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Hebrew Word Study
הרה and ילד
What Exactly Do these Words Mean?
How are they Used in the Scriptures?
“conceived and became
pregnant…” or “conceived and delivered…”
This study is continued at this
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Abstract:
Praise the Lord of Hosts, the Ancient of Days, Him who
is the Creator of all!
Some studies seem to be more important and significant
than others, yet those others, in all their apparent insignificance, may serve
as fundamental and necessary building stones without which nothing of
significance may be accomplished…
The present study, as it appears to me presently,
seems to be one of those most important and significant studies that I may have
done… Praise the Lord!
What is more important than the wellbeing of each our
families? What is more important than for each of us to place ourselves and
each our family in the hands, and under the protection, of Him who is our
Father, Him who is the Father of the God family, that Family of God into which
each of our families is created as an image? What is more important than for
each of us to learn to recognize, and then ever better learn how to handle, the
bits and pieces, the nuts and bolts, which all together constitutes each our
family? What’s more important than knowing God’s own definitions of words most
fundamental for the existence of each our family?
This study is centered upon key words at the beginning
of each our family, and upon how those words are being used in the Holy
Scriptures…
What are some of the immediate effects that I perceive
in consequence of this study of mine, which the Lord, the Ancient of Days, has
opened my eyes to?
Well, first of all I believe that knowing and applying
a proper understanding of the words, and of the concepts, being taught in the Holy
Scriptures re these words have the power to heal and to mend many ills and many
weaknesses pertaining to each our family… I believe this is a study which
lessons of our Creator should be shared among many, such that we all may be
blessed in consequence thereof!
Secondly, this study has helped me correct my
calendar reckoning by two years (making the present Scripture year the 5943rd
rather than the 5941st,) while in so doing opening my eyes to the
fact that the present Scripture year is a Sabbatical year… For me that truth re
the present Sabbatical year means that my pressing burden of sowing and
planting my garden right now, at the beginning of the growing season, has been
lifted off! What a relief! What a blessing of God! - Even though sowing and planting and all
such is also such a tremendous blessing…
The incentive for this study was my discovery that the
English translation of the Book of Jasher has a
number of differences as compared to the numbers and dates being provided to us
in the Genesis account. Upon studying how those differences appear within the
Hebrew version of said Book of Jasher I found that
the Hebrew version of the Book of Jasher is in almost
perfect harmony with Genesis and that said differences, in the English
translation of the Book of Jasher, are simple one
digit errors in translation. That is, before beginning the study presented in
this article, no more than two such differences remained to be resolved. I
believe this present study has now resolved both of those last questions of
mine to my full satisfaction and such that I can now stand firmly upon a new
realization, firmly upon the rock of truth!
The first of those two remaining differences had to do
with whether Noah was 500 or 502 years old when Shem, Noah’s son was born. To
resolve that issue, the Scripture usage of two Hebrew words had to be clearly
resolved, the two words upon which this word study is focusing… And it worked!
All of a sudden the words of the Holy Scriptures are all that much more clear,
radiant, and harmonious!
The second of those differences was also resolved!
Albeit recognizing that, so far as I can presently tell, there is a one digit
error in the Hebrew Book of Jasher, that error can
now be pinpointed and perfectly corrected by means of the details within the
context of the same Hebrew version of the Book of Jasher.
Simply said, Serug died at an age of 230 years (as
provided in Genesis ,) not at an age of 239 years (as
provided in Book of Jasher 21:10.) That digit, ‘9,’
has somehow crept in as an error, or so it appears…
Praise the Lord of Hosts for teaching me and all of us
lessons such as these!
Considerations:
First
of all, let’s review Strong’s definitions of these two words:
H2029
הרה
hârâh
haw-raw'
A primitive root; to be
(or become) pregnant, conceive (literally of figuratively)
H3205
ילד
yâlad
yaw-lad'
A primitive root; to bear
young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife;
specifically to show lineage
H3947
לקח
lâqach
law-kakh'
A primitive root; to take
(in the widest variety of applications)
The first word, H2029, seems to point to the
initiating event, to conception. But what about the second word, H3205? What is
the job of a midwife, if not that of assist in the delivery? ‘Beget,’ as well
as “causatively to beget” seem to point to conception though… Then
again, ‘bear’ is defined by the dictionary as follows:
8. vt carry: to hold or support and transport somebody or something
9. vt produce something: to yield something by a natural process, or
produce something desirable or valuable
·
the tree that bore fruit
11. vt give birth: to give birth to a child or young
12. vt transmit: to hold something in mind and communicate it to others
(formal)
(Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved.)
