The language of ivrit ( עברית ) Exodus 12, Post #1
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series.
Exodus 12:1-6
We are leaving the dealings with Far'oh (Pharaoh) like an intermission of the happenings between Moshe (Moses) and the ruler. Chapter 12 is where everyone turns to read the story every spring of every year during Pesach (Passover). This is the initiation of the new Moed (Appointed Time) that will be, from this passage forward, practiced by Israel, and is to this very day.
They were to take a male lamb (of the sheep or goats) and select it on the 10th day of the month. It lives with them until the 14th day of that same month and they are to make sure it has no blemishes, a perfect lamb, for food. Families that cannot eat an entire lamb were told to get together with their nearest neighbor in order to have enough people to consume the meal.
They are to slaughter the lamb on the evening at *bayn ha-ar'Ba-yeem (between the evenings). The English translates this to the word "twilight" but I believe there is a saying for twilight in Hebrew, "in the twinkling of an eye." That saying has worked its way into English since then. The saying is used in other more modern scriptures as the timing of another event that will happen close to the return of Mashiach (Messiah).
This portion of Exodus is significant throughout hundreds of years of waiting. Some are Some are waiting for Mashiach and others are waiting for the return of Mashiach. No matter how that happens it will be spectacular, and I believe it will be soon.
Today's reading
English
YHVH said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, "This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.
Hebrew
Next week, and about the door posts...
Info on each letter starting at the beginning
If you are just starting, my lessons are all here starting at Alef, adding vowels (the dots and lines) as we go. I explain the meaning of each letter and its numerical value. Just go to my blog and scroll to the bottom or click here
Get your Hebrew Bible now!
Click here to obtain the book we are using. It is a free download or browser usable.
Thanks for reading.
Comments