Garments
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Weaving Garments
From the beginning of sin man has attempted to cover his nakedness with garments[1] of fig[2] leafs to animal skins. Like the rituals of robe and breeches of the men who were to provide the services of priests and levites the reference by words have often become unmoored metaphors in the meaningless performance, pomp, and pride of many who choose to sit in darkness.
We see them sewing fig[2] leaves[3] together to remedy their what we have been told is nakedness. Fig is normally TavAlefNun but in the original text we see TavAlefNunHey תְאֵנָ֔ה ṯə-’ê-nāh, which is translated occasion.[4] AlefNunHey is numbered 0579[5] and translated deliver or AlefNunHey as 0578[6] is translated lament but as 05927[7] it is translated up, offer, come, bring, ascend, go, chew, offering, light, increase, burn, depart, put, spring, raised, arose, break, exalted, and 33 other miscellaneous ways.
If this is an allegory the point is they tried to remedy the situation by covering it up and hiding rather than admission, confession and repentance.
Aaron and his successors were to be men of who brought light and liberty to a free nation. They were men who ordered the wood/counsel of unhewn stones of living altars of charity and hope according to the Song of Moses.
The threads of the soul
For though the soul gives a man his worth, the world first beholds the garments[1] in which he walks. Clothing, like language and gesture, becomes a sign, a symbol by which others measure dignity, authority, and belonging.
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Mark Twain
Tailored coverings
A nation of priests and kings is where the people are not slothful in their responsibility to give and forgive in the care of their neighbor through a social safety net of charity and attention to the weightier matters.
: Why are the ministers of a nation considered naked and need the people to sew them "Breeches" and what are the cloths of service described in Exodus 28 and Exodus 29 based on the intent of Moses in the scriptures?
In Exodus we see priest were told to take of the blood. Blood is the seat of the soul and the soul of a man includes his corporeal and incorporeal Hereditaments of his personality. The priest can only recieve what is freely given.
Exodus 29:21 "And thou shalt take (וְלָקַחְתָּ֞)[8](Root verb לָקַח)[9] of the blood(life/right)[10][11] that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him." [12]
- Used approximately twenty-six times in the Old Testament, mishchah denotes the consecrated anointing oil. Every occurrence underscores its exclusivity for divine service, marking people, places, and objects as belonging wholly to the LORD. The Hebrew verb anoint מָשַׁח occurs about sixty-nine times and always involves the deliberate application of oil (or occasionally other substances) to set apart a person, object, or place for sacred service. The act signifies divine choice, empowerment, and sanctification.
Leviticus 6:10-11,“10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment(מִדּ֣וֹ)[13], and his linen breeches(וּמִֽכְנְסֵי) shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 11 And he shall put off his garments[12], and put on other garments[12], and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean[14] place.”
Leviticus 8:2 "Take Aaron (the enlightened) and his sons(children of light) with him, and the garments(הַבְּגָדִ֔ים habbegādîm)[12] and the anointing(הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה) oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
Why is the Hebrew word בֶּגֶד for garment[12] also the word for treachery?[15]
Psalms 104:1-2 exults, “O LORD my God… You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering Yourself with light as with a garment,” elevating beged as a metaphor for divine glory. Proverbs links virtuous character to clothing: “Strength and dignity are her clothing” (Proverbs 31:25).
Later, we will see where Malachi indicts husbands who “cover their garments [1] with violence”. (Malachi 2:16)
Simlah
There is another word for garment sometimes which is (שִׂמְלָה) simlah[16] which is related to something that gives a covering and can be more symbolic than just cloth.[17]
Simlah שִׂמְלָה denotes an outer garment, mantle, or cloak. It can be worn by men or women alike, it functioned as a means of warmth, modesty, and even social identity.
But more importantly in Scripture it can be symbolic like a covenant mantel of faithfulness, mercy, and redemption, like the full armour of God.<Ref name="armour">“12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.” Romans 13:13-14
</Ref Roughly twenty-nine Old Testament verses employ the word, spanning narrative, law, poetry, and prophecy.
Wedding garments
The Hebrew word for garment which is beged[12] is also the Hebrew word for treachery[15].
"And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few [are] chosen." Matthew 22:11 -14
In eastern customes the wedding clothes or garment was often provided by the host but had to be put on by the guest.
