A Valuabe Hebrew Lesson - 'Eben - אבן

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