[6:4] sn This verse is probably based on Lev 26:30 in which God forecasts that he will destroy their high places, cut off their incense altars, and set their ...

The verse refers to the beginning of the world as we know it; it affirms that it is entirely the product of the creation of God. But there are two ways that ...

[2:7] tn The Hebrew word נְשָׁמָה (nÿshamah, “breath”) is used for God and for the life imparted to humans, not animals (see T. C. Mitchell, “The Old Testament ...

The Hebrew word simply means “darkness,” but in the Bible it has come to symbolize what opposes God, such as judgment (Exod 10:21), death (Ps 88:13), oppression ...

[2:22] tn The Hebrew verb is בָּנָה (banah, “to make, to build, to construct”). The text states that the Lord God built the rib into a woman. Again, the passage ...

[33:26] tn The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) is probably intensive here as it has been on a number of occasions in the book of Jeremiah (see BDB 472 s.v. ...

[26:7] tc The Hebrew text has, “upright, the path of the righteous you make level.” There are three possible ways to translate this line. Some take יָשָׁר (yashar) ...

... Yahweh declared what he had done for Israel by freeing them from slavery. ... This teaching is an application of the meaning of entering into the Sabbath of God.

The verse refers to the beginning of the world as we know it; it affirms that it is entirely the product of the creation of God. But there are two ways that ...

The meaning of the name Yahweh occurs in Exod 3:13-14 where God identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and tells Moses that his name is “I ...