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When Did The Hebrews/Israelites Become Known As Jews?

In the Old Testament/TaNaKH,

we read that YHVH’s people were known as

Hebrews and as

the children of Israel or Israelites;

however, when we reach the Brit Chadashah/New Testament, they are primarily called, or referred to as Jewish, Judeans or the Jews.

How, when and why did that change occur?

First of all a root meaning of the word

Hebrew – Ivri – עברי

is passing beyond or

on the far shore.

The first use of the term is in Genesis 14:1

when Abraham is called a Hebrew.

Joseph Yosef יוֹסֵף‎

is also called

a Hebrew in

Gen. 39:14, 17; 41:12.

The people whom YHVH delivered from Mitzryim / מִצְרַיִם / Egypt through Mosheh/משֶׁה/Moses were called Hebrews.

The word ‘Hebrew’ may be derived from the name of one of Abraham’s ancestors, the patriarch Eber

noted in Gen. 10:21–25, 11:14–17.

The term Hebrew is the same word used for both

the language and the people.

It is עברי  Ivri or Ibri

pronounced: Erverh

and literally means:

from the other side

and also means:

to pass through to the other side

or one crossed over.

Related to Abraham crossing over from his fathers home of idol worship to follow the call of the One True and Living God.

This is one reason Jews were originally called Hebrews, or in Hebrew, Ivriyim, because they were willing to take on, and take down, the idols of the day.

 

Abraham was known as Ha’Ivri, the Hebrew, in context, this meant Abraham from the other side of the Euphrates. Then prophetically to the crossing over of the Reed Sea out of Egypt and again across the Jordan River into the Promised Land/Canaan/Yisrael; and to our future crossing over into the spiritual Promised Land of the Heavenlies.

IVRI

The script used in the Torah scrolls is the original

Ktav Ivrit which was revealed to

Avraham Avinu who was the first

Ivri-Hebrew.

The proper pronunciation in the native language of the ancient Israelites’ designation, commonly known, as Hebrew in English is IVRI

pronounced; Erh-Verh.

Many believe Hebrew in this context is related to Eber, an ancestor of Abraham mentioned in Genesis 11:14–16.

Independent of the term’s meaning, its original connection is with Abraham as founder of the YHVH’s chosen people.

To be a Hebrew literally means:

to possess the courage to stand apart,

to dare to be different,

and Abraham was the first to proudly bear this title of distinction.

According to the Bible, Abraham left polytheism to follow the God who made the universe. Abraham lived about 2,000 BC and he and his descendants were known as Hebrews recorded in Gen. 14:13. In fact the Pentateuch/Torah/ was written by Moses in the Hebrew language.

תּוֹרָה Tōrā, “Instruction”, “Teaching” or “Law” is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.

 

YHVH’s people are referred to by many different names in the scriptures.

They are called:

Israelites,

Jews,

Hebrews,

children of Abraham,

Daughter of Zion,

YHVH’s chosen people, etc.

One of the most common names for

YHVH’s chosen people

in the Scriptures is Israelites.

This name came from through

Isaac יִצְחָק Yitschaq

and Jacob יַעֲקֹב  Yaʿaqov

who were

Abraham’s son and grandson respectively.

Jacob’s name was changed to

Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisra’el

as recorded in

Gen. 32:28; 46:1.

Since this time Israel’s descendants were known as

the children of Israel

or Israel or Israelites.

Israel’s family moved to Egypt where his son Joseph was second in command to the Pharaoh. In Egypt the Israelites grew to 2 million people when they subsequently migrated to Canaan in the Middle East under the leadership of Moses and Joshua.

 

Another common name for the Jewish people is Jews.

The word Jew comes from the name Judah, the leading tribe of the 12 sons or tribes of Israel.

After the Israelites invaded Canaan, they were ruled by the kings Saul, David and Solomon. King David lived about 1,000 BC. After this, the kingdom was divided into two, with 10 tribes in the northern kingdom of Israel and two in the southern kingdom of Judah as recorded in 1 Ki. 12; 2 Chron. 10. Samaria was the capital of Israel and Jerusalem the capital of Judah.

The Hebrew noun

Yehudi – Jew, 

Strongs #3064, 

Yehudi: Jews, Jew, Jewish

Original Word: יְהוּדִי
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: Yhuwdiy
Pronunciation: yeh-hoo-DEE
Phonetic Spelling: yeh-hoo-dee’
KJV: Jew
NASB: Jews, Jew, Jewish, Jews’, Judeans
Word Origin: [patronymically from H3063 (יְהוּדָה – Judah)]

1. a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)….

is derived from the name Judah,

who was one of Jacob’s twelve sons.

