A Little Lambdin

Lesson 10 - Prayers

2008-06-20T07:14:00.000-07:00

meshoka hasedeka lanu elohim.
Continue your love toward us, O Lord.

Lesson 10 - Notes for Preaching and Devotions

2008-06-17T09:12:00.003-07:00

• lipne, "before the face," can remind us of the Latin phrase used by the Reformers, "Coram Deo," "before the face of God," which reminded them that all of life was lived for, and watched over by, God. (more here)

• "Continue your love to those who know you ..." (Ps.36:10); "leyode 'eka," "those who know you." Note the third person plural throughout this verse. Much can, and has, been written about individual vs. communal awareness and expression in the Psalms (see, for starters, Witvliet p.26-27, including notes and references). But suffice it here to say that while the Psalms are remarkably personal and intimate in tone, the relationship they sing about is truly personal but never private. In today's hyper-individualistic culture--especially one that insists that your spiritual life is only a matter of personal experience and individual relevance--we can guard against an overly privatized spirituality by affirming our collective faith as the body of God's people. And we can realize that Scripture says that "knowing you," knowing God, is a collective (plural) as well as a personal (singular) act. (more here)

Lesson 10 - Hebrew today

2008-06-17T09:12:00.001-07:00

This pretend newscast in Hebrew on YouTube, apparently for a school project, includes an "interview" with an "eyewitness" about a fountain of youth (the segment is about half-way through). Listen for the word "mayim" as she asks the question, "What did the water do to you?"

Listen to the question:

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Lesson 10 - Key Verses

2008-06-17T09:11:00.002-07:00

bahar
baḥărû lāḵem hayywōm ’eṯ-mî ṯa‘ăḇōḏûn (Josh.24:15)
Choose this day whom you will serve.

yada'
məšōḵə ḥasədəḵā ləyōḏə‘eyḵā (Ps.36:10)
Continue your love to those who know you.

mayim
wərûḥa ’ĕlōhîm məraḥefeṯ ‘al-pənê hammāyim (Gen.1:2)
And the Spirit of God moved over the face of the waters.

wayyibāqə‘û hammāyim: wayyāḇō’û ḇənê-yiśərā’ēl bəṯwōḵə hayyām bayyabāšâ wəhammayim lâem ḥōmâ mîmînām ûmiśśəmō’lām (Ex.14:21-22)
And the waters were divided. The children of Israel went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

peri'
wəhāyâ kə‘ēṣ šāṯûl ‘al-paləḡê māyim ’ăšer pirəywō yitēn bə‘itwō (Ps.1:3)
He is like a tree planted by the streams of water, which gives its fruit in season.

Lesson 10 - Word Studies

2008-06-17T09:11:00.001-07:00

mayim, Turner p.73-75

Lesson 10 - Vocab

2008-06-16T10:18:00.001-07:00

gibbor (Strong's H1397)
gib'ah (Strong's H1389)
mayim (Strong's H4325)
mahaneh (Strong's H4264)
milhamah (Strong's H4421)
peri (Strong's H6529)
bahar (Strong's H0977)
harag (Strong's H2026)
yada' (Strong's H3045)
laqah (Strong's H3920)
'amad (Strong's H5975)
lipne (Strong's H3942)

Lesson 9 - Hebrew today

2008-06-16T10:17:00.001-07:00

See the logo of the Chicago synagogue Makom Shalom (which I wrote about here), which they translate as "Place of Peace."

Introduction - Key Verses

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wayyō’mərû lwō ’ĕmār-nā’ šibōleṯ wayyō’mer sibōleṯ wəlō’ yāḵîn ləḏabēr kēn (Judges 12:6)
They said to him, ‘Then say Shibboleth’, and he said, ‘Sibboleth’, for he could not pronounce it right.

Introduction - Hebrew today

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Update: see this

Introduction - Useful Exercises

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• Cook p.3-7
• Dobson Lesson 1
• Milingua
• Parsons
• istudyhebrew.com lesson excerpt

Update: more here

Lesson 9 - Prayers

2008-06-16T07:30:00.005-07:00

oteka natatah hodeka al-hashamayim elohim
You have set your glory above the heavens, O God.

yehaleluhu shamayim wa'arets adonai
Let heaven and earth praise you, O Lord!

mi-li bashamayim we'imeka adonai
Whom have I in heaven but you, O Lord?

