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Hebrew and Greek Without Learning Either
A walk through Genesis, the Psalms, and John, plus the key Hebrew and Greek words worth knowing. Each card is a place the English Bibles part company, and what in the Hebrew or Greek made them.
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Light. The first thing spoken into existence, and a standing image for life and favour.
Genesis 1:3, in every translation this tool compares.
He saw the light. Her face lit up. English uses light for understanding and for favour without any effort.
Because it is the first created thing and the metaphor runs the length of the Bible, and because the light of day one arrives before the sun on day four.
Every version reads light.
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Or is physical light and also a standing image for life, guidance and divine favour. The face shining on someone in the Aaronic blessing is the same field.
English carries the same metaphors, so almost nothing is lost here.
Not every word is a problem. Some cross into English cleanly, and knowing which ones lets you spend attention on the ones that do not.
Light is universal.
- Genesis 1:3-5
- Psalm 27:1; 119:105
- Numbers 6:25, the face shine upon thee
