INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

[JohnR7]

13 minutes ago, JLG said:

Just think that Biblical Hebrew is very limited whereas Biblical Greek is richer than today's Greek!

Greek is a military language used to conquer the world. You have to be exact and precise when you are telling soldiers where to go and what to do. 

The Hebrew letters all have a meaning and we need to study to see what the letters that make up the words mean. 

In Deuteronomy 18:15, Moses said, "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him."

This is a reference to Jesus. We learn a lot from Jesus in just the Sermon on the Mount. We need to study to understand Genesis and the Sermon on the Mount. David helps us to understand Moses and Paul helps us to understand David. 

We have the Holy Spirit to guide us and lead us into the truth. 

[JLG]

5 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

Greek is a military language used to conquer the world. You have to be exact and precise when you are telling soldiers where to go and what to do. 

The Hebrew letters all have a meaning and we need to study to see what the letters that make up the words mean. 

In Deuteronomy 18:15, Moses said, "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him."

This is a reference to Jesus. We learn a lot from Jesus in just the Sermon on the Mount. We need to study to understand Genesis and the Sermon on the Mount. David helps us to understand Moses and Paul helps us to understand David. 

We have the Holy Spirit to guide us and lead us into the truth. 

https://utalk.com/news/so-did-you-know-you-can-speak-greek/

Today’s blog post is written by Konstantia Sotiropoulou, who’s been helping us to translate and record our Maths apps in Greek.

I bumped into the picture below a while ago and I thought this should be interesting. Undoubtedly, Greek is one of the richest languages in the world and is distinguished by an extensive vocabulary. In the past, the Guinness Book of Records ranked the Greek language as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types!

Well, many of these words have been widely borrowed into other languages, including English. Greek roots are often used to coin new words for other languages, especially in the sciences and medicine. Mathematics, physics, astronomy, democracy, philosophy, athletics, theatre, rhetoric, baptism and hundreds of other words are Greek. Moreover, Greek words and word elements continue to be productive as a basis for coinages: anthropology, photography, telephony, isomer, biomechanics, cinematography, etc. and form, with Latin words, the foundation of international scientific and technical vocabulary, e.g. all words ending with –logy (“discourse”). Interestingly, an estimated 12% of the English vocabulary has Greek origin. Greek has contributed to English in several ways, including direct borrowings from Greek and indirectly through other languages (mainly Latin or French).

In a typical 80,000-word English dictionary, about 5% of the words are directly borrowed from Greek; this is about equivalent to the vocabulary of an educated speaker of English (for example, “phenomenon” is a Greek word and even obeys Greek grammar rules as the plural is “phenomena”). However, around 25% are borrowed indirectly. This is because there were many Greek words borrowed in Latin originally, which then filtered down into English because English borrowed so many words from Latin (for example, “elaiwa” in Greek evolved into the Latin “oliva”, which in turn became “olive” in English).

Greek and Latin are the predominant sources of the international scientific vocabulary. Greek is often used in coining very specialized technical or scientific words, however, so the percentage of words borrowed from Greek rises much higher when considering highly scientific vocabulary (for example, “oxytetracycline” is a medical term that has several Greek roots).

In education, an excellent way to build vocabulary is teaching students how to find roots in words. Since many words have their base in the Greek language, beginning with the roots from this ancient language is a good place to start. This list of English words with Greek origin will give students a basis for further exploration into the roots of the English language.

[JimmyB]

18 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

We see "God Said" 10 times in Genesis chapter one. According to the Hasidic, Hebrew is the language God used to create the universe.  Within Kabbalah, the Hebrew letters are believed to be not merely linguistic symbols, but also divine building blocks with inherent spiritual significance.

The oldest proof of written Sumerian was found on the Kish tablet in today's Iraq, dating back to approximately 3500 BC. 

"According to the Hasidic, Hebrew is the language God used to create the universe.  Within Kabbalah, the Hebrew letters are believed to be not merely linguistic symbols, but also divine building blocks with inherent spiritual significance"  "According to the Hasidic..." doesn't mean much.  There is no evidence that God spoke/wrote Hebrew.  In fact, when God became incarnate He spoke Aramaic.

[JimmyB]

18 hours ago, JLG said:

- Well, think about the difference if you learn a European language or an Asian language or an African language!

- The mentalities are so different!

- But when you learn an ancient language, that's another story!

- Just think that Biblical Hebrew is very limited whereas Biblical Greek is richer than today's Greek!

- It is easy for a Greek person to misunderstand the Bible because Ancient Greek and modern Greek are so different!

- So think about someone who is not Greek!

- And I mean basic mistakes whereas they think they think right!

That is why I truly appreciate competent translators and Bibles with explanatory footnotes.

[JLG]

6 hours ago, JimmyB said:

That is why I truly appreciate competent translators and Bibles with explanatory footnotes.

- The problem is when there is basic corruption, what can we expect when precision is required?

- Especially when people based their beliefs on words that have nothing to do with precision!

 

[JimmyB]

30 minutes ago, JLG said:

- The problem is when there is basic corruption, what can we expect when precision is required?

- Especially when people based their beliefs on words that have nothing to do with precision!

 

Again, that is why I truly appreciate competent translators and Bibles with explanatory footnotes.

[JLG]

About David:

He became king over Israel!

Then he took the wife of another man!

And he had him killed!

Apparently, he had forgotten Yah.weh!

Just because he became important!

Apparently, it is something quite usual among human beings!

It shows how easy it is to change completely!

And to lose everything!

[JohnR7]

On 6/12/2023 at 9:44 AM, JimmyB said:

There is no evidence that God spoke/wrote Hebrew. 

Yes, there is evidence. 

[JimmyB]

14 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

Yes, there is evidence. 

Where is that evidence?

[JohnR7]

13 hours ago, JimmyB said:

Where is that evidence?

The evidence is in the mathematical value of the Hebrew letters. Gematria is a system where each Hebrew letter has a numerical value, and words or phrases with the same numerical value are believed to have significant connections or meanings.

The value of the Hebrew letters in Genesis 1:1 can be calculated as follows:

בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ׃

Transliteration: B'reishit bara Elohim et hashamayim v'et ha'aretz.

Gematria Calculation: בְּ = 2 רֵאשִׁית = 913 בָּרָא = 203 אֱלֹהִים = 86 אֵת = 401 הַשָּׁמַיִם = 395 וְאֵת = 407 הָאָרֶץ = 296

The gematria sum of the verse is 2701.

According to some gematria interpretations, this sum of 2701 is significant because it is equal to the numerical value of the Hebrew phrase "רְאֵשִׁית חָכְמָה" (reishit chokhmah), which translates to "the beginning of wisdom." This interpretation suggests that Genesis 1:1 represents the foundation or starting point of all wisdom and knowledge.