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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Pain in Childbearing (Hebrew Corner 8)
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
Today we want to look at an example where we have to consider the relationship of noun and verb forms. When Hebrew has nouns and verbs that ...
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Hebrew Corner 7: When is forever not forever?
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
In the Davidic Covenant the statement is made by God that “I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever” (2 Sam 7:13), and then “Your...
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by John H. Walton" class="t-blog-listing__feed-title">Hebrew Corner 6: "God's Own Heart"
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
In previous entries we have noted how a word used in combination with other words must be studied in that combination, not just as an indiv...
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by John H. Walton" class="t-blog-listing__feed-title">Hebrew Corner 5: "hedge" (Psalm 139)
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
Psalm 139 is one of the most well-known Psalms, but may perhaps also be one of the most misunderstood. One of the first things that any st...
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by John H. Walton" class="t-blog-listing__feed-title">Hebrew Corner 4: "take"
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
In previous postings we have talked about words that occur relatively infrequently and how difficult it can be in such cases to detect a pre...
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by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton" class="t-blog-listing__feed-title">Hebrew Corner 3: "create (bara')"
by John H. Walton
We have been discussing in previous postings how there are Hebrew words that still are in need of careful study to discern their particular...
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by John H. Walton" class="t-blog-listing__feed-title">Hebrew Corner 2: "deep sleep"
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
In the last Hebrew Corner I talked about the fact that there are still Hebrew words that we are learning more about--words that seem at one...
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by John H. Walton" class="t-blog-listing__feed-title">Hebrew Corner 1: "Deception"
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
One of the constant challenges of exegesis involves the understanding of words. Most Bible readers are dependent on translations and so mu...
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