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The Background of Love “God is love,” the writer of 1 John confidently declares. Yet this theologi-cally pleasing statement raises more questions than answers. In saying this, the writer of 1 John does not so much tell us about the nature or identity of God as to address a riddle with another riddle. That is, if God is love, then what is love?
The Bible tells us: "God is Love" (E-lo-HEEM HU a-ha-VAH.) (I John 4:8) God’s kind of love is what mankind needs most: unconditional love, in Hebrew a-ha-VA she-ey-NA te-loo-YA be-da-VAR (The CD gives you the exact, correct Hebrew pronunciation.). God’s love is also sacrificial.
28 lip 2023 · The Hebrew word for love is ahavah, which is rooted in the more molecular word hav,1 which means to give, revealing that, according to Judaism, giving is at the root of love. What does this etymological insight teach us both about the function of love and about how love functions?
Tanna dbei Eliyahu (section 28) understands the commandment to love God, to require that “you shall make the name of God beloved to all creatures by righteous conduct toward both Gentiles and Jews.” Jewish tradition understands the injunction to love God in its broadest sense to mean loving all
27 maj 2021 · One of the Hebrew words for ‘love’ is hesed (חסד, pronounced kheh-sed”), which is actually a difficult word to translate into English. That is because there is a range of meanings for hesed. Theologian John Oswalt said hesed is “… a completely undeserved kindness and generosity”. The prophet Isaiah wrote, “Though the mountains ...
2 sty 2019 · HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOVE - Chaim Bentorah. by Chaim Bentorah | Jan 2, 2019 | Devotionals | 10 comments. HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOVE – TOV MO’ED –מאד טוב. Genesis 1:31: “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
Poetry of one kind or another comprises about one-third of the Hebrew Bible. It appears in all three divisions of the Hebrew canon, with its highest concentration in the Latter Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve) and in Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Song, and Qohelet (Ecclesiastes).
