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Bereshith 2:20-24
But for the man there was not found a helper (5828)for him, as his
counterpart. 21 So Yahuah Elohim caused a deep sleep
to fall on the man, and he slept. And He took one of
his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 And
the rib which Yahuah Elohim had taken from the man He
made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23
And the man said, “This is now bone of my bones and
flesh of my flesh. This one is called ‘woman,’ because
she was taken out of man.” 24 For this cause a man
shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his
wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Strong's #5828
rz[
`ezer (ay'-zer); Noun
- help, succour
- one who helps
Her purpose is to be a
helper and she should be from Yahuah.
Mishle 18:22 He who
has found a wife has found tov, And receives
kindness from Yahuah.
WHAT TO DO
Be obedient to the Word of Yahuah!
1 Timothy 3:11 11 Wives in the same way:
reverent, not false accusers, sober, trustworthy in
every way.
Be Capable
Mishle 12:4 A capable wife is the crown of
her husband
Mishle 31:10-31 10 Who does find a capable
wife? For she is worth far more than rubies. 11 The
heart of her husband shall trust her, And he has no
lack of gain. 12 She shall do him tov, and not evil,
All the days of her life. 13 She shall seek wool and
flax, And with delight she works with her hands. 14
She shall be as the ships of Tarshish, She brings in
her food from afar. 15 She also rises while it is
still night, And provides food for her household,
And a portion for her girls. 16 She shall consider a
field and buy it; From her profits she shall plant a
vineyard. 17 She shall gird herself with strength,
And strengthen her arms. 18 She shall taste when her
gain is tov; Her lamp does not go out by night. 19
She shall stretch out her hands to the distaff, And
her hand shall hold the spindle. 20 She shall extend
her hand to the poor, And she shall reach out her
hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of snow for
her household, For all her household is dressed in
scarlet. 22 She shall make tapestry for herself; She
is dressed in fine linen and purple. 23 Her husband
is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders
of the land. 24 She shall make fine linen and sell
them, And shall give girdles for the merchants. 25
Strength and splendour are her garments, And she
rejoices in time to come. 26 She shall open her
mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the Torah of
kindness. 27 She watches over the ways of her
household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children shall rise up and call her blessed;
Her husband too, and he praises her: 29 “Many
daughters have done nobly, But you have risen over
them all.” 30 Loveliness is deceptive And prettiness
is vain, A woman who fears Yahuah is to be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, And let her
works praise her in the gates.
Be Understanding
Mishle 19:14 But an understanding wife is
from Yahuah.
Fear Yahuah
Mishle 31:30 A woman who fears Yahuah is
to be praised.
WHAT NOT TO DO
Do no give advice contrary to the
Word of Yahuah!
Bereshith 3:17 And to the man He said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your
wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I
commanded you, saying, ‘Do not eat of it’: “Cursed
is the ground because of you, in toil you are to eat
of it all the days of your life
Iyob 2:9-10 9 And his wife said to him,
“Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse
Elohim and die!” 10 But he said to her, “You speak
as one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should
we accept only tov from Elohim, and not accept
evil?” In all this Iyob did not sin with his lips.
1 Melakim 11:8-10 8 And so he did for all
his foreign wives, who burned incense and
slaughtered to their mighty ones. 9 Therefore Yahuah
was enraged with Shelomoh, because his heart had
turned away from Yahuah Elohim of Yisra’el, who had
appeared to him twice, 10 and had commanded him
concerning this word, not to go after other mighty
ones. But he did not guard what Yahuah had
commanded.
Ester 5:14, 7:10 14 So his wife Zeresh and
all his friends said to him, “Let a stake be made,
fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the
sovereign that Mordekai be impaled on it. And go
with the sovereign to the feast, rejoicing.” And the
word pleased Haman, and he had the stake made. 10
And they impaled Haman on the stake that he had
prepared for Mordekai, and the sovereign’s wrath
abated.
Do not be disobedient to the
Word of Yahuah!
Bereshith 19:16,17, 26 Yahuah having
compassion on him, and they brought him out and set
him outside the city. 17 And it came to be, when
they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape
for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay
anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest
you be consumed.” 26 But his wife looked back from
behind him, and she became a post of salt.
Acts 5:7-10 7 And it came to be, about
three hours later, that his wife came in, not
knowing what had taken place. 8 And Kepha responded
to her, “Say to me whether you sold the land for so
much?” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” 9 So Kepha
said to her, “Why have you agreed to try the Spirit
of Yahuah? Look, the feet of those who have buried
your husband are at the door, and they shall carry
you out.” 10 And immediately she fell down at his
feet and breathed her last. And the young men came
in and found her dead, and carrying her out, they
buried her beside her husband.
