Deuteronomy 27:8 - And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this Torah very plainly.
The Hebrew word for stone here is אבן pronounced eh'-ben. What is the significance of that you ask? The word ‘eben (the transliteration) is really a compound word in the Hebrew language. How is that you might ask. Well, let’s take a look.
The word for father in Hebrew is אב and is pronounced ab.
The word for son in Hebrew is בן and is pronounced ben.
So keeping in mind that Hebrew is a language, which is always read from the left to the right, when we combine these two words, we come up with the compound word father-son or in Hebrew אבן.
Ok some might be asking what is the point of pointing that out. Well, here it is.
When we go to the verse of Psalms 118:22, which reads - The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner, we find in the Strong’s Concordance that the word for stone there is also ‘eben – the Hebrew word for father-son. So the father and son relationship of YHWH and Yeshua is that stone, which the church is built on – not Peter.
But then we must go back and reread Deuteronomy 27:8 again and now see what it says - And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this Torah very plainly, because the word for stones there again is 'eben or אֶבֶן.
So we now know that the father-son relationship, which the Messiah built His church on is that headstone, which has all the words of Torah written upon it.
Interesting, huh?
I think so!!
©2010 Kimberly Padilla, A.A. Religion
Sunday, July 25, 2010
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hi kimberly im also doing a study on eben its fasnating have you got any more info or research on this subject and which follows from this would love to here from you... kind regards tony from uk
ReplyDeleteHi Kimberly, while all of this sounds nice, it could still be considered as eisegesis, which is used by many people to satisfy their own convictions.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. I woke up one morning, after a long time of waiting for God to give me a name. I woke up, and 'heard' or was strongly impressioned with the word EBEN. I had no idea what it meant. I do like short names, and like the letter E. I also was fond of BEN. So you can imagine I was excited to find out what it was. I did a quick search and discovered the name meant STONE. It describes my rigid sometimes stubborn character. In some situations it can be good, other times bad. I have found what I think is bad places in the bible stone is used, and good ones too. Anyway, I greatly appreciate this lesson on EBEN. It means a lot to me and is encouraging. Thanks again
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Some claim that Peter was the foundation of the Church. No, the foundation is the Rock - God the Almighty Father, and his Son, Jesus, the Redeemer. I am Greek. Petros (Peter) is not a stone; Petra is. Petros is the follower of the stone. Eg philosophy is the Greek word philosophia. The follower of it is philosoph-er. In Greek, philosoph-os (like Petr-os). So Jesus used a play with words as, obviously, was speaking in Hebrew at that moment. Matthew wrote his gospel in Hebrew and later translated it in Greek. The initial readers would have had no problem. Note too that Jesus initially called Simon Cephas (John 1:42) which literally means petra, not Petros. But now, to have a word play, Jesus switched to Hebrew perhaps adding the Greek word Petros which he made up.
ReplyDeleteYou can delete my comment if you like and incorporate the above into your article so that you can have one unit. Thanks again.
Akis
Follower of The Stone just makes more sense...
ReplyDeleteJust a thought I agree that Eben stands for Father / Son But this does not clarify "What Son" or "Whose Son" Take the name Ebenezer this name stands for "stone of help" And clearly Ebenezer is also a (Son) of the Father.
ReplyDeleteEben as a noun means "stone" and as verb Azar to help or support. Since we are all the Sons of the heavenly Father that our Ab helps and supports the Son that humbles himself before his Father?