Whose garments
What are the garments of God and of treachery against God and His Way?
In Isaiah 64:6... we see, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."
Augustine of Hippo said the garment was symbolizing charity but Martin Luther suggested that the garment represented Christ.
But what would that look like to put on Christ?
John Calvin says it is faith and good works because James repeatedly emphasized that faith without works is dead.[19]
"As to the wedding garment, is it faith, or is it a holy life?
This is a useless controversy; for faith cannot be separated from good works, nor do good works proceed from any other source than from faith. Christ intended only to state that the Lord calls us on the express condition of our being renewed by the Spirit ... and that, in order to our remaining permanently in his house, we must put off the old man with his pollutions ... and lead a new life." [20]
Other verses in the Old Testament is related to this one of Matthew.
In Isaiah 64:6 the condition of our garments is the result of the fact that our righteousness is actually iniquity:
- "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities."
Many say they call upon the name of the Lord but they do not make Him Lord because they do not seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
When they pray for their daily bread they do not pray to their Father in heaven but to the conscripted fathers of rhe earth. They seek the wages of unrighteousness that are provided through the covetous practices which Paul says is idolatry[18] and therefore iniquity.
The masses may want to deny the truth of this because they have become comfortable with extortion. They are under a Strong delusion because of their blind guides.[21]
But if they were to repent of the covetous ways of the world and come back to the Father's house of faith, hope, and charity He will forgive their iniquity.
Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay(הַחֹ֙מֶר֙)[22], and thou our potter(יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ)[23]; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech[24] thee, we are all thy people."
Time is passing and it is time to:
"Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, [and] sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself(הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙)[25] from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed[26] without money[27]. 4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed[28] them without cause[29]. 5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day [is] blasphemed " Isaiah 52
The people needed to wake up and put on the beautiful garments. They needed to loose themselves by living by righteousness and not iniquity because that is the keys of the Kingdom. They were not wearing the righteousness of God because they sold themselves for the wages of unrighteousness through covetous practices and received from those men who call themselves benefactors but who rule over them and have gone back into the bondage of Egypt and followed the way of Assyria. Instead of living by the perfect law of liberty through faith, hope and charity and a daily ministration of pure Religion they lived by the covetous practices of force, fear, and fealty. Many thought they were doing great things in His name saying LORD, LORD but in fact were not doers of the word but rather workers of iniquity blaspheming his name in vanity.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Garment of righteousness
- Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
- Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels.
- Psalms 132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
- Isaiah 59:17 "For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke."
- Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels.
- Jude 1:21 "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23 And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh."
- The warp and weft of Christ weaves a garment of righteousness through faith and mercy but the vanity of man's mind may weave a pattern of confusion that weakens the fabric of society. Free Assemblies bound by a doctrine of love instead of the authority of one over the other allows charity instead of force, forgiveness instead of vengeance. Through love the people may weave a network of righteousness.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 08384 תְּאֵן TavAlefNun të’en [teh-ane’] 08383 lies (iniquity) or (in the sing., fem.) 08385 תאנה TavAlefNunHey të’enah [teh-ay-naw’] occassion perhaps of foreign derivation; n f; [BDB-1061a] [{See TWOT on 2490 }] AV-fig tree 23, fig 16; 39
- 1) fig, fig tree
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
- נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
- ↑ 05929 AlefLamedHey `aleh \@aw-leh'\@ from 05927 a word also spelled AlefLamedHey and appears as 0578 lament, 0579 deliver, 05927 offer up; but is translated up 676, offer 67, come 22, bring 18, ascend 15, etc. and 05930 also AlefLamedHey but translated burnt offering; n m; {See TWOT on 1624 @@ "1624a"} AV-leaf 12, branch 5, branches + 06086 1; 18
- 1) leaf, leafage עֲלֵ֣ה
- א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- ה Hey Expression, Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- ↑ 08385 תַּאֲנָה ta’anah [tah-an-aw’] or תאנה to’anah [to-an-aw’] from 0578 lament, 0579 deliver, 05927 offer up; n f; [BDB-58b] [{See TWOT on 126 @@ "126a" }] [{See TWOT on 126 @@ "126b" }] AV-occasion 2; 2
