my Father, intimate adult address
ground, soil, earth
lord, master, owner
to love with self-giving covenantal love, to esteem highly, to value
love as covenantal action and obligation
to go up, ascend, come up
remembrance, memorial
lawlessness; without law; without Torah
self-law; governed by one's own law; the root of "autonomy"
father, origin, covenant founder
our Father (corporate covenant address to YHWH)
where are you?
to plunge, submerge, immerse until covered
blessed; from barakh, to bless, to kneel
one flesh, composite unity
voice from heaven; daughter of the voice
good news, glad tidings, a king's victory announcement
trust, reliance, confidence, security
blessing; a blessing spoken to God for His gift
covenant, binding agreement
new covenant, renewed covenant
in the image of God
new, renewed, restored
new, renewed (feminine of chadash)
Feast of Unleavened Bread
engraved, incised (of the tablets); a hapax legomenon
sin / sin offering / purification offering
grace, favor, charm
covenant lovingkindness, covenant loyalty
sin, missing the mark, going off target
new moon; month
statutes, decrees, engraved laws
the blood of the covenant
to pierce, thrust through
to seek, inquire, study
to cling, to hold fast, to fuse
word, thing, event, matter
one, unified, composite unity
congregation; an assembly gathered by appointment around a shared purpose
I will be what I will be
Called-out assembly, summoned gathering
faithfulness, reliability, steadfastness
the work of the law (singular ethical effect)
the wife of your covenant
to buy out / redeem / purchase a slave's release
a strength corresponding to him, a rescue-counterpart
to cut, sever, divide; to decree
Valley of Hinnom, Gehenna
nations, peoples, gentiles
the Way; the road, the path
to set apart, to consecrate, to make holy, to devote
to walk, to go, to live a life
to praise, to boast, to celebrate loudly; to shine
sin / sin offering
means of atonement / place of purification
mercy seat / place of atonement
here I am, behold me
to obey, to listen-under, to comply
to align under, to take one's ordered place, to support, to stand alongside
to subdue, to bring under order, to make serviceable
set-apart, distinguished, holy
Atonement / Covering
mercy seat / covering of the Ark
Scripturalists, Jews who hold the Tanakh as sole controlling authority over later rabbinic tradition
to cut; to cut off; the verb of covenant-cutting and of excision
to cut a covenant
glory as weight, substance, heaviness
set-apartness, holiness, sanctification
self-emptying, pouring out, the voluntary laying down of standing
head, source, origin
to uphold, establish, cause to stand
priest
offering; that which is brought near
edge, border, hem; LXX equivalent of tzitzit
all of it, all of him, the whole
lord, master
to lord over, to exercise dominion, to dominate
heart as seat of will and decision
to bathe the whole body
sacrilege, faithless misappropriation, treachery in sacred trust
handiwork, deed, work of hands
Kingdom of Heaven, reign of God
my king is righteousness; the priest-king of Salem
mother tongue; the language of the kitchen, the lullaby, and the prayer
a kingdom of priests
fountain, spring, source
to rule, to govern, to exercise dominion
anointed one, the commissioned
living water; flowing water
speaking (active participle)
the Word (of YHWH)
change of mind, reconsideration
ritual immersion pool; gathering of living water
dwelling place, tabernacle, the portable sanctuary where YHWH's presence rested among Israel
a commandment of men learned by rote
commandment; divine instruction; (pl.) commandments
Appointed Times, Divine Appointments
appointed time, fixed meeting, sacred assembly
we will do and we will hear
to lift / to carry / to bear
The Root: דָּבַק (davaq) — The God Who Won’t Let Go by Sergio DeSoto
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