Lesson 9 - Key Verses

2008-06-16T07:30:00.003-07:00

shamayim
bərē’šîṯ bārā’ ’ĕlōhîm ’ēṯ haššāmayim wə’ēṯ hā’āreṣ (Gen.1:1)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

ăšer tənâ hwōḏəḵā ‘al-haššāmāyim (Ps.8:1)
[You] have set your glory above the heavens.

haššāmayim məsapərîm kəḇwōḏ-’ēl Ps.19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God.

yəhaləlûhû šāmayim wā’āreṣ (Ps.69:34)
Let the heaven and earth praise him!

mî-lî ḇaššāmāyim wə‘imməḵā (Ps.73:25 )
Whom have I in heaven but you?

yom
... ywōm hakipurîm (Lev. 23:27)
... there shall be a day of atonement.

zeh-hayywōm ‘āśâ yəhwâ (Ps. 118:24)
This is the day that the Lord has made.

Lesson 9 - Word Studies

2008-06-16T07:30:00.001-07:00

lo', Went

Lesson 9 - Vocab

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yom (VPF 22, Strong's H3117)
laylah (VPF 192, Strong's H3915)
maqom (VPF 125, Strong's H4725)
shamayim (VPF 118, Strong's H8064)
yalad (VPF 99)
qabats (VPF 319)
zakar (VPF 190)
'ehad (VPF 45)
ben (VPF 121)
betok (VPF 48)
mitok [cf. Strong's H8484]
gam (VPF 63)
lo' (VPF 12, Strong's H3808)

Lesson 2 - Hebrew today

2008-06-14T09:31:00.001-07:00

See the Hebrew name of the Jewish National & University Library on its website; it begins "bayit hasepharim," or "house of books":

Lesson 2 - Prayers

2008-06-14T09:29:00.001-07:00

baruch atta adonai melek ha'olam
Blessed are you, O Lord, ruler of the universe.

Lesson 2 - Key Verses

2008-06-14T09:28:00.004-07:00

melek
yəhwâ meleḵə ‘wōlām wā‘eḏ (Ps.10:16)
The Lord is king forever and ever.

hekal
yəhwâ bəhêḵal qāḏəšwō (Ps.11:4)
The Lord is in his holy temple.

yeled
wayəhî liphəninnâ yəlāḏîm ûləḥannâ ’ên yəlāḏîm (1 Sam.1:2)
Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

'ir
wa’ănî lō’ ’āḥûs ‘al-nînəwēh hā‘îr hagəḏwōlâ (Jonah 4:11)
And should I not care for Nineveh, that great city?

sepher
‘ăśwōṯ səfārîm harəbēh ’ên qēṣ (Eccl.12:12)
Of the making of many books there is no end.

Lesson 1 - Prayers

2008-06-14T09:28:00.003-07:00

ahavti beteka yahweh
I love your house, O Lord.

horeni yahweh laleket bederakekem
Teach me, O Lord, to walk in your ways.

Lesson 1 - Key Verses

2008-06-14T09:28:00.001-07:00

bayit
wə’ānōḵî ûḇêṯî na‘ăḇōḏ ’eṯ-yəhwâ (Josh.24:15)
As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

śāmaḥətî bə’ōmərîm lî bêṯ yəhwâ nēlēḵə (Ps.122:1)
I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord.'

derek
’ašərê-hā’îš ’ăšer ḇəḏereḵə ḥaṭṭā’îm lō’ ‘āmāḏ (Ps.1:1)
Blessed is the one who ... does not stand in the way of sinners.

Lesson 8 - Hebrew today

2008-06-13T09:51:00.002-07:00

• This blog by two rabbis is called "Two Tzaddiks":

• see this sign for a Chabad House in Israel: "Chabad" is a word formed from the first letters of the three Hebrew words for wisdom, understanding, and knowledge—including the letter bet for "binah"

Lesson 7 - Hebrew today

2008-06-13T09:51:00.001-07:00

• See the Hebrew Wikipedia entry for lehem, "bread."

• See the Hebrew Wikipedia entry for gamal, "camel."

Lesson 1 - Word Studies

2008-06-13T08:51:00.001-07:00

derek, Went

Lesson 8 - Word Studies

2008-06-13T08:49:00.000-07:00

tsedeq, Went

Lesson 7 - Word Studies

2008-06-13T08:48:00.001-07:00

lehem, Cliff

Lesson 2 - Word Studies

2008-06-13T08:40:00.000-07:00

ish, Stein
ish, Went