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1. Verb
| A. |
/OR |
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| Qal |
(1) |
become day |
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(2) |
be (come) bright |
| Niphal |
(1) |
be illumined |
| Hiphil |
(1) |
give light, shine |
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(2) |
illumine, brighten |
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(3) |
let be bright |
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(4) |
make bright |
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(5) |
kindle |
2. Nouns (Group 1)
| A. |
/OR |
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| (1) |
brightness, light of day |
| (2) |
light (from a body:
sun, lightning, fire) |
| (3) |
daybreak |
| (4) |
metaph. live |
How could there be light
before the
creation of the sun?
| Maybe there is another possibility that couldn't have
been known until modern science made some of its recent advances. Take another look at the first two definitions listed
above in Holladay's.
1. Brightness, light of day.
2. light (from a body: sun,
lightning, fire).
They reflect the textual problem presented in Genesis 1: 3-5 -- the
existence of light before the creation of the sun. Science may
have found the answer with the C.O.B.E.
satellite. Take a look at
the pictures and watch as the different light sources are filtered
out. The last picture shows a "glow" that exist even
after all light sources have been removed. Is this the light of
Genesis 1, the light that exist without any sun as a source? Click
here to see. |
l
l
l
| B. (I.) |
/UR |
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| (1) |
light (of fire), fire |
| (2) |
region of light, east |
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l
l
| B. (II.) |
/UR |
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| (1) |
Urim, usu. w. Thummim
- gaining oracle by lot. |
l
l
l
| B. (III.) |
/UR |
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| (1) |
n. loc. Gen. 11:28, 31 - Ur |
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l
| B. (IV.) |
/UR |
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| (1) |
n. person I Chronicles 11:35 |
l
l
l
3. Noun (Group 2)
(see BHC note below)
| MA/OR |
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| (1) |
light, light-bearer |
| (2) |
luminary |
| (3) |
luminous place |
| (4) |
lamp |
| (5) |
lamp-stand of the luminary |
4. Noun (Group 2)
(see BHC note below)
| Me/URAH |
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| (1) |
fiery eyes (?), but probably read "hole" (?) |
BHC Note
| Most Hebrew root words consists of three consonants.
Take another look at nouns
3 & 4 above and you will notice that they have four & five
consonants respectively. If you look at the words closely you may
also notice that the consonants /OR and /UR
are found in the words. In addition, both words have definitions that are associated with "light."
Maybe they have a common origin with a meaning that may have been lost
over the centuries?
The First Letter
The Hebrew letter MEM
(M) is a prepositional prefix that has the basic meaning of
"from" or "away from." This may provide a clue
to the origin of the words MA/OR and
Me/URAH.
(1) M + /OR = from + light (indicating movement away from the light).
(2) M + /UR +
AH = from + light + feminine singular ending.
Notice that the definition of Me/URAH includes - probably read " hole."
An ancient belief was that the stars, sun, and moon were not heavenly
bodies, but instead they were actually holes in the solid dome that covers the earth.
The ancients believed that there was a light source that existed above the dome and that
the dome had different size holes in it. It was that light
that they called the sun, moon, and stars. This may reflect the way
that the
ancient Hebrew authors also understood these words.
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Resources
Holladay 7a / BDB 21
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