A Peaceful Demonstration

The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying  Jonah 1:1  NASB Jonah – This is an easy one.  The Hebrew word is yonah, which of course, is our English word “Jonah.”  But this Hebrew word also means “dove.”  It is the same word used of the bird that Noah released…

Poetic Imagery

For the lead player, on jonath elem rehokim, a David michtam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Psalm 56:1 (Hebrew text translated R. Alter) jonath elem rehokim – In your English Bible, this verse probably isn’t numbered.  In addition, your Bible probably offers some phrase about a dove or murmurs to something at a…