That is, ‘bear’ seems to point more to the delivery
event than to that which comes before. But how are these two words being used
in the Scriptures relative to timing? Could it be that this latter word denotes
the point in time denoting delivery, or not?
In what context are these two words found when first
used in the Holy Scriptures?
Genesis 3:16 KJV+ Unto
the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in
sorrow thou shalt bring forthH3205 children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over
thee.
Genesis 4:1
KJV+ And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, H2029 and bare H3205 Cain,
and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Genesis 4:2 KJV+ And she
again bare H3205
his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller
of the ground.
Thus far it appears to me as though H2029 points to
conception and that H3205 points to delivery. Or isn’t it true that the sorrow
being referenced in Genesis 3:16 brings to mind the labor pains and the pains
of the delivery event, while not really being associated with pregnancy as
such? And isn’t it true that if conception is associated with the initial
intimacy between man and wife that results in the first pregnancy, this is more
easily known and dated than is that of the second pregnancy, that is, as noted
in the distinction between Genesis 4:1 vs. Genesis 4:2?
Now, conception and delivery are events about nine
months apart. Thus, both of those events could fall within the same calendar
year, or else they could fall in two separate calendar years. What can be
discovered re this particular usage within the Holy Scripture?
In Genesis 4:18 I notice that the English word ‘born’
and ‘beget’ are being used interchangeably for H3205:
Gen 4:18 And unto EnochH2585 was bornH3205 (H853) Irad:H5897
and IradH5897 begatH3205 (H853) Mehujael:H4232
and MehujaelH4232 begatH3205 (H853) Methusael:H4967 and MethusaelH4967
begatH3205 (H853) Lamech.H3929
In Genesis 4:17, 25 I notice that the distinction
seems to be between ‘knew his wife’ and ‘she bear:’
Gen 4:17 And Cain knew his wife;
and she conceived, and bare H3205 Enoch:
and he builded a city, and called the name of the
city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Gen 4:25 And Adam knew H3045 his wife again;
and she bare H3205 a
son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she,
hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
In Genesis 6:10 in 10:1 I notice that H3205 is being
associated with the name of the father in two separate ways, i.e. either
directly as in “Noah begat” or indirectly as in “unto them were… born…,” that
is, by means of an intermediary, the wife:
Gen 6:10 And Noah begat H3205 three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 10:1 Now these are the generations of the
sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto
them were sons born H3205 after the flood.
Gen 5:3
And Adam lived an hundred
and thirty years, and begat H3205
a son in his own likeness, after his
image; and called his name Seth:
Gen 5:4
And the days of Adam after
he had begotten H3205
Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat H3205 sons and daughters:
Gen 5:5
And all the days that Adam
lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Gen 5:6
And Seth lived an hundred
and five years, and begat H3205
Enos:
Gen 5:7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat H3205 sons and daughters:
Gen 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
In Genesis 16:11 I notice that a distinction is being
made between pregnancy, “art with child,” and H3205, “shalt bear,” that is, as
in the difference between pregnancy and delivery.
Gen 16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear
H3205 a son, and shalt call his
name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
In Genesis 17:17 I notice that H3205 is again
referencing what seems to be the delivery event:
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Gen 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and
laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child
be born H3205
unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that
is ninety years old, bear? H3205 Gen 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee:
Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, H3205 and I will make him a great nation. In
Genesis 17:21 I find H3205 being used in a way that cannot possibly point to
anything but the delivery event: Gen 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with
Isaac, which Sarah shall bear H3205
unto thee at this set time in the next year. Gen 19:37 And the firstborn bare H3205 a son, and called his name Moab: the
same is the father of the Moabites
unto this day. Gen 19:38 And the younger, she also bare
H3205 a son, and called his name
Benammi: the same is the father of the
children of Ammon unto this day. Gen 21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when
his son Isaac was born H3205
unto him. In Genesis 22:23 I find that the English ‘begat’
is being used in a way that has been making me think in terms of the
conception, whereas it clearly is to be associated with the delivery event.
