First Occurrence
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. Gen 8:4
The Primitive Root
Strong’s H5117 נוח nuach, the primitive root meaning, “to rest.” The ancient pictographs are nun + vav + chet.
nun נ, ן = the seed, thus continue, heir, son
vav ו = the tent peg, thus add, secure, hook
chet ח = the wall, thus outside, divide, half
The story the ancient Hebrew pictographs are painting, is of continuing (nun) securely (vav) outside (chet).
There are two possible explanations. “Outside” is beyond, on the other side of, the tent wall wherein the family dwells, or the enclosure fence, wherein the tribe dwells. Within the tent walls and within the enclosure fence, the family and the tribe is secure. But to also be secure beyond the tent wall and beyond the enclosure fence, that is true security indeed.
And the second, suggested by Dr. Benner’s Ancient Hebrew Lexicon, is that it is beyond the enclosure fence that the shepherd leads his flock to a place of green pasture and still water, where he makes them lie down in safety.
I enjoy your writing in, A Little Perspective. I was looking at the word, rest and in Hebrew it is the word, Nuach. Looking at the pictographs in Hebrew and the first use of the word in Genesis 2:2 I was wondering what you think of this? Since God brought all things into existence and it was good, tov; (functioning properly) Would this be a way of viewing how we should see rest, from His perspective 😉
Life can grow and flourish when we are secure and established, (in the house where Yahweh Elohim dwells) from what is outside, (evil, ra; not functioning properly). May you and your husband, as a son and daughter of the King, enjoy the shabbat of His Presence.
Hi John, thank you for visiting! Actually the words for “He rested” in Gen 2:2 is shabath, Strong’s H7673, where we get our word ‘Sabbath’ from. You can find out more about the parable the ancient pictographs are telling at http://alittleperspective.com/shabbath-sabbath-strongs-h7676/ – Please do come back again! <3