Genesis 11:1-32
<0259> [A.M. 1757. B.C. 2247. was.]
language <08193> [language. Heb. lip. speech. Heb. words.]
people moved eastward <06924> [from the east. or, eastward.]
Shinar <08152> [Shinar.]
said ... one another <0376 07453 0559> [they said one to another. Heb. a man said to his neighbour.]
Go to.
[not as.]
bake <08313> [burn throughly. Heb. burn to a burning. brick.]
tar <02564> [slime.]
top <07218> [whose.]
make <06213> [and let.]
scattered <06327> [lest.]
people <05971> [Behold.]
people <05971> [the people.]
sharing <02161> [imagined.]
Come <03051> [Go to.]
The Hebrew word signifies, "Come," or, "make preparation," as for a journey or the execution of a purpose.
go down <03381> [let.]
confuse <01101> [confound.]
understand <08085> [may.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
face <06440> [upon.]
Babel <0894> [Babel. that is, Confusion.]
The tower of Babel, Herodotus informs us, was a furlong or 660 feet, in length and breadth; and, according to Strabo, it rose to the same altitude. It was of a pyramidical form, consisting of eight square towers, gradually decreasing in breadth, with a winding ascent on the outside, so very broad as to allow horses and carriages to pass each other, and even to turn. This magnificent structure is so completely destroyed that its very site is doubtful; and when supposed to be discovered, in all cases exhibiting a heap of rubbish.
face <06440> [the face.]
[A.M. 1658. B.C. 2346.]
Shem <08035> [A.M. 2158. B.C. 1846. Shem.]
father .......... other sons <01121 03205> [begat sons.]
father <03205> [A.M. 1693. B.C. 2311. begat.]
[A.M. 2096. B.C. 1908.]
[A.M. 1723. B.C. 2281.]
[A.M. 2126. B.C. 1878.]
Eber <05677> [A.M. 1757. B.C. 2247. Eber.]
Peleg <06389> [Peleg.]
[Phalec.]
[A.M. 2187. B.C. 1817.]
Reu <07466> [A.M. 1787. B.C. 2217. Reu.]
[Ragau.]
[A.M. 1996. B.C. 2008.]
Serug <08286> [A.M. 1819. B.C. 2185. Serug.]
[Saruch.]
[A.M. 2026. B.C. 1978.]
Nahor <05152> [A.M. 1849. B.C. 2155. Nahor.]
[Nachor.]
[A.M. 2049. B.C. 1955.]
Terah <08646> [A.M. 1878. B.C. 2126. Terah.]
[Thara.]
[A.M. 1997. B.C. 2007.]
Abram <087> [A.M. 1948. B.C. 2056. Abram.]
Lot <03876> [A.M. 2008. B.C. 1996. Lot.]
Ur <0218> [Ur.]
Sarai <08297> [Sarai.]
Milcah ............ Milcah <04435> [Milcah.]
Iscah <03252> [Iscah.]
Iscah is called the daughter-in-law of Terah, (ver. 31,) as being Abram's wife; yet Abram afterwards said, "she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother." (ch. 20:12.) Probably Haran was the eldest son of Terah, and Abram his youngest by another wife; and thus Sarai was the daughter, or grand-daughter of Terah, Abram's father, but not of his mother.
barren <06135> [barren.]
took <03947> [A.M. 2078. B.C. 1926. took.]
set out <03318> [they went.]
Ur <0218> [Ur.]
Ur was probably the place called Ouri, in Mesopotamia, two days' journey from Nisibis, in the way to the river Tigris.
<0776> [the land.]
Haran ............................. Haran <02039 02771> [B.C. cir. 1923. A.M. cir. 2081. Haran.]
[Charran.]
[A.M. 2083. B.C. 1921.]
Genesis 2:9
tree .............. tree ...... tree <06086> [every.]
tree .............. tree ... life .... tree <02416 06086> [tree of life.]
tree .............. tree ...... tree .... knowledge <01847 06086> [tree of knowledge.]
Leviticus 24:10-16
misused <05344> [blasphemed.]
Name ............. name <08034> [the name.]
Houbigant and others think that the name which this man blasphemed was the name of the god of his native land. But that {hashshem} THE NAME, denotes Jehovah, appears from its being used in the latter part of verse 16, as equivalent to "the name of Jehovah," in the former part. The Jews also frequently use {hashshem} for Jehovah.
cursed <07043> [cursed.]
brought .... Moses <0935 04872> [brought him.]
clear ........... mouth <06310 03068 06567> [that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them. Heb. to expound unto them according to the mouth of the Lord.]
outside <02351> [without.]
heard <08085> [all that.]
congregation <05712> [let all the.]
bear ..... sin <02399 05375> [bear his sin.]
misuses ............................... misuses <05344> [blasphemeth.]
As the word {nakav} not only signifies to curse, or blaspheme, but also to express, or distinguish by name, (Nu 1:17. 1 Ch 12:31. Isa 62:2,) hence the Jews, at a very early period, understood this law as prohibiting them from uttering the name Jehovah, on any other than sacred occasions. The Septuagint, which was made at least 250 years before Christ, renders it [Onomazon de to onoma Kyriou, thanato thanatoustho,] "Whosoever nameth the name of the Lord, let him die;" from which we see that the Jews at this time were accustomed to pronounce {adonay,} or Lord, instead of Jehovah; for in place of it the Septuagint always put [Lo Kyrios.]
Leviticus 24:1
Leviticus 21:10
head ....................... head <07218> [upon.]
ordained <04390> [consecrated.]
dishevel <06544> [uncover.]
[not rend.]
All human corpses were considered as unclean. Whoever touched one was unclean for seven days, and was obliged on the third and seventh day to purify himself according to the Mosaic instructions. In the case of the priest it went still farther; insomuch, that even mourning for the dead by any external sign, such as tearing their clothes, defiled them. Hence such mournings were absolutely forbidden to be used in any case, and by the other priests also, except in the case of their very nearest relations, for whom they were allowed to mourn. This statue is founded on the importance of sustaining the decency and purity of Divine worship. The servants of the Deity were to keep themselves at a distance from every thing that in the least degree savoured of uncleanness.
