Exodus 23:1
RAISE. utter, or take up. Same as Exodus 20:7. THE WICKED. a wicked one. Hebrew. _rash. a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAISE. utter, or take up. Same as Exodus 20:7. THE WICKED. a wicked one. Hebrew. _rash. a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL-INJURY. Hebrew. _r_. _a. a._ See App-44. SPEAK. testify. DECLINE. "turn away [and follow]". Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6. a).... [ Continue Reading ]
COUNTENANCE. prefer, or favour.... [ Continue Reading ]
OX OR HIS ASS. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, put for any kind of beast of burden.... [ Continue Reading ]
HELP. Hebrew. _Homonym. 'azab_ two words (1) _'azab =_ to leave, or forsake. (2) _'azab_. to help, or restore (hence strengthen, or fortify). No.. in Genesis 2:24; Genesis 39:6; Nehemiah 5:10; Psalms 49:10; Malachi 4. But here it should be No.. (as in Nehemiah 3:8; Deuteronomy 32:36. 1Ki 14:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. a wicked one. Hebrew. _rash. a.App-44._... [ Continue Reading ]
BLINDETH... PERVERTETH: i.e. causeth these acts, or _sins._ Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6. WISE. Hebrew seeing the most clear-sighted.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEART. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
FRUITS. Hebrew harvest.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, have this in text; it need not, therefore, be in italics.... [ Continue Reading ]
REFRESHED. Hebrew verbal form of _nephesh (soul) =_ quickened, have new life put in, renewed, or revived.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE CIRCUMSPECT. take heed. MAKE NO MENTION, &c.. command often disobeyed, especially in house _of_ Saul. Compare "Baal", 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39. 1Ch 12:5. 1 Chronicles 14:7; 1 Chronicles 27:28. Hence the importance _of_ the prophecy as to the future in Hosea 2:16; Hosea 2:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE TIMES. No. _of_ Divine perfection. App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. MONTH ABIB. See App-51. APPEAR BEFORE ME. This is the current Hebrew text: but this, and ten other passages were altered by the Sopherim (only in the pointing). App-33. The primitive text read (and ought to be) "see My face". They did not know that "face" was used by Figure of sp... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. Hebrew "before the face _of"._ THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _ha-'adon Jehovah._ See App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFER. Hebrew "slay", requiring the supply _of_ the _Ellipsis,_ ii.. (App-8), "slay [and pour out]". See App-43. SACRIFICE. Hebrew "feast", put by _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct' for "festal sacrifice" (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. MOTHER'S: i.e. in the milk _of its_ dam. Repeated, Exo 84:26 and Deuteronomy 14:21. For similar consideration compare Deuteronomy 22:6; Leviticus 22:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6) for emphasis. an angel. It is Elohim speaking, therefore, who can it be but Micha-el? Compare Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1.Jude 1:9. and see Malachi 3:1; Isaiah 63:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSIONS. Hebrew. _pasha._ App-44. My name. Compare Jeremiah 23:26; Colossians 2:9. THE HIVITES. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, and one early printed edition, read "and the Hivites". THEM. the six nations. See App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGES. sacred pillars or statues. Exodus 24:4; Exodus 34:13. See note on Exodus 26.... [ Continue Reading ]
BREAD, and thy water. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, put for all kinds of food and drink.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY FEAR. a terror of me.... [ Continue Reading ]
HORNETS. Compare Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 24:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEA OF THE PHILISTINES. the Mediterranean or "Great Sea". FROM THE DESERT. the desert of Shur. THE RIVER. the Euphrates. THE INHABITANTS. Some codices, with The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and one early printed edition, read "all the inhabitants".... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a._ See App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]