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Already, in rule #8, Databases we have showed that
the Bible uses puns to reaffirm Biblical commandments. The table
below summarizes several unexpected puns reinforcing serious commandments.
Verse
| Hebrew Root
| Meaning 1
| Meaning 2
| Text of Verse
| Pun Interpretation
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Gn06-14a
| Gimel-Pay-Resh
| Lava
| Lava Wood Lava-type rough appearance
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Make thee an ark of Lava wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
| Remind your generation that of the flood of molten Lava that will punish
them if they don't repent.
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Ex20-23a
| Ayin-Lamed-Hey
| Steps
| Fantasies thought that come up in your mind
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Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.
| You should not have fantasies while serving on my altar in the Temple
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Ex17-11a
| Ayin-Lamed-Hey
| to raise
| to pray To raise to God ones feelings in prayer
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And it came to pass, when Moses Raised his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
| When Moses [and the Jews] prayed the war went their way; when they
didn't pray they were losing.
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Nu21-09a
| Nun-Cheth-Shin
| Snake
| Copper color as in copper-head, snakes are colored copper
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And Moses made a copper snake, and set it upon the pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
| The copper color on a raised pole symbolized
praying against the attack of snakes.
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Sermonic Points: Many people consider puns
childish and silly. The Bible however considered them useful.
Puns are a powerful way of reinforcing and getting across
a point.
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