Yehudi occurs 76 times in the following books of the Old Testament:
 11 times in Jeremiah (written about 600BC), where it describes Judeans,
Twice in 2 Kings (written about 550BC), where it describes Judeans who lived about 750BC and 590BC,
Once in Zechariah (written about 520BC), where it may describe both Judeans and Israelites,
 52 times in Esther (written about 460BC), where it describes those dispersed after the Babylonian invasions and living in the Persian kingdom, including Mordecai a Benjaminite Esther. 2:5; 5:13, and
 10 times in Nehemiah (written about 430BC), where it describes exiles who returned to Jerusalem.

A related word Yehudain Strongs #3062 only occurs in the books of Daniel and Ezra, written about 530BC and 440BC respectively. 

Originally, the word referred to members of the tribe of Judah, but later it described anyone from the kingdom of Judah. This would include those from the northern kingdom of Israel who moved to Judah, including Mordecai’s and his ancestors, who was called a Jew in the book of Esther. Also, as those who returned after the exile settled in Judea, they were called Jews regardless of their ancestral tribe. In the New Testament, the words, Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews are used interchangeably to describe the descendants of Jacob. John. 4:9; 2 Cor. 11:22.  this is the same today as the words Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews are used as synonyms.  A Jew was, literally,

one from the land of Judah,

although the word later came to be applied to any Israelite, regardless of the tribe to which he belonged.

In 722 BC, Samaria was conquered by the Assyrians and the Israelites were dispersed into surrounding nations as recorded in 2 Kings 17. As they assimilated and now have no national identity, they are known as the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. However, they weren’t all lost because some remained in Israel and some moved to Judah, 2 Chron. 15:9; 35:18.

In 605 BC and 598 BC, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah and in 586 B.C. Jerusalem was destroyed. Many of the Jews were taken to exile in Babylon. When the Persians conquered Babylon in 538 BC, the Persian King Cyrus permitted the Jews to return to their homelands and many returned to Judah. After the Babylonian exile, Jew replaced Israelite as the most widely-used term for these survivers. This was because, by that time, virtually all Israelites were descendants of the kingdom of Judah. Also, the Jewish religion was known as Judaism.

After Jerusalem was rebuilt, Judea was ruled by the Greeks, Egyptians, Syrians and Romans. Although the terms Hebrew and Israelite continued in use into the New Testament period as recorded in Rom. 9:4; 2 Cor. 11:22; Phil. 3:5; by then the term Jew was more commonly used. The Romans referred to Yeshua/Jesus as the king of the Jews at His death. Matt. 27:37.

In 70 AD, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem, however, this didn’t destroy all the Jews as many were living in other countries. In 134 AD the Romans attacked again and the Jews were killed, enslaved and dispersed to surrounding countries including Europe and North Africa. Since this time, Judea has been ruled by the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic Empire, the Crusaders, the Mamluk Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the British Empire. The Jews were persecuted and driven out of many regions culminating in the holocaust. Despite these difficulties, the Jews maintained their identity, even in foreign lands. The need to find a homeland for Jewish refugees led to the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.

Today, the word Jew is now used to refer to all of the descendants of Jacob and those who adhere to Judaism.

To summarize the usage of the word Jew.

The Hebrew word translated Jew in the Bible originally meant the tribe of Judah and the kingdom of Judah/Yehudah. Judah’s father Israel died in about 1680BC showing that the name Judah originated in the 17th century BC. With the destruction of the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BC, the kingdom of Judah became the sole Jewish state and the name was applied to all Israelites. The Hebrew name for Judean or Jew appears in the Bible from about 600BC during the Babylonian Exile. This name was also applied to those who were dispersed in 586 BC. The term became more common in the Hellenistic period, 4th century BC.

After the Israelite exiles returned to Palestine, the region began to be known as Judea. And the dispersed Israelites began to be known as Judean. By the time of the Roman Empire, Jew was widely used to describe the people of Judea.

Below is the same word as spoken in various languages:
Yehudi – Hebrew
Yehudai – Aramaic

 Ioudaios – Greek
Iūdaeus – Latin
 Judeu, then Juiu, then Juif  – French
 Gyv, then Ive, Iewe, Iew – Old English
 Jew – English (1775)

So we can conclude that the Hebrew word translated Jew in the Bible is used for all the descendants of Jacob or Israel; and also note that in the Bible, Jewishness was determined through the father’s line, as is clear from the genealogies.Today, depending on context, it can also mean one who follows the Jewish religion. The date that Hebrews or Israelites become known as Jews is from about 600BC and specifically, this word derives from Judah/ Yehudah, one of Yaaqov/Jacob’s 12 sons, and the one who was the ancestor of

Yeshua Hamashiach /Jesus Christ

Matt. 1:3, Luke 3:33.

Yeshua/Jesus is Jewish, 

Yeshua Hamashiach/Jesus the Messiah.

