Genesis 35:8
Verse
And Bee1087 is dying, she-who-causes-to-suck Stall-Fed, and she is being buried from under to House of El, under the Small-god [ha-Elon], and he is calling-out his name `Small-God [elon] of Weeping.`
And Deborah died, the nurse of Rebekah, and she was buried below Bethel, under the oak. And he called its name, Oak of Weeping.
And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.
And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and was buried below Bethel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak of Mourning.
Footnotes
| 1087 | Bees, Honey, and Words Strong’s #1683, deborah. Deborah means bee but is a derivative of the root verb dabar to speak. The noun dabar, word, speech is also a derivative, and thus her name could mean Speaker. An interesting relationship between Hebrew words begins to appear when we think of how the words (of God) have been likened to honey as bees like honey: “How they have been smooth to my palate your words, from honey to my mouth.” Psalm 119:103 literal The same words of scripture have been likened to milk also (Heb. 5:13, 1 Pet. 2:2) which compels us to ponder what exactly was meant by the phrase, “an earth she-who-issues milk and honey” (Deut. 27:3 literal) “From the Eating-one has come out food, and from a powerful-one has come out a sweet-one.” Judges 14:14 literal |