19:23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was ...

In the Babylonian literature the name bab-ili meant “the gate of God,” but in Hebrew it sounds like the word for “confusion,” and so retained that connotation.

' 1:7 You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask, 'How have we offended you?' By treating the table of the Lord as if it is of no importance!

In the Book of Leviticus the Hebrew verb translated “appease” has the idea of removing anger due to sin or guilt, a nuance that fits this passage very well ...

[4:2] tn Here the Hebrew word צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah), usually translated “righteousness” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT; cf. NAB “justice”), has been rendered as “vindication ...

17:1 When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

The Beloved to Her Lover: 1:7 Tell me, O you whom my heart loves,. where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat?

2:11 Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. ... For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves ...

... 43). Not merely the Church collectively, but each one member of it ... Hebrew Bible the title of this book is "The Song of Songs." ... Introduction.