However the term Jew became used for all descendants of Israel. So the term Jew was used interchangeably with Hebrew and Israelite. Thus a Jew is biblically defined as a descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

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and are truly born again from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is

your Redeemer, Savior, Lord

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry.

I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus.  Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.

More Crusts & Crumbs

A closer look

at some Hebrew/Aramaic words in

 Genesis 1:3-4

This of course is a very familiar verse from Torah (Tow-rah). However in the course of research looking at the original Hebrew and Aramaic languages, and the translations of some of the words; the following meanings were revealed, which are not only interesting but further help to illuminate the scriptures.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

4 And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

Berean Study Bible.

3 And Elohim said: Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And Elohim saw the light, that it was good. And Elohim divided the light from the darkness.

(An Original Translation Made Directly from

Ancient Hebrew and Aramaic Sources.)

“3 ¶ And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

4 And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

Lamsa Bible – English Peshitta translation.

Above is Dr. George Lamsa’s famous Peshitta Old Testament English translation.

The Peshitta Old Testament is the Aramaic version of a Hebrew Old Testament version (older and superior to the current accepted Massoretic Hebrew version).

The Massoretic Text –

Nusakh Ham’mas’sora: נוסח המסורה,

refers to the authoritative Hebrew manuscript and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism.

The Masoretic Text defines the Jewish canon and its precise letter-text, with its vocalization and accentuation known as the mas’sora/the Massoretic Critical Edition of 1894.

The name comes from the word masora, the Hebrew textual tradition of the Hebrew Masorites (or Masoretes). These Masorites were Jewish rabbis who took extreme care to copy the Hebrew text of the Old Testament without error.  

The Hebrew texts of the Bible were originally written with only the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which only represent consonantal sounds; meaning there were no vowel sounds a,e,i,o,u.

The Peshitta New Testament is believed to be the original New Testament and if nothing else, deemed far closer to the original than the Greek texts.

The Lamsa Bible utilizes this version,

containing the 22 books shared by the Eastern Peshitta

and the Western Peshitto, plus the extra 5 books

(2Peter, 2John, 3John, Jude, Revelation)

that are included in the Western Peshitto.

The Designation/Name – Peshito/Peshitta…

The word itself is in grammatical form, feminine,

meaning:

simple, easy to be understood.

It seems to have been used to distinguish the version from others which are filled with reference marks and signs.

As regards the Old Testament, the age of the Version is commonly agreed upon.

 

Returning to the verses in

Genesis/ B’resheet…

Let there be light then it was that God saw the light and it was good.

The sun, moon and stars were created on day 4 so this light was not from them.

LET THERE BE = yehi 

which expresses:

a desire or wish (let)..

I desire that there be light.

LIGHT – OHR

and also means:

understanding.

As our idiom says of letting light in to our minds/thinking:

the light (bulb) came on.

The word SAW as in God SAW the light

is the word RA’AH

which has a secondary meaning of:

EXPERIENCING.  

Finally the word for GOOD is TOV

which means: to be in harmony with God.

So it could read as:

God said I desire to understand and there was understanding.

God experienced this understanding and SAW that it was in harmony with Him.

Jesus/Yeshua – the Word and Wisdom,

were with Him in Genesis – the beginning – B’resheet.

Out of harmony with God – ra /evil – darkness

In harmony with God – tov/ good – light

Light – ra’ah – ohr = understanding – experiencing.

Further on in verse 26 We see the word: dominion.

Hebrew scholars teach YIREDU for DOMINION.

It comes from the root word RADAH which means:

to exert control over something – to overpower.

Did God really command us to overpower animals? Sometimes we are so one dimensional in our western thoughts and mind set, giving a singular, one thought narrow answer.

The root word here is apparently YARAD not RADAH

YARAD means

to DESCEND

to lower oneself and show respect.

Proverbs 12:10. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.

Amplified Bible A righteous man has kind regard for the life of his animal,

God did not give us His creation to exert our control, cruelty and to overpower His creation; shooting it just for sport to hang trophies on our walls! But rather to

HUMBLE us…

To bring us down from our lofty prideful perch and to learn a few things about Gods’ beauty, character, love and mercy.

Our Heavenly Fathers’ creation is

HIS revelation of love to us.

It’s not there for us to do with as we please, to abuse and exert selfish desires and agendas with.

If we lower ourselves and show His creation respect –

if we YARAD –

His creation will speak to us and draw us

to the creator to love and respect Him with all our hearts.

He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end. King James Bible He hath made every thing beautiful in his time:

Ecc. 3:11.

 

Not only did he make everything…….

He made it all beautiful in its time. 

We have a sense of eternity because God exists.

Romans 1:20.

The narrow gate leads to life

The difficult way leads to life 

Many don’t offer this as an evangelistic tool to win souls!

