Tag: Alma 42
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"Stretch forth thine hand" — Part 3 (Book of Mormon)
This post will take us back to continue a series of posts from a few weeks ago on the phrase “stretch forth thy hand.” Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Old Testament In today’s post, we’ll look at how this phrase is used in the Book of Mormon. So far, we’ve seen (in part one) that…
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Adam and adamah — Part 3 ("in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed")
Links to Part 1 Part 2 We have looked at the story in Genesis 2-4 from the perspective of the ground (Hebr. adamah) because it plays a central role and is even sometimes personified, but also because it forms an intimate relationship with man (Adam) in the text emphasized through the similarity of words. In…
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"an help meet for him"
I used to think that “helpmeet” was an archaic noun meaning something like “helper”. But these are two separate words translated from the Hebrew “neged” and “ezer” in Genesis 2:18. Ezer means a help or helper. Neged is in the KJV translated into meet, an archaic word meaning something like suitable. But the Hebrew ,…
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Subtle evidence that the latter-day Gentiles are meant to be a covenant people
32Â (And these are the words which I spake unto my servant Moses, and they are true even as I will; and I have spoken them unto you. See thou show them unto no man, until I command you, except to them that believe. Amen.) (Moses 4) As I finished up my most recent three part…
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Adam and Eve in the scriptures, part 3
This is the final post in a series about references to Adam and Eve in the scriptures. Part 1 offered a numerical overview. Part 2 looked qualitatively at references to Adam and Eve in the Bible and the Doctrine & Covenants. This final part will first look at references to Adam and Eve in the…
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"For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee."
In a recent post, I mentioned that the plan of mercy is fundamental to the creation. It\’s one reason why the creation falls apart around those who reject the plan of mercy. In this post, I\’d like to give a few more examples of how the concept of mercy requires mortality. Mercy can only have…
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Book of Mormon language in D&C 10
D&C 10 was part of the the Come, Follow Me reading for this week and the revelation that Joseph Smith received as he and Oliver tried to figure out how to go on with the translation after the loss of the 116 pages (which according to church historian Don Bradley probably were much more than…
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A temple pattern in the Book of Mormon, continued — More about shaking
4 Yet now … be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts: 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. 6 For thus…
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Achaz — part 2
In my last post, I outlined the various meanings of the Hebrew root \”achaz\” in the Old Testament. I\’ve searched the Book of Mormon for passages with similar words and found the verses listed below. Each reference is highlighted in red if has a negative connotation or green if the connotation is positive. Grasp/Seize 10 O…
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Underlying Hebrew gender of Book of Mormon nouns
In the English language, nouns traditionally have no gender. I guess words like actor/actress, waiter/waitress clearly indicate a gender, but the point is that in many other languages, the article preceding any noun indicates what gender it is. This is not the case in English. In my native language, for example, there are 3 genders:…
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