Etymology

The history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing it’s development since it’s earliest recorded occurrence in athe language where it is found, by tracing it’s transmission from one langue to another, by identifying it cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language.

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Nature of Prophecy
The institution of prophecy is founded on the basic premise that God makes his will known to chosen individuals in successive generations.
The Hebrew Meaning of Sin
Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor of BHC discusses the meanings of sin in Judaism and the Jewish Jesus Movement or click here for more BHC Videos. חָטָא sin – Transliteration:ḥāṭā’ Pronunciation:khaw-taw’ – verb a primitive root – From an archery term meaning to miss the mark.
Righteousness
Righteousness, the fulfillment of all legal and moral obligations. In the Bible righteousness bears a distinctly legal character; the righteous man is the innocent party, while the wicked man is the guilty one:
Biblical Weights And Measures
Basic unit of weight-shekel Grains LBS OZ Shekel 175.875 0.402 Bekah (half shekel) 109.30 0.201 Gerah (l /20 shekel) 10.90 0.0201 Maneh (mina) = 60 shekels 13,122.00 1.2561 20.0976 Pound (mna) = 60 shekels 13,122.00 1 14 Pound (litra) 2,252.60 Talent = 60 maneh 527,800.00 75.4 1,206.4 The LB. Avoir. = 7000 grains the oz. […]
Etymology
The history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing it’s development since it’s earliest recorded occurrence in athe language where it is found, by tracing it’s transmission from one langue to another, by identifying it cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language.
Moloch or Molech
מֹלֶךְ Meaning “King” By Charles Foster – Illustrators of the 1897 Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us , Public Domain, Link The worship of Moloch or Molech, which was practiced at a special site (outside the walls of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם‎Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of […]
Noachide Laws
From the Encyclopaedia Judaica 12:1187 click here for more info The seven Laws considered by rabbinic tradition as the minimal moral duties by the Bible on all men (Sanh. 50-60; Yad, Melakhim, 8:10, 10:12).Jews are obligated to observe the whole Torahתּוֹרָה‎Tōrā,/ˈtɔːrə, ˈtoʊrə/; law, teaching, direction, instruction – The first five books of the Bible or […]
Mikveh
A collection of water A pool or bath of clear water, immersion in which renders ritually clean a person who become ritually unclean through contact with the dead (Num. 19) or any other defiling object or through an unclean flux from the body (Lev. 15) and especially a menstruant. It is similarly used for vessels […]
Torah
The Law (/ˈtɔːrə, ˈtoʊrə/; Biblical Hebrew: תּוֹרָה‎ Tōrā, “Instruction”, “Teaching” or “Law”) The first five books of the Bible or also called “the books of Moses” comes from an archery term meaning to shoot
What Is Evil
From When A Jew Celebrates רַע Defined as bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):—adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Including […]
Peace – Shalom
Search just this page Taken from the Encyclopedia Judaica Volume 13:195 – 196 Wholeness and Well-Being in the Bible the verb shalem, in both the perfect Gen. 15:16 and participle forms Gen. 33:18, represents a powerful concept of ‘wholeness, completeness and soundness’ in the qal. “PEACE.” This range of meanings is both profound and inspirational. […]
Ketuvim (Writings)
The third section of the Tanakh, also known as the Hebrew Bible, is an impressive compilation of various writings with a wide range of themes and styles. These writings are collected under the name “Ketuvim,” which translates to mean “Writings.” Within this section, readers can find an exceptional array of religious expressions, some of which […]
Nevi’im Prophets
Nevi’im (the Prophets section of the Bible) presents Israel’s history as a nation on its land.
Penitence
n: the quality of state of being penitent: sorrow for sins or faults
Penitential
adj: of or relating to penitence or penance
Prerequisite
Prerequisite n: something that is necessary to end or to the carrying out of a function – prerequisite adj.
Repentance
From the Encyclopaedia Judaica 14:73 Repentance is a Prerequisite n: something that is necessary to end or to the carrying out of a function – prerequisite adj. for divine forgiveness: God will not pardon man unconditionally but waits for him to repent. In repentance man must experience genuine remorse for the wrong he has committed […]
Proselytes (law of conversion)
From The Encylopaedia Judacia 13:1183-1184 The procedure, established by the tannaim, according to which a non-Jew may be into the Jewish faith, was elucided as follows: “in our days, when a proselyte came to be converted we say to him: ‘What is your objective? Is it not known to you that the people of Israel […]
Proselytes
The Encyclopaedia Judaica 13:1182 contains a fascinating analysis that provides extensive evidence of an increasingly common trend towards the conversion to Judaism during the Second Temple period. This period, especially in its later stages, witnessed a marked rise in the use of the term “ger”, previously reserved for referring to strangers or aliens, to denote […]
Kidron
From the Encyclopaedia Judaica 10:988 The first biblical reference to the “brook” Kidron occurs in connection with Davids ABsalm (II Sam. 15:23) In the time of divided monarchy, the reforming Kings of Judahיְהוּדָה‎Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The […]

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