Many times, we hear and give only good news that God saves people by His sovereign grace through the atonement of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus and it’s Him who works in us to will and to do of His good pleasure.

Here again we see the truth that we are not the one in overall charge our dominion and authority is imparted to those who believe and trust and obey! Its His good pleasure not ours!

We need to get the dynamics of this relationship inn its correct proper perspective. He made us for His pleasure He saved us to be His child and be part of His family and dwell eternally in His presence.

Ps 100:3 Know that the Lord he is God; he made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Below is a link to a free online site for the Aramaic Bible.

https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-1.htm Aramaic Bible in Plain English

Stand therefore in that liberty with which The Messiah has set us free, and do not be yoked again in a yoke of bondage.

Gal. 5:1…..

He set us free to serve Him

The Israelites groaned in their labors (avodah) and cried out, and their cry for help because of their labor (avodah) went up to God. Ex. 2:23

 “Let my people go, that they may serve (avad) me in the wilderness” (Ex. 7:16).

In this sentence the same word for labor and slavery

is being used to describe worshipping God.

The reason for this is that:

the same word, avad,

can mean

to serve or

to worship.

Exodus 20:22-24:8

To love Him and worship Him – to have a relationship with Him.

We did not do anything other than rebel against ignore and sin against Him.

If we are to live as His talmidim/disciples, we must remember that all efforts that have any worth or excellence are difficult. This chaim/life, is in fact glorious but at the same time, difficult, it is not to cause us to give up and be weak willed; it should stir us up to be those over-comers.

The question is do we really appreciate the salvation He provided?

Do we comprehend the miracle of new birth spiritually enough, to totally lay down everything and give our all to Him?

We have to work out that salvation Phil 2:12 everyday; and if He is not our life….. then it will be a constant struggle, trying to do things ourselves.

We must begin on the foundation of His redeeming life, now working in us and do what He commands us.

These commands are not grievous if we truly love Him.

If we spurn them, ignore them, choose to disobey them; then we are not truly a loving child whose grateful heart is fully given to Him; and we will remain full of our own ways – preferring them to His and will wander off track onto the broad way.

Interesting that Broadway is the NewYork name to its’ entertainment center. His way is THE WAY… we will fulfill all we are called here for and we will find we can do it HIS WAY.

If we fail, it’s probably due to us not walking in, and operating by the things He has placed within us. Obeying His spirit and practicing in our day to day lives, that Spirit which has been placed there. When a crisis comes, we will find the combination of His nature and ours will stand and not crumble.

The difficult things are the tests of our faith, not for Him, but for us; for us to see exactly where we are and what we truly believe.

Salvation requires

bravery and courage

and above all

holiness,

and will test us for all we are worth.

Why?

Because Hebrews 2:10 and He as a good father will not shield us from the requirements of son ship. God’s children who have a strong family traits to Jesus/Yeshua, are not weaklings, not pampered or spoiled children. It takes a tremendous amount of discipline to live the life of a disciple/talmidim, and to be worthy leading a life like Daniel, with a spirit of excellence and faithfulness enduring in the ever-pressing harsh realities of lifes’ worldly temptations.

This life requires effort – our whole hearted participation and if it’s not born out of relationship rooted in love, joy and peace (ahava, simchah and shalom) together with total trust/faith in a GOOD Heavenly Father… that narrow door will seem unreachable.

It’s not hard if you love Him and that love should inspire our heartfelt thanks.

Thanksgiving in Hebrew is Todah =

heartfelt thanksgiving in today’s modern Hebrew.

it’s simply used for thank you Todah raba

תּוֹדָה רַבָּה 

The word comes from the root word;

YUDAH or JUDAH יהודה

From yadah; meaning celebrated;

Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites;

also of the tribe descended from the first,

and of its territory –

 pronounced ye-huw-dah 

From the verb הוד ( hod ), meaning: 

to be praise-worthy,

comes the noun הוד ( hod ), meaning:

splendor, majesty, vigor, glory or honor.

The importance of this name and its meaning rests in the fact that it is the source of the name of the people of Israel:

‘Ye•hu•dim’  = Jewish

The name “Yehudah”

(“Judah” in English)

in Hebrew it is spelled

“yud, heh, vav, dalet, heh”.

In the Torah, God has many names, however the most common is the Tetragrammaton – YHVH

as we pronounce it in English.

Judah means: a heartfelt thanksgiving or praise.

And of course was the name of one of the 12 sons of Israel.

Judah always led the WAY and went first on their journey.

Praise and heartfelt thanksgiving was first.

Spelled

Taw Daleth Hei Tav Dalet Hay

Taw letter represents the heartfelt thanksgiving

Dalet letter represents a doorway

Hei letter represents the presence of God.

So heartfelt praise and thanksgiving is a doorway to Gods presence!

Ps 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful to him, and bless his name. 

