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נ (nun) = 50 Nes = “Miracle”
ג (gimel) = 3 Gadol = “Great”
ה (hei) = 5 Hayah = “Happened”
ש (shin) = 300 Sham = “There”
TOTAL = 358 = משיח = “Mashiach”
נ (nun) = 50 Nes = “Miracle”
ג (gimel) = 3 Gadol = “Great”
ה (hei) = 5 Hahah = “Happened”
פ (peh) = 80 Po = “Here”
TOTAL = 138 = צמח = Tzemech = “Branch”
Jeremiah 23:5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares Adonai, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign as King and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.” [+ 33:15]
Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring My servant the Branch.
Zechariah 6:12 And say to him, ‘Thus says Adonai of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: for He shall branch out from His place, and He shall build the temple of Adonai.”’
סבב (sovav) = “rotate / revolve / encircle”
Deuteronomy 2:1-3 Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as Adonai told me. And for many days we circled Mount Seir. Then Adonai said to me, “You have circled this mountain country long enough. Turn northward.”
Randomness vs. Order
Uncertainty vs. Stability
REFERENCES:
Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Jeremiah 33:15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch (צמח, tzemech) to spring up for David, and He shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
סבב (sovav) occurs seven times in the story of conquering Jericho. (Joshua 6:3-15)
Deuteronomy 32:10 “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; He encircled(סבב, sovav) him, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.”
Psalm 118:10-14 All nations surrounded (סבב, sovav) me; in the name of Adonai I cut them off! They surrounded (סבב, sovav) me, surrounded (סבב, sovav) me on every side; in the name of Adonai I cut them off! They surrounded (סבב, sovav) me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns; in the name of Adonai I cut them off! I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but Adonai helped me. Adonai is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt becomes foolish (μωραίνω, moraine), how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.”
Recommended Reading:
The Dreidel’s Hidden Meanings, by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh (Bro
