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When one “fixes” an arrow on the bow, he takes aim or “prepares” to shoot his bow
(cf. Ps. 7:12).
B. Nouns.
(
'
, 4350), “proper place; base.” This noun occurs 25 times; it means
“proper place” in Ezra 3:3: “And they set the altar upon his bases.…” The word refers to
“bases” in 1 Kings 7:27.
Two other nouns are related to the verb
$
.
"
, which appears 17 times, means
“an established place or site” (Exod. 15:17).
$
, which makes 3 appearances,
means “fixed place” as in Job 23:3 or “fixed matter” as in Ezek. 43:11: “… Show them
the form of the house, and the fashion [
$
] thereof …”
C. Adjective.
( , 3651), “right; veritable; honest.” This adjective occurs 24 times in biblical
Hebrew. The word implies “honest or righteous” in Gen. 42:11 “We are all one man’s
sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.” The word means not “right” in 2 Kings
17:9.
PRIDE
A. Verb.
(
%
, 1342), “to be proud, be exalted.” This verb appears 7 times in biblical
Hebrew. The word appears in Exod. 15:1 in the sense of “to be exalted”: “I will sing to
the Lord, for He is highly exalted [
KJV
, “he hath triumphed”]; The horse and its rider He
has hurled into the sea (
NASB
).
B. Nouns.
(
%
, 1347), “pride.” This root occurs only in northwest Semitic languages, as
in Ugaritic:
, “pride.” This noun is a poetic word, which is found only in poetic books,
the proph
(12 times in Isaiah), Moses’ song (Exod. 15:7), and Leviticus (26:19). In
rabbinic Hebrew,
signifies a man of great learning. A
was the head of the
rabbinic academies of Susa and Pumpedita in Babylonia. Saadiah Gaon was one of the
most outstanding.
In a positive sense
, like the verb, signifies “excellence” or “majesty.” God’s
“majesty” was expressed in Israel’s deliverance through the Red Sea (Exod. 15:7). Israel
as the redeemed people, then, is considered to be an expression of God’s “majesty”: “He
shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved” (Ps. 47:4).
The meaning of
is here close to that of
, “glory.”
Related to “majesty” is the word
attributed to nature as something mighty,
luxuriant, rich, and thick. The poets use the word to refer to the proud waves (Job 38:11)
or the thick shrubbery by the Jordan; cf. “If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have
wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace,
wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling [literally,
“majesty”] of Jordan?” (Jer. 12:5; cf. 49:19; 50:44).