1 Melakim 11:3-4 And his wives turned away
his heart. 4 And it came to be, when Shelomoh was
old, that his wives turned away his heart after
other mighty ones.
Do not bring shame
Mishle 12:5 But one causing shame is like
rottenness in his bones.
Do not be contentious
Mishle 19:13 And the contentions of a wife
are a continual dripping.
Mishle 21:9,19 9 It is better to dwell in
a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a
contentious woman. 19 It is better to dwell in the
wilderness, Than with a contentious and vexed woman.
Do not be a fool
Mishle 9:13-18 13 A foolish woman is loud,
Simple, and without knowledge. 14 For she has seated
herself At the door of her house, On a seat by the
highest places of the city, 15 To call to those who
pass by, Who go straight on their way: 16 “Who is
simple? Let him turn in here.” And as for him who
lacks heart, she says to him, 17 “Stolen waters are
sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” 18
But he does not know that the dead are there, Her
guests are in the depths of the grave.
Mishle 14:1 Every wise woman has built her
house, But the foolish breaks it down with her
hands.
Do Not Withhold Relations
1 Corinthians 7:3-5 3 Let the husband
render to his wife what is her due, and likewise
also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not
have authority over her own body, but the husband
does. And likewise the husband does not have
authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do
not deprive one another except with agreement for a
time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And
come together again so that Satan does not try you
because of your lack of self-control.
WHOSE IN CHARGE AROUND HERE, ANYWAY?
Bereshith 3:16 And your desire is for your
husband, and he does rule over you.”
Ephesians 5:22-24,33b 22 Wives, subject
yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Master.
23 Because the husband is head of the wife, as also
the Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is
Saviour of the body. 24 But as the assembly is
subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to
their own husbands in every respect. 33b let the
wife see that she fears her husband.
1 Kepha 3:1-6 In the same way, wives, be
subject to your own husbands, so that if any are
disobedient to the Word, they, without a word, might
be won by the behaviour of their wives, 2 having
seen your blameless behaviour in fear. 3 Your
adornment should not be outward – arranging the
hair, wearing gold, or putting on dresses – 4 but
the hidden Man of the heart, with the incorruptible
ornament of a meek and peaceable spirit, which is of
great value before Elohim. 5 For in this way, in
former times, the setapart women who trusted in
Elohim also adorned themselves, being subject to
their own husbands, 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham,
calling him master, of whom you became children,
doing tov, and not frightened by any fear.
1 Corinthians 7:10, 13-16 10 And to the
married I command, not I, but the Master: A wife
should not separate from a husband. 13 And a woman
who has an unbelieving husband, and he thinks well
to live with her, let her not send him away. 14 For
the unbelieving husband has been set-apart in the
wife, and the unbelieving wife has been set-apart in
the husband. Otherwise your children would be
unclean, but now they are set-apart. 15 And, if the
unbelieving one separates, let him separate himself.
A brother or a sister has not been enslaved in such
matters. But Elohim has called us to peace. 16 For
how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your
husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you
shall save your wife?
Colossians 3:18 Wives, subject yourselves
to your own husbands, as is proper in the Master.
1 Corinthians 11:3-11 3 And I want you to
know that the head of every man is the Messiah, and
the head of woman is the man, and the head of
Messiah is Elohim. 4 Every man praying or
prophesying, having his head covered, brings shame
to his Head. 5 And every woman praying or
prophesying with her head uncovered brings shame to
her head, for that is one and the same as if her
head were shaved. 6 For if a woman is not covered,
let her also be shorn. But if it is a shame for a
woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. 7
For a man indeed should not cover his head, since he
is the likeness and esteem of Elohim, but woman is
the esteem of man. 8 For man is not from woman, but
woman from man. 9 For man also was not created for
the woman, but woman for the man. 10 Because of this
the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her
head, because of the messengers. 11 However, man is
not independent of woman, nor woman independent of
man, in the Master. 12 For as the woman was from the
man,even so the man also is through the woman. But
all are from Elohim.
Titus 3:3-5 3 the older women likewise are
to be setapart in behaviour, not slanderers, not
given to much wine, teachers of what is tov, 4 in
order for them to train the young women to love
their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be
sensible, blameless, workers at home, tov, subject
to their own husbands, in order that the word of
Elohim is not evil spoken of.
