The Bible uses the word tziporen only two times. The first time, it is translated “fingernail” (Deuteronomy 21:12). The second time, it is translated as a “nib” of diamond on an iron pen. What might God be trying to teach us by these two odd appearances of this unique Hebrew word? Join us in this episode of The Hebrew Key to gain a beautiful insight into God’s Word.
Deuteronomy 21:12 … and you bring her home to your house, she shall shave her head and pare her fingernails.
צפרן (tziporen) = “fingernail” AND “point/nib”
Jeremiah 17:1 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron – with a point/nib of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars…”
Zechariah 7:12 They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the Torah and the words that Adonai of hosts had sent by His spirit through the former prophets…
Exodus 31:18/32:16 And He gave to Moses, when He had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God … The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
Ezekiel 11:19-20 “And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My rules and obey them. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.”
Jeremiah 31:33-34 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days”, declares Adonai: “I will put My Torah within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be My people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know Adonai,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest”, declares Adonai. “For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
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Ezekiel 36:26-27 “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and be careful to obey My rules.”
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