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Baalim

(From Easton’s Bible Dictionary)   plural of Baal; images of the god Baal (Judges 2:11; 1 Samuel 7:4). Baal (/ˈbeɪ.əl, ˈbɑː.əl/),or Baʻal,was a title and honorific meaning ‘owner’ or ‘lord’ in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied to gods. Scholars previously […]

Esoteric

adjective 1a. designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone < a body of ~ legal doctrine b. of or relating to a small group 2a. limited to a small circle <~pursuits> b. Private, Confidental ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek es?terikos, from es?ter?, comparative of es? ‘within,’ from es, eis ‘into.’ Compare with […]

El Shaddai

The Almighty God (EL= Almightyness, Shaddai = Exhautless Bounty) Found in Genesis 43:14 El Shaddai (Hebrew: אֵל שַׁדַּי, romanized: ʾĒl Šaddāy; IPA: [el ʃadːaj]) or just Shaddai is one of the names of the God of Israel. El Shaddai is conventionally translated into English as God Almighty (Deus Omnipotens in Latin, Arabic: الله عزوجل, romanized: ʾAllāh ʿazzawajal), but […]

Deuteronomy Chapter 25

Controversy between men
Married man dies without child
The immodest woman
Unjust weights

Deuteronomy Chapter 22

Several laws and ordinances
Fringes upon the clothing
Teachings regarding sexual promiscuity