In Rev 3:20. Yeshua/Jesus calls the congregation of Laodicea neither hot nor cold …. but what made them that way?

He stands at the door and knocks He’s reminding them of TODAH that heartfelt thanksgiving opens the door to his presence

When He knocks let’s open that door quickly to His presence and give TODAH – heartfelt thanksgiving Todah to our redeemer Mashiach.

Probably the most important meaning of behold I stand at the door and knock is

the heart of Yeshua/Jesus which is:

to desire intimate fellowship with you and me. 

Revelation 3:20 says: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”

Strong’s Hebrew: 8426. תּוֹדָה (todah) — thanksgiving

From yadah; properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration;

specifically, a choir of worshippers —

confession, (sacrifice of) praise, thanks (-giving, 

The third Hebrew word for praise, Todah, means thanksgiving. 

It also means: Praise and thanksgiving; 

The offering of thanks or sacrifice of thanksgiving;

תּוֹדָה. 

תּוֹדָה tôwdâh, to-daw’; from H3034; properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers:—confession.

At this time in our walk when seemingly there may not be so much to give thanksgiving and praise for…Lets make sure we have not put out the…

…sign…

…but rather are offering Todah from our hearts…

a true sacrifice of thanksgiving! 

Shalom shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

NOT SURE?

YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.

The Man The Tribe The Land – Yisrael/Israel – Prophetic In Every Way Part 3

The Land

Eretz  land  אֶרֶץ

Yisrael

pronounced: Iss-rah-el

The term

Land of Israel

is a direct translation of the Hebrew phrase

ארץ ישראל ‎ 

Eretz Yisrael,

which occasionally occurs in the Bible,

and is first mentioned in the

Tanakh/Old Testament in

1 Samuel 13:19,

following the Exodus, when the

Israelite tribes were already in the

Land of Canaan.

The Name Yisrael means

God strives,

it is another name of Jacob and his descendants.

ישראל

Strongs 3478

Original Word: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: Yisrael
Phonetic Spelling: yis-raw-ale’

The name Israel was first introduced in the Bible in

Gen. 32:29. “And he said, ‘Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince you have power with God and with men.

The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history is called Etymology.

The roots of the word Yisrael come From the verb

sarah  שרה sara:

to become rigid from the retention of liquidity,

and

 the word

el אל

 God.

and from (1) the verb

ישר yashar, to be upright,

and (2) the word אל  ‘el, God.

This name has been translated several different ways including:

he wrestles with God,

Prince of God,

he struggles with God,

and several others.

The name Israel

is actually a complete sentence in one word.

The name has three components –

Y, SR and AL.

The Y is a prefix meaning he.

The AL usually pronounced as

el is the Hebrew word for God.

The SR is the part that seems to have caused

most of the problems in translation.

The Hebrew word

SR

literally means

turn the head.

It is often translated as

prince or ruler

one who turns the head of the people.

The feminine form of this word is SRH or Sarah.

Abraham’s wife Sarah was very beautiful

and probably

turned the head 

of the men who saw her.

Another word related to

SR is yasar

meaning discipline.

When you discipline your children you are

turning their head

from a path of bad to a path of good.

Because the Y is in front of the word SR 

we know that this is a verb and not a noun, this is standard Hebrew grammar; and can literally be translated as

he turns the head of God.

It can be understood that when Israel, either Jacob or his descendants; speaks to God, as the Father of Israel, He stops what He is doing and turns to His son and says

What do you want My son.

Today’s name is the Hebrew name of the

Land of Israel,

E•retz Yis•ra•el.

The word

a•retz

is the general word for

land,

and eretz

becomes more specific, and it means

the land of.

The Land of Israel is one of several names for an area of indefinite geographical extension in the Middle East. Related biblical, religious, and historical English terms/names include:

the Land of Canaan,

the Promised Land,

the Holy Land, and 

Palestine.

The land was called other names before being named Israel and through the centuries, the territory was known by a variety of other names, including

Canaan,

Djahy,

Samaria ,

Judea,

Yehud,

Iudaea,

Syria Palaestina

and Southern Syria.

Because of geopolitical reasons, the boundaries of

Eretz Yisrael

and, hence, the final borders of the

State of Israel,

have not yet been agreed upon between Israel and its neighbors.

The major obstacles are the territories of Judea and Samaria, which are claimed by the Palestinians as their land.

Biblically, these areas are under the definition of the

Land of Israel,

and especially those which comprise of major large parts of Jerusalem.

The official name of

Israel

in

Hebrew

is

 מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל ‎,

Medīnat Yisrā’el

or the

State of Israel.

And upon gaining independence in 1948,

the country formally adopted the name.

Israel has been the name of an ethnic group in the Levant going back at least 3200 years, based on the first known mention of the name in the written record, which was in ancient Egypt.

