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PREACHERThe image cast, when mentioning the word 'preach' or 'preacher' to many of us, may be of Elmer Gantry standing on a box on a dusty western street, or perhaps you think of your pastor on 'Sun-day' morning. The etymology of the idea of preaching, however, comes from the Hebrew word parash. The 'sh' sound was, over time, reduced to a shorter 'ch' sound. Originally 'to preach' meant to 'declare the mind of YHVH'.
Vayikra 24:12 The phrase 'might be shown' is the word parash. This is word for the weekly Torah readings called 'parashah'. If you read our section called 'Sabbath' you will see what is a very old format taken from this word which means to 'show the mind of YHVH.' Yahshua was teaching us how to 'preach' when He stood up and read the 'parashah' from the prophets in Luke 4:17-21. Scripturally 'preaching' was done every Shabbat. This scriptural pattern was followed in the book of Acts as well. In the book of Nechemyah, this word is translated as 'distinctly'.
Nechemyah 8:8
Shalom Alecheim!
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