This then, unless the misunderstanding is unique to me alone, is a somewhat
misleading usage of the English word, is it not?: Gen 22:23 And Bethuel begat H3205 Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear H3205 to Nahor, Abraham's brother. In
Genesis 25:24 I find H3205 being used correctly, ‘delivered,’ while, when
read, in English alone, in the context of Genesis 22:23, I was formerly
misled into contrasting the two as referencing two different events whereas
they are not: Gen 25:24 And when her days to be delivered H3205 were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. Gen 25:26 And after that came his brother out,
and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and
Isaac was threescore years old when
she bare H3205
them. In
Genesis 35:16, 17 and 38:27 once again I find H3205 being a reference to
nothing but the delivery event per se (as a verb; “בלדתה”)
and to the midwife (as a noun; “המילדת”:) Gen 35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there
was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, H3205 and she had hard labour. H3205 Gen 35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard
labour, H3205 that the midwife H3205 said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt
have this son also. Gen 38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, H3205 that, behold, twins were in her womb. Gen 38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, H3205 that the
one put out his hand: and
the midwife H3205 took and bound
upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. In
Genesis 40:20 I find Pharaoh’s birthday being associated with his delivery: Gen 40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, H3205 that he made a feast unto all his
servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief
baker among his servants. In
Genesis 50:23 I find H3205 being translated using the expression “were
brought up…:” Gen 50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the
third generation: the children also of
Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up
H3205 upon Joseph's knees. H2029 “הרה” – What event exactly does this
word point to? In
Genesis 4:17 I recognize that three distinct and separate events are being
referenced, 1) “knew his wife,” that is, as in the act of intimacy between a
man and his wife, 2) “she conceived,” that is, as in ‘her egg was fertilized’
and as evidenced by her missing her period, and 3) “she bare,” as in she
delivered: Gen 4:17 And Cain knew
his wife; and she conceived, H2029
and bare H3205 Enoch:
and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his
son, Enoch. I notice in particular that H2029 is
a verb associated almost always with the woman, that is, as in “she
conceived,” and only rarely with the man (cf. below!) In Genesis 16:4, which is the first
instance of H2029 following Genesis 4:17, I notice that H2029 is being used
in two different ways, as a verb, “תהר,” and
as a noun, “הרתה”
that is, as a reference to an event, as in the fertilization of the egg, and
as in something that she could perceive with her own eyes, as in her first
missed period, or as in the growth of her abdomen, or as in the time that the
mother to be senses the kicking inside her womb: Gen 16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she
conceived: H2029 and when she saw that she had
conceived, H2029 her mistress was despised in her eyes. I
find it quite significant that H2029 is not being used in association with
the genealogies (cf. above!)
Even so, the Scriptural emphasis upon title and ownership and the same being
the property first and foremost of the husband is standing out in many ways,
and is being emphasized, for instance, in words such as quoted above re a
woman delivering a son or a daughter “unto her husband.” That is, as in
recognizing her husband’s title to that which is being conceived and
delivered unto him! This particular is of utmost importance, most
emphatically because of the fact that the male and the female, as the basis
for every family, is created as an image of the God family, the ‘us’ of
Genesis chapter one, and the importance for each of us to recognize God, the
Father, and His superior claims over and above that of His People, His
church, His Bride, as thus variously referenced throughout the Holy
Scriptures. On occasion even H2029 is being
associated with the father,
however, this is much the same type of language as in the genealogies when a
child is said as being delivered, “begotten,” by its father. Gen 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child H2029 by
their father. Gen 21:2 For Sarah
conceived, H2029
and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of
which God had spoken to him. Gen 25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife,
because she was barren: and the LORD
was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife
conceived. H2029 Gen 29:32 And Leah
conceived, H2029
and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD
hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. Gen 38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee?