Based on the Bible itself, the ancient peoples of the Levant were generally named for their progenitors.

For example,

the smaller southern

kingdom of Judah

is named for Judah,

the son of Jacob.

The Levant

is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia

with its islands

and neighboring countries.

In this post we have seen

the prophetic nature of

Israel

The Man – The Tribe – The Land 

in scripture

as in just how many prophecies have been fulfilled, not least that of Isaiah; in chapter 35:1-2,

the prophet said that although Israel would become a desolate land, its deserts would one day bloom again. Isaiah lived about 2,700 years ago.

He declared that the wasteland will come to life and recent rains in Israel have caused the deserts to bloom, just as Isaiah prophesied!

 

These prophesies confirm and reaffirm

YHWH

Yehovehs

hand is on His chosen place and people spiritually and physically; and leaving no doubt that as each one has been fulfilled to date that everyone yet incomplete will be, in His perfect timing.

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

Exodus 3:15

https://www.minimannamoments.com/i-will-put-my-name-here/

His ways are not our ways and His thoughts not as ours.

As it’s only within the confines of the physical earth realm that we experience time constraints; the hour of His revealing will no doubt come as a thief in the night to the unprepared.

He has given us His Word both written and in Messiah Who was His Word made flesh.

Everything is written for our understanding so we should not be surprised or fearful of how He concludes His plan and the events of the end of the age. We are clearly given the signs/signals of their unfolding in His teaching about the very last days before His return, He told His disciples to watch Israel/Yisrael and the increasing interest that other nations show in her, as a sign/signal of His coming:

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that it will soon be destroyed….

This is recorded in Matthew 25, Mark 16 and Luke as well as in His Revelation in the Brit Chadashah /the new Testament; and by all the Prophets in the Tanakh/the old Testament.

 

Surely the end times began as Yeshua/Jesus’ physical earthly life ended. The religious leaders and many others missed the day of their visitation. It seems crazy that all the prophets had told them ahead of time what to look for, that they did not see it, and recognize the events unfolding before their very eyes as literal prophecy was being fulfilled in real time.

But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.

And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 2 Cor.3:14.

2000+ years later let’s be sure that we do not miss the signs/signals of His imminent return according to His Word and specifically those of Yeshua/Jesus recorded in

Matthew, Mark, Luke and Rev.

For as certain as those we have just looked at have already come to pass; so will every word ..

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished. Matthew 5:18.

Maranatha  – Come Lord Jesus/Yeshua HaMashiach

The cup of indignation of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Yisrael is full.

Once more it is at critical measure and the earth is again filled with violence as in the days of Noe/Noah and Lot. This time He is not sending a flood but fire and He is coming as judge to those who have rejected Him, His Son, and His offer of forgiveness and redemption.

The compensation is that on seeing Him,

the scripture says

all Israel/Yisrael will be saved

for they shall look upon the one they pierced.

As the veil is removed from their eyes.

Mishpachah’

Family

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa

we are grafted in to spiritual Israel;

A Jew is not one

outwardly

but

inwardly

and there is no scripture that demands anyone convert to the religion of Judaism. The words of Jesus/Yeshua are clear..

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly,

nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly;

and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.

Romans 2:28

Let’s remain humble and thankful in a

repentant attitude of heart and mind.

In the midst of the worlds chaos

we must stay in that place of true shalom/peace.

As Job said,

I know that my redeemer lives

and He is returning for

His Bride

and we are

His Kallat Mashiach

His K’doshiym – His Holy Ones.

Israel/Yisrael is the apple of His eye

His land

His first fruits

it is where

He chose to put His Name. 

https://www.minimannamoments.com/i-will-put-my-name-here/

And it is His focus for timed events to unfold.

So do NOT be afraid or dismayed when events concerning Yerushalyim/Jerusalem are in front of our eyes and she is surrounded by her enemies once again.

Luke 21:20

According to scripture all

These things must take place; and when

is trodden underfoot for 42 months,

remember…

it was prophesied,

and so it will happen.

He is cleansing

His House – Beit El

and Mt Moriah;

it begins with the house of God.

1Pet 4:17 So, Judgment begins in the house of God

means:

That discipline begins in the house of God.

Accountability begins in the house of God.

Weeding (holiness; separation) begins in the house of God.

Time to circumcise our hearts….Because

The Man The Tribe The Land Yisrael/Israel

IS Truly

Prophetic In Every Way..

His will be done His kingdom come both in the earth and in our individual lives…

 

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is

your Redeemer, Savior, Lord

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry.

I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus.  Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.

 

The Man The Tribe The Land Yisrael Israel Prophetic In Every Way Part 2

Last post we looked at the origin of the name

Israel/Yisrael

and that it began with a man called

Yaakov/Jacob.

