Saturday, 3 August 2013

HEBREW TRANSLITERATION: angels


HEBREW TRANSLITERATIONS

4. angels: Transliteration: Strong’s H4397 מַלְאָךְ [mal’ak /mal·awk/] n m From an unused root meaning to dispatch as a deputy; TWOT 1068a; GK 4855; 214 occurrences; AV translates as “angel” 111 times, “messenger” 98 times, “ambassadors” four times, and “variant” once. 1 messenger, representative. 1a messenger. 1b angel. 1c the theophanic angel.

The word “angels” transliterates as Strong’s H4397 mal’ak /mal·awk. That this was a theophanic moment is quite clear from the context in Genesis 18. In chapter 19 the two men are referred to as angels. They were representatives or messengers of God who had been sent to Sodom to search the city and rescue Lot and his family from impending judgment. How gracious and merciful is the LORD to spare even one for the sake of another. It was Yahweh’s love for Abraham that caused Him to spare Lot and his family from the coming destruction.

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