- 1) occasion, time of heat or oestrous or copulation, sexual drive (of animal)
- 2) occasion, opportunity (for a quarrel)
- ↑ 0579 אָנָה AlefNunHey ‘anah [aw-naw’] a primitive root [perhaps rather identical with 0578 also AlefNunHey through the idea of contraction in anguish or lament]; v; [BDB-58b] [{See TWOT on 126 }] AV-deliver 1, befall, happen, seeketh a quarrel; 4
- 1) to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune
- 1a) (Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet
- 1b) (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet
- 1c) (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet
- 1) to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune
- ↑ 0578 אָנָה ‘anah [aw-naw’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-58a] [{See TWOT on 124 }] see also 08385 05927 0579 AV-lament 1, mourn 1; 2
- 1) (Qal) to mourn
- ↑ 05927 עָלָה `alah \@aw-law'\@ a primitive root AyinLamedHey; v; {See TWOT on 1624} AV-(come, etc...) up 676, offer 67, come 22, bring 18, ascend 15, go 12, chew 9, offering 8, light 6, increase 4, burn 3, depart 3, put 3, spring 2, raised 2, arose 2, break 2, exalted 2, misc 33; 889
- 1) to go up, ascend, climb
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to go up, ascend
- 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat
- 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals)
- 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation)
- 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon)
- 1a6) to come up (before God)
- 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary)
- 1a8) to excel, be superior to
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away
- 1b2) to take oneself away
- 1b3) to be exalted
- 1c) (Hiphil)
- 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up
- 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away
- 1c3) to bring up, draw up, train
- 1c4) to cause to ascend
- 1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally)
- 1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts)
- 1c7) to exalt
- 1c8) to cause to ascend, offer
- 1d) (Hophal)
- 1d1) to be carried away, be led up
- 1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in
- 1d3) to be offered
- 1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to go up, ascend, climb
- ↑ וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ VavLamedKufChetTav "And you shall take some" as in "receive, take away, fetch, bring, get, take out, carry away"
The verb laqach (לָקַח) serves as Scripture’s primary verb for “taking” in any sense—physical, relational, covenantal, judicial, or spiritual. Its semantic reach supplies the Hebrew canon with a vocabulary of transfer, highlighting how persons or things move from one sphere of authority to another. This breadth allows the reader to trace a theology of divine and human initiative across redemptive history. - ↑ 03947 ^חקל^ laqach LamedKufChet \@law-kakh’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1124} AV-take 747, receive 61, take away 51, fetch 31, bring 25, get 6, take out 6, carry away 5, married 4, buy 3, misc 26; 965
- 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to take, take in the hand
- 1a2) to take and carry along
- 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
- 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of,
- select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
- 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
- 1a6) to fetch
- 1a7) to take, lead, conduct
- 1a8) to take, capture, seize
- 1a9) to take, carry off
- 1a10) to take (vengeance)
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to be captured
- 1b2) to be taken away, be removed
- 1b3) to be taken, brought unto
- 1c) (Pual)
- 1c1) to be taken from or out of
- 1c2) to be stolen from
- 1c3) to be taken captive
- 1c4) to be taken away, be removed
- 1d) (Hophal)
- 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
- 1d2) to be taken out of
- 1d3) to be taken away
- 1e) (Hithpael)
- 1e1) to take hold of oneself
- 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
- ↑ The Hebrew word translated “blood” appears roughly 360 times in the Old Testament and functions as a theological thread that unites narrative, law, poetry, prophecy, and typology. It can denote literal blood coursing through veins, shed blood in violence, or sacrificial blood applied to altar, people, or objects. Each usage reinforces one or more biblical themes of life, covenant, atonement, purity, judgment, and redemption.
- Blood is inseparably linked to life. “For the life of the flesh is in the blood” (Leviticus 17:11). Shedding blood is therefore tantamount to taking life (Genesis 9:4-6). Scripture treats blood not merely as a biological fluid but as the God-given essence of living beings. To violate blood is to violate life that belongs to God; to protect blood is to honor the Creator’s ownership of life.
- Micah 7:2 "they all lie in wait for blood" term blood is not merely the common DalethMem but לְדָמִ֣ים LamedDaletMemYodMem and we see the similar lə·ḏā·mām לְדָמָ֣ם LamedDaletMemMem in Proverbs 1:18 "And they lay wait for their own blood"
- ↑ 01818 ^םד^ DaletMem dam \@dawm\@ from 01826דָּמַם DaletMemMem silent still (compare 0119), Greek 184 ~Ακελδαμα~; n m; AV -blood 342, bloody 15, person + 05315, bloodguiltiness 1, bloodthirsty + 0582 1, vr blood 1; 361
- 1) blood
- 1a) of wine (fig.)
