Sunday, December 20, 2015

He betroths us...

(Hosea 2:19)  And I will betroth you to Me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to Me in #1 righteousness, and in #2 judgment, and in #3 mercy, and in #4 compassions.
(Hosea 2:20)  I will even betroth you to Me in #5 faithfulness. And you shall know (Aleph/Tav) YAHWEH.

צדק tsedeq tseh'-dek the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity: -  X even, (X that which is altogether) just (-ice), ([un-]) right (-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness). #1
משׁפּט mishpâṭ mish-pawt' properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style. #2
חסד chêsêd kheh'-sed kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty: - favour, good deed (-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing. #3
רחם racham rakh'-am compassion (in the plural); by extension the womb (as cherishing the foetus); by implication a maiden: - bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb. #4
אמנה    אמוּנה 'ĕmûnâh  'ĕmûnâh em-oo-naw', em-oo-naw'; literally firmness; figuratively security; moral fidelity: - faith (-ful, -ly, -ness, [man]), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily. #5

He betroths us:
 in #1 tzedek - the natural, moral, legal right,  in equity and prosperity (Bereshit)
in #2 mishpat - a judicial verdict; a sentence, a formal decree, a divine law (Shemot)
in #3 chesed - kindness, reproof, favor, mercy (Vayikra)
in #4 racham - compassion, the womb, tender love, pity, mercy (Bamidbar)
in #5 emunah - firmness, security, fidelity, stability, truth (Devarim)





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