Yaaqob  יעקב,

Y A K B

Pronounced: Ya’ah’kov

(Remember the Hebrew letters b and v are interchangeable)

When we think or speak of

Israel/Yisrael

ישראל

pronounced: Iss-rah-el

we instinctively refer to Israel the country

and not how it came into being.

Continuing our theme the next part focuses on

Israel/Yisrael

ישראל – the tribe.

The tribe of Israel began with

Jacob/Israels’children,

who are known as

Israelites

Jacob had 12 sons

(Joseph had 2 sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were included by Jacob into the family tribes making 13 altogether. In various scripture references some of the names are omitted and others added e.g. Dan is not listed in Revelation, however the number seems to always add up to 12. )

They became the tribes of Israel.

Shivtei Yisrael

 שבטי ישראל‎ 

His children and subsequent generations continue even to today.

We looked at the tribes in a previous post

Link below

https://www.minimannamoments.com/21-12-21-12-12-12-12-12-12-conclusion/

His parents are Isaac and Rebekah;

Genesis 25,

and his grandparents are Abraham and Sarah.

The nation of Israel came from

4 matriarchs.

Leah and her servant Zilpah,

Leah’s sister Rachel and her servant Bilhah.

Their 12 sons would become the patriarchs of the 12 tribes of the nation of Israel.

Israel’s 1st born son is Reuben.

Rueben – see a son

ראובן – Ra-Ah-Wa-Ban

Genesis 29:32.

His mother is Leah. Reuben forfeits his station of 1st-born son when he sleeps with Bilhah, the mother of his two half-brothers Dan and Naphtali. Gen. 35:22.

Israel’s 2nd son is Simeon, also with Leah

Simeon Affliction heard

שמעון – Sha-Ma-I-Wan

Gen 29:33 49:5-7

Simeon forfeits his position in the family/tribe when he and his brother Levi revenge the rape of their sister Dinah by Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite. Gen. 34:2;

by killing every male living in the city of Hamor. Genesis 34:25.

Israel’s 3rd son is Levi, also with Leah.

LEVI joined to me

לוי – La-Way

Gen. 29:34 49:5-7

He also gives up his position on the family, along with his brother Simeon.

 

Israel’s 4th son is Judah 

Judah praised most high

יהודה – Ya-Ha-Wa-Dah

Gen. 29:35 49:8

Due to the crimes of his three older brothers, Judah rises to inheritance position of ‘firstborn’.

The land of Judah is central to Israel, and the capital of Israel, Yerushalyim/Jerusalem, was situated in Judah. King David was from Judah, and Joseph, the father-by-law of Yeshua/Jesus was from Judah as well.

By the time of Yeshua/Jesus, the name Judah has been applied to the Roman province of Judea, and the Israelites who made it out of the Babylonian exile became collectively known as Jews, meaning those of Judea.

The 5th son of Israel is Dan.

Gen.30:6.

His mother is Bilhah, the servant of Rachel

Gen.30:4.

The 6th son of Israel is Naphtali, also with Bilhah.

Naphtali my wrestling

נפתלי – Na-Pa-Tha-Lay

Gen 30:8 49:21

Israel’s 7th son is Gad 

Gad troop

גד- Gad

Gen. 30:11 49:19

Gad’s mother is Zilpah, the servant of Leah.

Gen.30:9.

 

Israel’s 8th son is Asher

Asher happy

אשר – Ah-Shar

Gen. 30:13 49:20

Asher’s mother is Zilpah as well.

 

The Twelve Tribes of Israel

Hebrew:

שבטי ישראל ‎,

Shivtei Yisrael,

the breastplate had to be worn to atone for the sins of the children of Israel. These twelve stones also correlate to the foundation of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 

Deuteronomy 27:12–13 lists the twelve tribes:

Reuben (Hebrew רְאוּבֵן‎ ‎ Rəʼūḇēn)

Simeon ( שִׁמְעוֹן‎ ‎ Šīməʻōn)

Levi ( לֵוִי‎ ‎ Lēwī)

Judah ( יְהוּדָה‎ ‎ Yəhūdā)

Issachar ( יִשָּׂשכָר‎ ‎ Yīssāšḵār)

Zebulun ( זְבוּלֻן‎ ‎ 

Dan (דָּן‎‎ Dān)

Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי‎‎ Nap̄tālī)

Gad (גָּד‎‎ Gāḏ) Asher (אָשֵׁר‎‎ ’Āšēr)

Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִן‎‎ Bīnyāmīn)

Joseph (יוֹסֵף‎‎ Yōsēp̄),

later split into two “half-tribes”:

Ephraim (אֶפְרַיִם‎‎ ’Ep̄rayīm)

Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה‎‎ Mənašše)

Israel’s 9th son is Issachar,

Leah’s 5th son

Issachar he is hired

יששכר – Ya-Sha-Sha-Kar

Gen. 30:18 49:14

 

Israel’s 10th son is Zebulun,

Leah’s 6th son

Zebulon dwelling

זבולן- Za-Ba-Wa-Lan

Gen. 30:20 49:13

Israel’s 11th child was a girl.

