Gen 22:1-5
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Verse 2
- "Offer him there for a burnt offering." The Hebrew word translated here as "offer him" is `alah which is written the same way (i.e. has the same consonants) as the Hebrew word `olah which the KJV translated "burnt offering" (both words are related to the word holocaust). The word `alah has a strong connotation of "up." What is the significance of these words being used here? Is there a hidden or less obvious meaning that this word play points to? (In the LXX, the word used for "burnt offering" is olokarposin, which seems to be a somewhat rare word that is not appear to be used in the New Testament. Can the etymology here be traced to anything that is helpful for interpretation of this verse?)
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Lexical notes
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Verse 1
- "Did tempt." The Hebrew verb here, nacah, means to test or to prove. In other words, God tested Abraham or put him to the test.
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Verse 2
- "Moriah." In Hebrew moreh refers to teacher and Yah is the shortened version of the sacred name of the Lord, Jehovah. Here, Abraham is being "taught of the Lord" that the firstborn son, the Lamb of God, who would be offered as a sacrifice at the same mount. (See Daniel Rona reference below.)
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Verse 2
- Moriah: See comments by Daniel Rona here.
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