Proverbs 31 (WEB)

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Yahweh, the Personal Name of God

Word Study | Israel Loken • Hershel Wayne House
יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh ·Strong's H3068

Strictly speaking, the only personal name of God belonging to Him alone, and the most significant name of God found in the Old Testament (over 5000 times).  Yahweh is the approximate (and likely) pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, the four-letter word YHWH.  When Moses asked what His name was to take back to the Hebrews in Egypt, God replied, “I AM THAT I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה ehyeh esher ehyeh): and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה, ehyeh, 1st person singular, giving God's declaration of His name) has sent me to you” (Exod 3:14).  Thus God revealed to Moses the very essential meaning of His name as Yahweh (יְהוָ֞ה, Yahweh, 3rd person singular, the response of the people of God, He is).  There is a strong indication that Jesus (or Yeshua, Yahweh is salvation) used this name and its divine implication to apply to himself when he said, “Before Abraham was, I AM” (ἐγὼ εἰμί, egō eimi) (John 8:58).  Thus, the very Person who spoke to Moses out of the burning bush was the very same Person who addressed the startled Jews in the Gospel of John.

For a more complete discussion of the personal name of God, see the passage in Exodus in which He reveals His name to Moses, Exodus 3:14, 15.

A Name of God (אֱלֹהִים; 'elohim)

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House
אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym ·Strong's H430

This is a generic name for the divine being. In the Hebrew Bible, the word is regularly used in the plural in reference to the God of Israel but in regard to His majesty or intensity. The plural has a third person singular with the God of Israel, but a third plural with foreign deities.

Abba, Father

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House • Steve Stanley
Ἀββᾶ Abbâ ·Strong's G5

This Aramaic term is used only three times in the NT and approximately 80 times in the writings of the early church fathers when quoting or paraphrasing Jesus’ words. It is translated by the very next word in this verse as ὁ πατήρ (ho pater) “the Father,” as it is in all three NT uses. Jesus spoke in Aramaic, and Hebrew, both languages being used in Israel. In Jesus’ day, abba was used for the father in the family, and was a customary title for God in prayer among the Jews. It was eventually taken over by Greek-speaking Christians as a liturgical formula. Some posit that abba is equivalent to “daddy,” an American English term for “father.” This assumes that the American informality expressed by children toward their father would have an analogy in Jesus’ culture, an assumption difficult to sustain. It is, therefore, not appropriate to refer to God as “daddy.” Linguistically, then, abba means "father" in Hebrew, Greek and English. It must be noted, however, that while “father” is a term of respect in biblical literature, it is also a term of affection, very deep and abiding affection. With His use of “Abba,” Jesus expresses His respectful and intimate relationship with His Heavenly Father in prayer, a wonderful example for all believers.

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Proverbs 31 (WEB)

1The words of King Lemuel—the revelation which his mother taught him:

2“Oh, my son!

Oh, son of my womb!

Oh, son of my vows!

3Don’t give your strength to women,

nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

4It is not for kings, Lemuel,

it is not for kings to drink wine,

nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’

5lest they drink, and forget the law,

and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish,

and wine to the bitter in soul.

7Let him drink, and forget his poverty,

and remember his misery no more.

8Open your mouth for the mute,

in the cause of all who are left desolate.

9Open your mouth, judge righteously,

and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

10Who can find a worthy woman?

For her value is far above rubies.

11The heart of her husband trusts in her.

He shall have no lack of gain.

12She does him good, and not harm,

all the days of her life.

13She seeks wool and flax,

and works eagerly with her hands.

14She is like the merchant ships.

She brings her bread from afar.

15She rises also while it is yet night,

gives food to her household,

and portions for her servant girls.

16She considers a field, and buys it.

With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

17She arms her waist with strength,

and makes her arms strong.

18She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.

Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.

19She lays her hands to the distaff,

and her hands hold the spindle.

20She opens her arms to the poor;

yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

21She is not afraid of the snow for her household,

for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

22She makes for herself carpets of tapestry.

Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

23Her husband is respected in the gates,

when he sits among the elders of the land.

24She makes linen garments and sells them,

and delivers sashes to the merchant.

25Strength and dignity are her clothing.

She laughs at the time to come.

26She opens her mouth with wisdom.

Kind instruction is on her tongue.

27She looks well to the ways of her household,

and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

28Her children rise up and call her blessed.

Her husband also praises her:

29“Many women do noble things,

but you excel them all.”

30Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain;

but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

31Give her of the fruit of her hands!

Let her works praise her in the gates!

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