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Several other nouns which appear infrequently are related to
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(“advantage; excess; over,”) can be found in Eccl. 6:8: “For what advantage does the
wise man have over the fool?” (
NASB
).
'
means “abundance” or “riches” and occurs
only in Jer. 48:36.
'
can refer to “advantage, gain, profit,” and this word appears
only in Ecclesiastes (cf. Eccl. 1:3; 2:11).
'
, “appendage of the liver,” occurs about
10 times (cf. Exod. 29:13, 22; Lev. 3:4, 10, 15).
"
, which means “abundance,
superiority, profit,” is found in Prov. 14:23.
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REMNANT
.
B. Verb.
(
"
, 3498), “to be superfluous.” This verb is related to other Semitic
languages, where the root
?(
signifies the state of abundance (Ugaritic,
Phoenician, Arabic). In Hebrew many forms are derived from the verb
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The word
occurs about 107 times, once in Dan. 10:13: “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia
withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to
help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.”
TO REMEMBER
A. Verb.
(
'
, 2142), “to remember, think of, mention.” This root is found in Assyrian,
Aramaic, Arabic, and Ethiopic. The group of words (the verb and the three nouns derived
from it) is found throughout the Old Testament. The first occurrence of
is in Gen.
8:1 with God as the subject: “God remembered Noah … : and God made a wind to pass
over the earth, and the waters assuaged.” In Gen. 9:15 God said to Noah: “And I will
remember my covenant … ; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all
flesh.” As in these two cases (cf. Gen. 6:18), “remember” is used of God in respect to His
covenant promises and is followed by an action to fulfill His covenant. God delivered Lot
from Sodom because of His covenant with Abraham to bless all the nations through him
(Gen. 18:17-33): “God remembered Abraham, and brought Lot out of the catastrophe …”
(Gen. 19:29,
NIV
). This marks the history of Israel at every major point: “And I have also
heard the groaning of the children of Israel, … and I have remembered my covenant.…
and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians …” (Exod. 6:5-6). The
promise “to remember” was repeated in the covenant at Sinai (Lev. 26:40-45), God’s
remembrance was sung in the Psalms (98:3; 105:8, 42; 106:45), and the promise was
repeated by the prophets in regard to restoration from captivity (Ezek. 16:60). The new
covenant promise is: “… I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no
more” (Jer. 31:34).
Because of this God’s people pray, as Moses: “Turn from thy fierce wrath.…
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest …” (Exod.
32:12-13); or Nehemiah: “Remember … the word that thou commandedst thy servant
Moses …” (Neh. 1:8, quoting Lev. 26:33); or the psalmist: “Remember not the sins of my
youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me …” (Ps. 25:7);
or Jeremiah: “… Remember, break not thy covenant with us” (Jer. 14:21).
Men also “remember.” Joseph said to Pharaoh’s butler: “But think on me … , and
make mention of me unto Pharaoh …” (Gen. 40:14;
NIV
, “remember … and mention”).