brag About: Jeremiah 9:22–23 (Part 3: Articles, Particles, and Verbals, Oh My!) - Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields
This month’s post concludes a post begun June 2017; please see that post for an explanation of versification. As mentioned there, this post...
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Something to Brag About: Jeremiah 9:22–23 (Part 1: Conjunctions) – Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields
My daughter shared with me a verse she decided to memorize as she was reading through Jeremiah. It is a great verse for God’s people to kno...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields - Gen 1:2: A Disjunctive/Offline Clause
In last month’s blog, we looked at different ways Gen 1:1 can be understood with respect to the following verses. In this blog, we want to l...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields - Is Gen 1:1 a Subordinate Idea or a Main Clause?
The creation stories in Genesis are fodder for the arguments of Bible believers and skeptics alike. Even Gen 1:1, one of the Bible’s most fa...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields - Understanding English Ps 37: Part 2
This post concludes a post begun last month on the verbs from the root חרה. Of interest is Ps 37 where it is translated three times with fre...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields - Swirling Tenses in Ps 2:1–3
The Forms and Translation
The NIV, as do all the most common versions, render all the verbs of Ps 2:1–3 with the English simple present. Th...
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Discover An Unexpected Spiritually Rewarding Practice for the New Year
For the past year I have had the privilege of serving as a theological and exegetical reviewer for a new Bible translation. Interacting with...
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Software Sale: Biblical Greek & Hebrew Resources Are 50% Off
Software Super Sale: Zondervan Greek and Hebrew Software is 50% off!
Explore the Old and New Testaments through the lens of their original l...
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How to Study the Bible More Completely & Worship More Deeply
“Bible study isn’t complete until it results in worship.”
So insists Lee Fields, a regular contributor to this space and the co-author of a...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields: Hebrew Verbs and Hebrew Stories
The Old Testament is full of gripping stories that are quite memorable. Understanding something of the Hebrew verbs can enhance one’s readin...
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