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(
, 8668), “deliverance.”
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occurs 34 times. One example is
Isa. 45:17: “But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting
2 &
ye shall
not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.”
The Septuagint translations are:
and
(“salvation; preservation;
deliverance”) and
(“savior; deliverer”). The
KJV
gives these translations: “salvation;
deliverance; help.”
TO DEPART
(
, 5265), “to journey, depart, set out march.” Found throughout the
development of the Hebrew language, this root is also found in ancient Akkadian. The
word is used nearly 150 times in the Hebrew Bible. It occurs for the first time in Gen.
11:2, where
refers to the “migration” (
RSV
) of people to the area of Babylon. It is
probably the most common term in the Old Testament referring to the movement of clans
and tribes. Indeed, the word is used almost 90 times in the Book of Numbers alone, since
this book records the “journeying” of the people of Israel from Sinai to Canaan.
This word has the basic meaning of “pulling up” tent pegs (Isa. 33:20) in preparation
for “moving” one’s tent and property to another place; thus it lends itself naturally to the
general term of “traveling” or “journeying.” Samson is said to have “pulled up” the city
gate and posts (Judg. 16:3), as well as the pin on the weaver’s loom (Judg. 16:14).
:
is used to describe the “movement” of the angel of God and the pillar of cloud as they
came between Israel and the pursuing Egyptians at the Sea of Reeds (Exod. 14:19). In
Num. 11:31, the word refers to the “springing up” (
NEB
) of the wind that brought the
quail to feed the Israelites in the wilderness.
:
lends itself to a wide range of renderings, depending upon the context.
TO BE DESOLATE
(
, 8074), “to be desolate, astonished, appalled, devastated, ravaged.”
This verb is found in both biblical and modern Hebrew. It occurs approximately 90 times
in the text of the Hebrew Old Testament.
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does not occur until Lev. 26:22: “Your
high ways shall be desolate.” Interestingly, the word occurs 25 times in the Book of
Ezekiel alone, which may reflect either Ezekiel’s times or (more likely) his personality.
Just how the meanings “be desolate,” “be astonished,” and “be appalled” are to be
connected with each other is not clear. In some instances, the translator must make a
subjective choice. For example, after being raped by her half-brother, Tamar is said to
have remained in her brother Absalom’s house, “desolate” (2 Sam. 13:20). However, she
surely was “appalled” at what Amnon had done. Also, the traditional expression, “to be
desolated,” sometimes means much the same as “to be destroyed” (cf. Amos 7:9; Ezek.
6:4).
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often expresses the idea of to “devastate” or “ravage”: “I will destroy her
vines” (Hos. 2:12). What one sees sometimes is so horrible that it “horrifies” or
“appalls”: “Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth [i.e., be
speechless]” (Job 21:5).
TO DESPISE