Her name is Dinah and her mother is Leah

Gen.30:21.

Israel’s 11th son is Joseph. His mother is Rachel.

Gen.30:24.

In time, the tribe of Joseph breaches in two sub-tribes, named after Joseph’s two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. Their mother’s name is Asenath.

Ephraim fruitful

אפרים – Ah-Pa-Ra-Yam

Gen. 41:52

Manasseh  made to forget

מנשה – Ma-Na-Shah

Gen.41:50-52.

 

Israel’s 12th son is Ben-oni or Benjamin. 

Benjamin son of the right

בנימין- Ba-Na-Ya-Ma-Yan

Gen 35:16-18 49:27.

The name Israel/Yisrael appears also frequently in the Brit Chadashah/New Testament, 78 times in 12 of the 27 books; Specifically in the 4 Gospels, Acts, the letters of Paul (where he said he was a Hebrew of the Hebrews), and Revelation.

In Greek, Israel is spelled Ισραηλ, and the ethnonym.

Israelite in Greek is spelled Ισραηλιτης and appears 9 times.

The Jewish people are referred to by many different names in the Bible.

They are called:

Israelites,

Jews,

Hebrews, 

children of Abraham,

Daughter Zion,

God’s chosen people, etc.

One of the most common names for the Jewish people in the Bible is Israelites.

A second common name for the Jewish people is Jews.

The word Jew comes from the term Judah, the leading tribe of Israel.

A Jew was, literally,

one from the land of Judah,

although the word later came to be applied to any Israelite, regardless of the tribe to which he belonged. The first occurrence of the word Jew in the Old Testament is in Esther 2:5 where Mordecai is called Mordecai the Jew.

Another common name for the Jewish people is Hebrews. The first mention of a Hebrew in the Bible is Genesis 14:13

where Abraham is called Abram the Hebrew.

The term Hebrew is the same word used for both the language and the people.

It is עברי. Ivri or Ibri

pronounced Erverh

and literally means:

from the other side

and also means:

to pass through to the other side

or one crossed over.

Related to Abraham crossing over from his fathers home of idol worship to follow the call of the One True and Living God. Then prophetically to the crossing over of the Reed Sea out of Egypt and again across the Jordan River into the Promised Land/Canaan/Yisrael; and to our future crossing over into the spiritual Promised Land of the Heavenlies.

IVRI

The script used in the Torah scrolls is the original

Ktav Ivrit which was revealed to

Avraham Avinu who was the first 

Ivri-Hebrew.

 

This script is the one with which God created the world.

The proper pronunciation in the native language of the ancient Israelites’ designation, commonly known, as Hebrew in English is IVRI 

pronounced Erh-Verh.

Many believe Hebrew in this context is related to Eber, an ancestor of Abraham mentioned in Genesis 11:14–16.

Independent of the term’s meaning, its original connection is with Abraham as founder of the Jewish people.

The apostle Paul addressed the Jews in Antioch using this term in Acts 13:26;  Romans 9:7.

Children of Abraham, points to the relationship between

Abraham and the Jewish people.

Yeshua/Jesus and Paul both called upon Jews not only to be

children of Abraham by birth,

but to imitate the faith of Abraham.

John 8:39–40; Romans 4.

The term,

Daughter Zion,

is found in many prophetic books and is

a poetic reference to the nation of Israel.

Often, the passages containing

Daughter Zion or daughter of Zion

deal with the redemption and salvation of the remnant of Yisrael/Israel, especially in the context of the coming of the Messiah/Mashiach.

Zephaniah 3:14; Lamentations 4:22;

Micah 4:8; Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 52:2.

In the TaNaKh/Old Testament,

God’s chosen people

is another name for the Israelites

1 Kings 3:8; Isaiah 47:6; 65:9.

This term highlights the fact that the Israelites/Jews/Hebrews have had a special purpose and calling from the time of Abraham to the time of the Messiah, and according to scripture, they will again be central in God’s plan for the future, fulfilling all prophecy.

 

You are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. Deuteronomy 7:6.

God promised a blessing to all the people of the world through the descendants of Abraham. Genesis 12:1–3.

Yeshua haMashiach/Jesus Christ,

of the tribe of

Judah,

was born in Bethlehem/Beit lechem,

and resided in Nazareth of Galilee.

The Man The Tribe The Land Yisrael Israel Prophetic In Every Way

continues in Part 3

 

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is

your Redeemer, Savior, Lord

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship

with our Heavenly Father and with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry.

I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus.  Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.