Hebrew Word Studies: Psalm 1 vs. 1

" Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." (KJV)

In this video we will look into the poetry and vocabulary of this verse from an Hebraic perspective. Also, for those learning Hebrew, a word by word examination of the Hebrew text of this verse.

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• hebrew
• research
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[selahshalom120]

i thought  bless mean barak

[ancienthebreworg]

@selahshalom120 Actually BRK means to kneel down, but when used in the piel form it means "to kneel down in respect" or "bless" as it is often translated. The Hebrew word ברך (B.R.K) is a root, but as a verb it must be conjugated. For instance, barakti means "I blessed," barakta means "you blessed," etc.

[cainchristian]

I found the video very helpful and interesting. One comment is that at around 5:27 into the video, it is said "This is another form of Hebrew poetry: word plays, where they like to take words that sound alike and put them together". This seems to imply that they are done according to the whim of the writers: arbitrarily. Would it not be more proper to say: "The Spirit of God has been pleased to use word plays and parallelisms in the Hebrew of the Old Testament"? Christian.

[ancienthebreworg]

You are assuming that the Spirit dictated the Bible to man. Personally, I don't hold to this view. I believe that men were inspired to write the text much in the same way a painter is inspired to paint a painthing.

[cainchristian]

Yes, I do assume that, and on good authority: "Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth." (Jeremiah 1:9) A painter's picture is utterly whimsical and has it's origin in his own imagination, and it is a sad thing that you have such an estimation of the word of God. When Balaam's ass spoke, did the words proceed from the innate intelligence, imagination, thoughts of the ass? Or was it God's word in his mouth?

[ancienthebreworg]

Don't get me wrong, there are many places in the Bible that are the very words of God, but these are usually prefaced with "These are the words of God" or something like that.

[Yuratchka]

Rated, downloaded, and watched. Good video.

By the way, I burn all the videos I download unto CDs. You should do that also if you don't already. Who knows, our computers can crash. I had a few that crashed on me. Always good to have backup files on CDs. =)

[unicron24]

thanks for the meat

[2008believer]

Very interesting indeed. Opens your eyes to the scriptures. Praise YAH!

[dinah231]

.Happy is the man that has not walked in the counsel of the wicked ones,And in the way of sinners has not stood.And in the seat of ridiculers has not sat.

[LoricaLady]

Oh how fascinating. What a great find with these videos. Thanks for sharing them with us folk on YT! :-D

[selahshalom120]

@ancienthebreworg THANKS YOU HAVE GOOD INFO

[cainchristian]

"......In believing this, * I * don't deny...."

[cainchristian]

Do you believe that the very words of Scripture themselves were chosen of God? In believing this, don't deny that, especially in the New Testament, the character of the human authors themselves was taken account of and used in what they would be used to reveal, but this just demonstrates the wisdom and sovereignty of God in preparing His chosen vessels e.g. In the gospel by him, John, who leaned on the bosom of the Lord, who was the disciple whom Jesus loved, was used to speak of God's Love.