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How do we know there should be commas in between the titles in Isaiah 9:6?
To be a single title, one would expect eight nouns to make a noun-train. But what we actually have in Isa 9:6 is: noun, verb, noun, adjective, compound noun, noun-noun; the last two nouns are jointed ...
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What is the only way to see God and live?
Many examples of apparent contradiction in human speech come from the fact that words are being used in different ways. I believe this is one of them.
The idea that men cannot see God makes sense. The ...
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Was God tired while creating the universe?
The answer to the OP's question is explicitly answered (including the context of creation) in Isa 40:28 -
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends ...
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Is this verse in Ezekiel 21:10 obscure due to difficulties in the Hebrew text? If so, how are those difficulties best explained
Below is a pared down interlinear of the segment in question, taken from biblehub.com (Interlinear). Though I’m not conversant in Hebrew, I’ll try to present the translation issues of Ezekiel 21:10 as ...
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Deuteronomy 18:15 "from among your midst, from your brothers"
As you well-mentioned, מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤ and מֵאַחֶ֙יךָ֙ are in apposition to each other. More specifically, they are in a parallel construction (as we bump into so often in Hebrew). There are three ...
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What is the significance of Psalm 119:168 having נֶגְדֶּֽךָ (before you) instead of לְפָנֶ֥יךָ (before you) as in Psalm 102:28?
There is very little difference between the two words in practice. BDB lists this passage specifically:
a. locally (rather stronger and distincter than לִפְנֵי), (a) Gn 31:32
נֶגֶד אַחֵינוּ הַכֶּר־...
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What is the true meaning of "śûaḥ" (meditate?) in Genesis 24:63?
In answering your question the new (and quite wonderful) commentary for the BHQ gives this answer:
24:63 לָשׂ֥וּחַ The present hapax has been treated intensively by
modern commentaries (for which see ...
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Was God tired while creating the universe?
No, the text does not indicate he was tired after creating.
In English, when it says he "rested", that does imply he might've been tired, as you point out. But the Hebrew word is שבת (shabat)...
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What is the only way to see God and live?
This is not as straight-forward as the OP implies. I note the following that clearly say that no one has seen God:
John 1:18 - No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he ...
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Is this verse in Ezekiel 21:10 obscure due to difficulties in the Hebrew text? If so, how are those difficulties best explained
Ellicott succinctly sums up the difficulties in translation of Eze 21:10:
There is, however, serious difficulty as to the construction and
meaning of the clause. The ancient versions and many ...
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Deuteronomy 18:15 "from among your midst, from your brothers"
מֵאַחֶיךָ (“from among you” or “from your midst”) is further specified by מֵאַחֶיךָ (“from your brothers”). מֵאַחֶיךָ is the general and מֵאַחֶיךָ the particular.
The audience is “all Israel”.1 ...
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Ancient Bible Hebrew Deuteronomy 18:15
This is a more precise translation:
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your own people, like myself; him you shall heed. (Deut. 18:15, JPS1985)
מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤ - from among/...
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How is the New World Translation's usage of "Jehovah" controversial?
God's name has been used in the Scriptures since the Scriptures were written, so nobody should really be surprised that some still use it. I find it more sensational that most don’t.
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