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Post by alon on Sept 24, 2019 11:23:38 GMT -8
You asked about "aleph" used to denote strength in the bible (either this thread or another).
I think we can agree that militaries are seen as a projection of a nations' strength and might, both in protecting citizens and projecting influence on foreign policies. Not to mention the actual might brought to bear on enemies on the battlefield.
10 עשׂר; ‘eser, the divine creative power of God, by which He can manipulate of the natural world— ten instances of God speaking in Genesis 1; ten plagues against Egypt.
40 ארבעים; arbaim, judgment;God judges the earth with forty-day floodwaters (Gen 7:4-17; 8:6).
400 ארבע-מאות; arba-meot, corporate judgment and physical exertion leading to battle.
40 x 10 = 400; for “400” to accompany such struggle is common in scripture: David commands “about four hundred men” (1 Sam 22:2), and his campaign against the Amalekites ends with “400 young men” fleeing the battleground (1 Sam 30:17).
400, 000:
“The men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered 400,000 (אלף ארבע-מאות; elef arba'meot) men who drew the sword; all these were men of war” (Judges 20:17; cf. 20:2). When Melech Abijah fights Melech Jerboam of Israel, the Judahite monarch has “an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men” (2 Chron 13:3).
Eleph אלף, a form of aleph אלף starts with that letter, and 400,000 is clearly a number used to signify the ultimate projection of military might. "Aleph," the mighty, or Mighty One. "I am the Aleph and the Tov," the "Mighty One who leads you toward the mark." (Rev 22.13).
I think we can agree that militaries are seen as a projection of a nations' strength and might, both in protecting citizens and projecting influence on foreign policies. Not to mention the actual might brought to bear on enemies on the battlefield.
10 עשׂר; ‘eser, the divine creative power of God, by which He can manipulate of the natural world— ten instances of God speaking in Genesis 1; ten plagues against Egypt.
40 ארבעים; arbaim, judgment;God judges the earth with forty-day floodwaters (Gen 7:4-17; 8:6).
400 ארבע-מאות; arba-meot, corporate judgment and physical exertion leading to battle.
40 x 10 = 400; for “400” to accompany such struggle is common in scripture: David commands “about four hundred men” (1 Sam 22:2), and his campaign against the Amalekites ends with “400 young men” fleeing the battleground (1 Sam 30:17).
400, 000:
“The men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered 400,000 (אלף ארבע-מאות; elef arba'meot) men who drew the sword; all these were men of war” (Judges 20:17; cf. 20:2). When Melech Abijah fights Melech Jerboam of Israel, the Judahite monarch has “an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men” (2 Chron 13:3).
Eleph אלף, a form of aleph אלף starts with that letter, and 400,000 is clearly a number used to signify the ultimate projection of military might. "Aleph," the mighty, or Mighty One. "I am the Aleph and the Tov," the "Mighty One who leads you toward the mark." (Rev 22.13).
