From: "Sterling D. Allan"
<sterlingda@greaterthings.com>
To: <davids_outcasts@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 5:52 PM
Subject: [888] 613 Jewish Laws in Alphabetics
Yatzi,
After getting this post from you, I decided to look up 613 using my
'Alphabetics' code approach.
Talk about a big-time hit! I had looked up 613 once before about a week or two
ago, but wasn't very persistent in believing there just had to be something
for such a significant number. This time around, I went with faith, knowing
there must be something there. Man, is there ever!
I will be writing this up and posting it on my site, but let me give you a
teaser for what I found.
For example word 613 in Gesenius' Old Testament lexicon is on page 66 -- that
cardinal number of book in the Bible (Old and New Testament)
The word means 'bonds, imprisonment'
Imagine that! This biting commentary right in the OT lexicon.
Page 613 of the LDS Bible Dictionary has the words "Aramaic"
(language of much of the OT), "Ark," and "Ark of the
Covenant," which housed the law.
Page 613 of Zodhiates NT lexicon (that's right New Testament lexicon
commentary on the Jewish law) contains a long commentary about "the word
of God." On the page prior is the 1/3 point through the lexicon (last
word number divided by 3), which conveys the idea of the portion we have now,
compared to greater things to come. That word means "hearken" which
is a perfect fit for the concept "when ye receive [hearken to] that which
ye have been given, then shall the greater things be manifest."
Also on that page (613 Zod) is a word that means "remind" which fits
your quotation of 1 Ne. 4 about why Lehi needed to go back and get the plates
of Brass, so that the people could be stirred up in ways of remembrance of the
Lord. Another word on the page is "rely, rest," "come
back," and "restitution" as well as the word
"downfall."
On page 613 of Strong's concordance are the entries "Look" and
"Lord," conveying the archetypal scripture themes of "look to
the Lord and live," as well as "looking beyond the mark."
The first entry on page 613 of my Webster's '71 dictionary is
"penal." Also on the page is the definition for
"penitence."
Word 613 in the NT means "to hide, conceal;"
and on page 613 of Gesenius OT lexicon is the definition "hidden; from
ancient times"
And two pages later is where the 2/3 point is in the OT lexicon, again the
idea of greater things to be manifest that that which we already have been
given when we are faithful to that which we have.
Cool stuff.
Thanks for the impetus.
Sterling
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here for Yatzi's post for which this was a response
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