And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived H2029 by
him. Notice
also these passages and their use of H2029: Gen 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed
above the blessings of my progenitors H2029 unto
the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of
Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his
brethren. Num 11:12 Have I [Moses] conceived H2029 all this people? have I begotten
them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing
father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their
fathers? Jdg 13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the
woman [the mother to be of Samson,] and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt
conceive, and bear a son. 1Sa 1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived,
that she bare a son, and called
his name Samuel, saying, Because I
have asked him of the LORD. 2Sa 11:4 And David sent messengers,
and took her; H3947
and she came in unto him, and he lay H7901 with her; for she was
purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. 2Sa 11:5 And the woman conceived, H2029 and sent and told David, and said, I
am with child. H2030 Accordingly,
I find: 1) That, without
exception, the Hebrew word “ילד,” H3205, translated variously
‘beget,’ ‘begotten,’ ‘bear,’ ‘bare,’ ‘delivered,’ ‘travail,’ ‘birthday’ [of
Pharaoh,] is always, when used as a verb, a reference to the delivery of a
child, and when used as a noun it is a reference to the midwife assisting in
the delivery. 2) That the Hebrew
word “הרה,”
H2029, generally translated ‘conceived,’ is not a direct reference to the act
of intimacy between a man and a woman, but is a reference to the
fertilization of the egg, that is, as evidenced by a woman’s first missed
period. 3) That the Hebrew
word “לקח,”
H3947, translated ‘took,’ as evidenced by 2 Sam 11:4-5, is not a reference to
the act of intimacy between a man and a woman (which act is referenced by
words such as “he lay with her,”) but is instead a reference to a prior act,
a decision. 4) There is no
Scripture evidence but
that conception (that is, the time of the first missed period) and delivery
did in every instance, when not otherwise indicated, take place within one
and the same Scripture year, that is, between the beginning of one Tishri 22
and the subsequent Tishri 22. This is consistent with the fact that the Feast
of Tabernacles, commonly associated with weddings, constitutes the very last
week of the Scriptural year, and is an event which, as such, is symbolic of a
man and his wife in an act of loving intimacy prior to the first possible
missed period of pregnancy. 5) There is no
Scripture evidence but that conception (that is, the time of the first missed
period) is the Scripture event associated with the beginning of life. 6) That the
problem, which was my most immediate incentive for doing this word study,
that is, the apparent
discrepancy between Genesis 5:28 and the Book of Jasher 4:11 has been
resolved. That is, per the Book of Jasher 5:16, Noah was 498 years old when he
decided to marry Naamah, per Genesis 5:32 Noah was 500 years old when
Japheth, the first of three sons, was delivered, and, per the Book of Jasher
5:18, Noah was 502 years old when Shem was delivered. Given that, as is still
the case with wild animals, so also the mating season of men prior to the
flood seem to have been fixed such that conception and delivery always fell
within one and the same Scripture year, I find that the Book of Jasher
adds further light upon that which is provided by Genesis 5:28, and that,
accordingly, for proper and correct reckoning of Scriptural chronology, Shem
must be reckoned as having been born, that is, the beginning of his life
began, in Noah’s 502nd year of life: Book of Jasher 5:16-18: 16 And Noah was
four hundred and ninety-eight years old, when he took Naamah for a wife. 17 And Naamah
conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Japheth, saying, God has enlarged
me in the earth; and she conceived again and bare a son, and he called his
name Shem, saying, God has made me a remnant, to raise up seed in the midst
of the earth. 18 And Noah was five hundred and two years old when Naamah bare Shem, and the boys grew up and went in the ways of the Lord, in all
that Methuselah and Noah their father taught them. 7) Once the above
issues have been resolved I found it easy to place each event within the
first 22 chapters of the Book of Jasher upon its proper place in the calendar
of time, and, in so doing, there is sufficient detail to nail all particulars
down firmly. In consequence of so doing the one other remaining difference
between the Book of Jasher and the Genesis account found its resolution. The
details within the Book of Jasher make it quite certain that it is impossible
for Serug to have died at an age of 239 years of age (cf. Book of Jasher
21:10.) That Hebrew digit, that added ‘9,’ can be nothing but an error and
must necessarily be corrected such that Serug’s age at death was 230 years…
that is, as evidenced also by the Genesis account (cf. Gen 11:22-23.) Cf. the
tag ‘6000+ years’ within my newest version (IX.0.0) of my Excel-file The
Sacred Calendar of the Creator in Progress! |
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