my Father, intimate adult address
lord, master, owner
to love with self-giving covenantal love, to esteem highly, to value
love as covenantal action and obligation
father, origin, covenant founder
our Father (corporate covenant address to YHWH)
one flesh, composite unity
voice from heaven; daughter of the voice
good news, glad tidings, a king's victory announcement
trust, reliance, confidence, security
covenant, binding agreement
Feast of Unleavened Bread
sin / sin offering / purification offering
grace, favor, charm
covenant lovingkindness, covenant loyalty
sin, missing the mark, going off target
statutes, decrees, engraved laws
to seek, inquire, study
to cling, to hold fast, to fuse
word, thing, event, matter
one, unified, composite unity
I will be what I will be
Called-out assembly, summoned gathering
faithfulness, reliability, steadfastness
the wife of your covenant
to buy out / redeem / purchase a slave's release
a strength corresponding to him, a rescue-counterpart
Valley of Hinnom, Gehenna
to set apart, to consecrate, to make holy, to devote
to walk, to go, to live a life
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
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
glory as weight, substance, heaviness
set-apartness, holiness, sanctification
self-emptying, pouring out, the voluntary laying down of standing
head, source, origin
edge, border, hem; LXX equivalent of tzitzit
lord, master
to lord over, to exercise dominion, to dominate
heart as seat of will and decision
sacrilege, faithless misappropriation, treachery in sacred trust
handiwork, deed, work of hands
Kingdom of Heaven, reign of God
mother tongue; the language of the kitchen, the lullaby, and the prayer
a kingdom of priests
to rule, to govern, to exercise dominion
anointed one, the commissioned
living water; flowing water
speaking (active participle)
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
Appointed Times, Divine Appointments
appointed time, fixed meeting, sacred assembly
to lift / to carry / to bear
living being, life, self
intimate breath of life, life-breath
law, legal code
age, era, eternity, the long horizon
to cut straight, to handle rightly
I never knew you
enclosed garden, the garden of the righteous dead
veil, curtain, the barrier between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies
Passover, to Pass Over, to Spare
spirit, breath, wind
workmanship, that which is made; root of English "poem"
to pray, to turn one's face toward God with a vow
assembly, congregation, the gathered community
near, close, kin, within reach
to rule, to have dominion, to tread down
wind, breath, spirit
the Holy Spirit, the set-apart breath of YHWH
master of the household
treasured possession, prized acquisition, personal property
today, this day
Cessation, Rest, the Seventh Day
whole, complete, undivided, intact
sent one, authorized agent, emissary
wholeness, completeness, nothing missing, nothing broken
tranquility, quiet security, the calm that rests inside wholeness
the heavens, sky, realm of God
asked of God; the Hebrew name of the apostle the church calls Paul
Weeks, Oaths, Pentecost
hear, obey
Eighth Day Assembly, the Gathering
keeper, watchman, guardian
to return, to turn back, to repent
Rescue, preserve, make whole
be diligent, make every effort, give all haste
Tabernacles, Booths, Shelters
in place of / instead of / underneath
The Root: דָּבַק (davaq) — The God Who Won’t Let Go by Sergio DeSoto
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