View source for The Hebrew version of Matthew

The place to start is with Matthew 1.1 (see also [[Mt 1:1]])

 אלה תולדות Mt 1.1 

אלה  was split into nine different words by those who added modern vowels (~600 AD).  You can see them easily [[0421 |here]]:  
When you recognize תולדות  as the same word translated 'generations' in Genesis, then you know the same translation error is happening here.  See P.J. Wiseman  It should be 'record'. 

{{:אלה}}


{{:תולדות}}

:'God's writing about the child Jeshua.'

==[[יש''ו]] Yesu==
This is my first encounter with double geresh's and so I am reluctant too make much out of them, other than they obfuscate the word somewhat. They can represent an abbreviation, or a transliteration from another language.. 

The name 'Yeshua' (his Hebrew name) means 'God's salvation'  NOT God with us. If we read his name literally it does not fulfill prophecy. 

Matthew is attempting to teach us how to read childish riddle. There are two riddles in his name.
:1. Ya shuach, a pun, means 'God humbled'. This speaks of incarnation and 'God with us'.
:2. Yahweh with a 'sh' in the middle is a phonetic pun as well, just in case we miss the first one. The shin has the metaphoric meaning of God's word not returning void. It includes the meaning of the word coming to earth and returning with a bride. This riddle says that God has a marriage on his heart. This is also 'God with us'.

We have jumped the gun a bit, but in this first verse we now have 'God's record (of the child) 'God incarnate' with a marriage on his heart.

Above, I have used the Hebrew form of his name 'Yeshua'. This text uses a transliterated version of his name in Greek; 'Yesu' (ihsou).  This means that the Greek name was in use and known to the author and it suggestive that his Greek name is the one that most of the readers of the text would be familiar with. It is curious that the Greek text uses his Hebrew name, and the Hebrew text uses his Greek name.

{{:בן}}


{{:דוד}}


{{:אברחמ}} 

[[Hebrew version of Matthew 1.2]]


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