- Micah 7:2 "they all lie in wait for blood" term blood is not merely the common DalethMem but לְדָמִ֣ים LamedDaletMemYodMem and we see the similar lə·ḏā·mām לְדָמָ֣ם LamedDaletMemMem in Proverbs 1:18 "And they lay wait for their own blood"
- ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- 1) blood
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 0899 בֶּגֶד beged \@behg’- ed\@ from 0898 בֶּגֶד bagad (to act treacherously, deceitfully,) of the same letters ^דגב^; n m; AV-garment 107, clothes 69, cloth 13, raiment 12, apparel 4, robe 4, wardrobe 2, very 2, clothing 1, lap 1, rags 1, vestures 1; 217
- 1) treachery, deceit
- 2) (CLBL) garment, clothing (used indiscriminately)
- Note: Why does a word ^דגב^ with the Hebrew letters BeitGimelDeleth mean garment and deceit? See Holy Spirit.
- bagad 0898 בֶּגֶד to act treacherously, 0900 בֹּגְדוֹת bogedoth “faithless men”: Zephaniah 3:4 "Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous <0900> persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law."
- ↑ 04055 Original: מד מד mad mêd: BDB Definition: measure, cloth garment
- measure
- cloth, carpet
- garment (outer)
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine
- Strong's Definition: From מדד 04058 maw-dad; properly extent, that is, height ; also a measure ; by implication a vesture (as measured); also a carpet: - armour, clothes, garment, judgment, measure, raiment, stature.
- ↑ The adjective טָהוֹר (tahor) describes that which is entirely free from defilement, whether ceremonial, physical, moral, or spiritual. It occurs about ninety-three times across the Hebrew Scriptures, forming one of the major vocabulary pillars for the themes of holiness, separation, and wholehearted devotion to the LORD.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 0898 ^דגב^ bagad \@baw-gad’\@ a primitive root also translated garment with number 0899; v; AV-treacherously 23, transgressor 10, transgress 3, deceitfully 2, treacherous dealer 3, treacherous 2, very 2 (inf. for emphasis), unfaithful man 1, treacherous men 1, offend 1, unfaithfully 1; 49
- 1) to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously
- 1a) (Qal) to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, offend
- 1) to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously
- ↑ 08071 שִׂמְלָה simlah [sim-law’] perhaps by permutation for the fem. of 05566 (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath); n f; [BDB-971a] [{See TWOT on 2270 @@ "2270a" }] AV-raiment 11, clothes 6, garment 6, apparel 2, cloth 2, clothing 2; 29
- 1) wrapper, mantle, covering garment, garments, clothes, raiment, a cloth
- ↑ Genesis 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment <08071>, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
- Genesis 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments <08071>:
- Proverbs 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment <08071>? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Covetousness is idolatry
- Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
- Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
- 1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
- For it is written that the tables of dainties provided by rulers of the world are a snare because they cause the masses to bite one another through government systems of legal charity which are covetous practices which are a form of fornication or adultery where the people are devoured as merchandise, curse children and are "entangled again in the yoke of bondage" with the aid of the false religion of the whore who rides the beast.
- ↑ James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
- James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
- ↑ John Calvin, Commentary on Matthew, Mark, Luke, Commentary vol.2
- ↑ False prophets and Guru theories
- Isaiah 42:16 "And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods. 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see."
- Isaiah 30:20 "And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed,..."
- Matthew 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."
- Matthew 15:14 "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
- Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recoveing of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- John 9:39 ¶ "And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
- Luke 6:39 "And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master."
- Acts 13:11 "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand."
