At the end of time: ืงึตึคืฅ – qets

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

Mass sinks in time, into stratified layers of sediment: a solid core on fire in the darkness, sunk in the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) MP Technical Paraphrase

An end: ืงึตึคืฅ – qets

This means end, limit, of space or time. Could we be talking about the end of all mass? Or are we talking about the end of time, as in, time stops?

  • to cut off, destroy, Hab. 2:10
  • Pi. to cut off.
  • Hiph. to scrape off, Le. 14:41, 43
  • masc. dec. 9b
    1. end, limit, of space or time; Ge. 19:4 from every end. i.e. from all parts, at the end of three days
    2. the whole, the sum.
  • fem. dec. 11a
    1. end, extremity of space, at the extreme part.
    2. the whole, the sum, mass, e.g. of people.

Davidson Analytical hebrew and Chaldee Lexiconn page DCLXIII

Continue reading “At the end of time: ืงึตึคืฅ – qets”

To discern: ื‘ึดึผื™ืŸ – bin

and said God Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters – let it divide a space between the waters from the waters.

(Genesis 1:6) Interlinear

The Hebrew words bayinื‘ึตึผื™ืŸ and bin – ื‘ึดึผื™ืŸ are very nearly the same word. They’re part of the meaning of a root which means: to understand nuance, to separate between.

Continue reading “To discern: ื‘ึดึผื™ืŸ – bin”

Tehom

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

(Deuteronomy 5:8) KJV

The deep, of Genesis 1:2 became the great deep, the deeps and the depths of the created world. Theyโ€™re all translated from the same Hebrew word, tehom. The deep became creation. The word became flesh.

Read more…

The Ground: ื”ึธึฃืึฒื“ึธืžึธึ”ื” โ€“ adamah

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

(Genesis 3:23) KJV

Levels of Hell

The Levels of Hell

LevelGrave (sheol)
Pit
(sahat/bowr)
Earth (erets)World (tebel)
Crustsheoleretstebel
Mantlemibbeten sheol
tavek sheol
yerekah bowr
tachti erets
erets tachti
mowcadah tebel
Great Gulf
(outer core)
bad sheolerets beriach
matsuq erets
mayim tachath erets
Core
(inner core)
sheol tachti
tachti erets
bowr, shachath
missahat beli
mowcadar erets
– The levels of hell correspond to the four zones of the interior of the Earth.

The Hebrews had a well developed idea of life after death. For them death, the grave, was a portal into a complex underworld realm. The grave is just the beginning of what happens next.

Read more…

Gravity as a Process

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

There are some eyebrow-raising translations of this verse which have been rendered by people who were trying very hard to make sense out of it. Here’s an example:

Miners explore the deepest darkness.
They search the depths of the earth And dig for rocks in the darkness.

(Job 28:3) Good News Translation
Continue reading “Gravity as a Process”

Lye: ื‘ึทึผื ึถึผึ”ืชึถืจ – Nitre, nether

Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord GOD.

(Jeremiah 2:22) ESV

Cleansing, purification and refinement are a prevailing themes in the broad narrative of scripture which are fulfilled in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Continue reading “Lye: ื‘ึทึผื ึถึผึ”ืชึถืจ – Nitre, nether”

soap: ื•ึผื›ึฐื‘ึนืจึดึ–ื™ืช

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refinerโ€™s fire, and like fullersโ€™ soap:

( Malachi 3:2 )

soap: ื•ึผื›ึฐื‘ึนืจึดึ–ื™ืช โ€“ borith

  • lye ( Sodium hydroxide, NaOH ),
  • alkali,
  • potash,
  • soap, used in washing

The coming judgment of God is described as being, among other things, like being washed with strong soap. Letโ€™s take a look at the word translated as โ€œsoapโ€ and see if it has any connection with Chemistry.

Read more…