- ↑ 02563 חֹמֶר chomer [kho’mer] ChetMemReish from 02560; n m; [BDB-330b] [{See TWOT on 683 @@ "683c" }] AV-clay 11, homer 11, morter 4, mire 2, heap 2; 30
- 1) cement, mortar, clay
- 1a) mortar, cement
- 1b) clay
- 1c) mire
- 2) heap
- 2a) swelling, surging (of water)
- 3) homer-a unit of dry measure about 65 imperial gallons (300 l)
- 1) cement, mortar, clay
- ↑ 03335 ^רצי^ yatsar \@yaw-tsar’\@ YodTzedekReish probably identical with 03334 to bind (through the squeezing into shape), ([compare 03331]); v; {See TWOT on 898} AV-form 26, potter 17, fashion 5, maker 4, frame 3, make 3, former 2, earthen 1, purposed 1; 62
- 1) to form, fashion, frame
- 1a) (Qal) to form, fashion
- 1a1) of human activity
- 1a2) of divine activity
- 1a2a) of creation
- 1a2a1) of original creation
- 1a2a2) of individuals at conception
- 1a2a3) of Israel as a people
- 1a2b) to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation)
- 1a2a) of creation
- 1b) (Niphal) to be formed, be created
- 1c) (Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained
- 1d) (Hophal) to be formed
- 1a) (Qal) to form, fashion
- 1) to form, fashion, frame
- ↑ 04994 נָא na’ [naw] a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered: "I pray," "now," or "then," Greek 5614 ωσαννα; part of entreaty; [BDB-609a] [{See TWOT on 1269 }] AV-now, I beseech … , I pray … , Oh, go to; 9
- 1) I (we) pray, now, please
- 1a) used in entreaty or exhortation
- 1) I (we) pray, now, please
- ↑ 06605 פָתַח pathach [paw-thakh’] a primitive root PeiTavChet; v; [BDB-834b, BDB-836a] [{See TWOT on 1854 }] [{See TWOT on 1855 }] AV-open 107, loose 13, grave 7, wide 3, engrave 2, put off 2, out 2, appear 1, drawn 1, break forth 1, set forth 1, misc 4; 144
- 1) to open
- 1a) (Qal) to open
- 1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open
- 1c) (Piel)
- 1c1) to free
- 1c2) to loosen
- 1c3) to open, open oneself
- 1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself
- 2) to carve, engrave
- 2a) (Piel) to engrave
- 2b) (Pual) to be engraved
- פ ף Pei Communication; follows Ayin to suggest that seeing and understanding must preceed: The Oral Torah The mouth, blow, edge. [Mouth speak open word] (Numeric value: 80)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
- see 06605, 06606 open, 06607, 06608 entrance Psalms 119:130 "The entrance <06608> of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple."
- 1) to open
- ↑ 01350 גָּאַל ga’al [gaw-al’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-145a, BDB-145b] [{See TWOT on 300 }] AV-redeem 50, redeemer 18, kinsman 13, revenger 7, avenger 6, ransom 2, at all 2, deliver 1, kinsfolks 1, kinsman’s part 1, purchase 1, stain 1, wise 1; 104
- 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer
- 1a1a) by marrying brother’s widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance
- 1a2) to redeem (by payment)
- 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject)
- 1a3a) individuals from death
- 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage
- 1a3c) Israel from exile
- 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to redeem oneself
- 1b2) to be redeemed
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman
- ↑ 03701 כֶּסֶף keceph [keh’-sef] from 03700; n m; [BDB-494a] [{See TWOT on 1015 @@ "1015a" }] AV-silver 287, money 112, price 3, silverlings 1; 403
- 1) silver, money
- 1a) silver
- 1a1) as metal
- 1a2) as ornament
- 1a3) as colour
- 1b) money, shekels, talents
- 1a) silver
- 1) silver, money
- ↑ 06231 ^קשׁע^ ‘ashaq AyinShinKuf \@aw-shak’\@ a primitive root (comp. 06229); v; {See TWOT on 1713} AV-oppress 23, oppressor 4, defraud 3, wrong 2, deceived 1, deceitfully gotten 1, oppression 1, drink up 1, violence 1; 37
- 1) to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to oppress, wrong, extort
- 1a2) to oppress
- 1b) (Pual) to be exploited, be crushed
- 1a) (Qal)
- ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
- 1) to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort
- ↑ 0657 אֶפֶס ‘ephec [eh’-fes] from 0656; n m; [BDB-67a] [{See TWOT on 147 @@ "147a" }] AV-ends 13, no 4, none 3, not 3, nothing 2, without 2, else 2, beside 1, but 1, cause 1, howbeit 1, misc. 10; 43
- 1) ceasing, end, finality