1 Timothy 2:11-15 11 Let a woman learn in
silence, in all subjection. 12 But I do not permit a
woman to teach or to have authority over a man,
rather, to be in silence. 13 Because Adam was formed
first, then Hawwah. 14 And Adam was not deceived,
but the woman, having been deceived, fell into
transgression. 15 But she shall be saved in
childbearing if they continue in belief, and love,
and setapartness, with sensibleness.
Wives who thought they were in charge and what
became of them...
VASHTI
Ester 1:10-22 10 On the seventh day, when the
heart of the sovereign was glad with wine, he ordered
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Biztha, and Abagtha, Zethar,
and Karkas, the seven eunuchs who were in attendance
in the presence of Sovereign Ahashwerosh, 11 to bring
Sovereigness Vashti before the sovereign, with her
royal crown, in order to show her loveliness to the
people and the officials, for she was lovely to look
upon. 12 But Sovereigness Vashti refused to
come at the sovereign’s command brought by his
eunuchs. And the sovereign was very wroth,
and his rage burned within him. 13 So the sovereign
said to the wise men who understood the times (for in
this way the sovereign’s matter came before all who
knew law and right-ruling, 14 and who were close to
him: Karshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres,
Marsena, Memukan, the seven princes of Persia and
Media, who saw the sovereign’s face, who sat first in
the reign): 15 “According to law, what is to be done
to Sovereigness Vashti, because she did not perform
the command of Sovereign Ahashwerosh, through the
eunuchs?” 16 And Memukan answered before the sovereign
and the princes, “Sovereigness Vashti has misbehaved
not only toward the sovereign, but also toward all the
princes, and all the people who are in all the
provinces of Sovereign Ahashwerosh. 17 “For the matter
of the sovereigness shall go forth to all women, to
make their husbands despised in their eyes, when they
say, ‘Sovereign Ahashwerosh commanded Sovereigness
Vashti to be brought in before him, but she did not
come.’ 18 “And this day the princesses of Persia and
Media shall say to all the sovereign’s officials that
they have heard of the matter of the sovereigness –
with plenty of scorn and wrath. 19 “If it pleases the
sovereign, let a royal decree go out from him, and let
it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the
Medes, so that it does not pass away, that Vashti
shall come no more before Sovereign Ahashwerosh. And
let the sovereign give her royal position to
another who is better than she. 20 “And
the sovereign’s decree which he makes shall be
proclaimed throughout all his rule, great as it is,
and all the wives give esteem to their husbands, both
great and small.” 21 And the word was tov in the eyes
of the sovereign and the princes, and the sovereign
did according to the word of Memukan. 22 So he sent
letters to all the sovereign’s provinces, to each
province in its own writing, and to every people in
their own language, that each man should be master in
his own house and speak in the language of his people.
IZEBEL (JEZEBEL)
1 Melakim 21:7-16 7 So Izebel his wife said to
him, “Do you now rule over Yisra'el? Rise up, eat
food, and let your heart be glad. Let me give you the
vineyard of Naboth the Yizre'elite!” 8 Then
she wrote letters in Ahab’s name , and
sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the
elders and the nobles who were dwelling in the city
with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying,
“Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the
people,10 and seat two men, sons of Beliya'al before
him to bear witness against him, saying, ‘You have
blasphemed Elohim and the sovereign.’ Then you shall
take him out, and stone him to death.” 11 And the men
of his city, the elders and nobles who were
inhabitants of his city, did as Izebel had sent to
them, as it was written in the letters which she had
sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and seated
Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the men, sons
of Beliya'al, came in and sat before him. And the men
of Beliya'al witnessed against him, against Naboth, in
the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has
blasphemed Elohim and the sovereign!” So they took him
outside the city and stoned him with stones, and he
died. 14 And they sent to Izebel, saying, “Naboth has
been stoned and is dead.” 15 And it came to be, when
Izebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead,
that Izebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of
the vineyard of Naboth the Yizre'elite, which he
refused to give you for money, for Naboth is not alive
but dead.” 16 And it came to be, when Ahab heard that
Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose to go down to take
possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Yizre'elite.
2 Melakim 9:30-37 And Yehu came to
Yizre'el, and Izebel heard of it. And she put paint
on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through
a window. 31 And as Yehu came to the gate, she said,
“Is it peace, Zimri, slayer of your master?” 32 And
he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who
is with me? Who?” And two, three eunuchs looked down
to him. 33 And he said, “Throw her down.” And
they threw her down, and some of her blood
spattered on the wall and on the horses, and he
trampled her under foot. 34 And he went
in, and he ate and drank, and said, “Go now, see to
this cursed one, and bury her, for she was a
sovereign’s daughter.” 35 So they went to bury her,
but all they found of her was the skull and the feet
and the palms of the hands.
ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING
1 Timothy 2:9-11 9 Likewise, that the women
dress themselves becomingly, with decency and
sensibleness, not with braided hair or gold or pearls
or costly garments, 10 but with tov works, which is
becoming for women undertaking worship of Elohim. 11
Wives in the same way: reverent, not false accusers,
sober, trustworthy in every way.
1 Kepha 3:3-5 3 Your adornment should not
be outward – arranging the hair, wearing gold, or
putting on dresses – 4 but the hidden Man of the
heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and
peaceable spirit, which is of great value before
Elohim. 5 For in this way, in former times, the
setapart women who trusted in Elohim also adorned
themselves, being subject to their own husbands.
Luke 1:5-6 And his wife was of the
daughters of Aharon, and her name was Elisheba. 6
And they were both righteous before Elohim,
blamelessly walking in all the commands and
righteousnesses of Yahuah.
A wife with a tov attitude and what became of
her...
Ester
Ester 2:15-17 15 And when the turn came for
Ester, the daughter of Abihayil the uncle of Mordekai,
who had taken her as his daughter, to come in to the
sovereign, she sought no matter but what Hegai the
sovereign’s eunuch, guardian of the women, advised.
And Ester found kindness in the eyes of all who saw
her. 16 And Ester was taken to Sovereign Ahashwerosh,
into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is
the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 And the sovereign loved Ester more than all the
women, and she found compassion and kindness in his
eyes more than all the maidens. And he set the royal
crown upon her head and made her sovereigness instead
of Vashti.
A wife with a bad attitude and what became of
her...
MIKAL
2 Shemu'el 6:14-23 14 And Dawid danced before
Yahuah with all his might. And Dawid was wearing a
linen shoulder garment. 15 Thus Dawid and all the
house of Yisra’el brought up the ark of Yahuah with
shouting and with the sound of the ram’s horn. 16 And
it came to be, when the ark of Yahuah came into the
City of Dawid, that Mikal, daughter of Sha’ul, looked
through a window and saw Sovereign Dawid leaping and
dancing before Yahuah, and she despised him in
her heart. 17 So they brought the ark of
Yahuah in, and set it in its place in the midst of the
Tent that Dawid had pitched for it. And Dawid brought
burnt offerings before Yahuah, and peace offerings. 18
And when Dawid had finished bringing burnt offerings
and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the Name
of Yahuah of hosts. 19 And he apportioned to all the
people, to all the crowd of Yisra’el, from man even to
women, to each one a loaf of bread, and a measure, and
a cake of raisins. And all the people left, each one
to his house. 20 And Dawid returned to bless his
household, and Mikal the daughter of Sha’ul
came out to meet Dawid, and said, “How esteemed
was the sovereign of Yisra’el today, uncovering
himself today in the eyes of the female servants
of his servants, as one of the foolish ones
shamelessly uncovers himself!” 21 So Dawid
said to Mikal, “Before Yahuah, who chose me instead of
your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler
over the people of Yahuah, over Yisra’el, so I danced
before Yahuah. 22 “And I shall be even more slight
than this, and shall be humble in my own eyes. But as
for the female servants of whom you have spoken, by
them I am esteemed.” 23 And Mikal the daughter
of Sha’ul had no children to the day of her death.
Mikal raised the children of
her sister as her own and these sons were hung on
hill before Yahuah.
2 Shemu'el 21:8-9 8 And the sovereign took
the two sons of Ritspah the daughter of Ayah, whom
she bore to Sha’ul: Armoni and the other
Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Mikal the
daughter of Sha’ul, whom she brought up for
Adri’el the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, 9
and gave them into the hands of the
GibÈonites, and they hanged them on the
hill before Yahuah. So the seven fell
together, and were put to death in the days of
harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of
barley harvest.
Love and Obedience
Sarah
Bereshith 18:5-6 5 “And let me bring a piece of
bread and refresh your hearts, and then go on, for
this is why you have come to your servant.” And they
said, “Do as you have said.” 6 So Abraham ran into the
tent to Sarah and said, “Hurry, make ready three
measures of fine flour, knead it and make cakes.” Notice she did not argue with
him she did as she was told.
1 Kepha 3:5-6 5 For in this way, in former
times, the setapart women who trusted in Elohim also
adorned themselves, being subject to their own
husbands, 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him
master(2962), of whom you
became children, doing tov, and not frightened by
any fear.
Strong's # 2962
kuvrioß
Kurios (koo'-ree-os)
- he to whom a person or thing belongs, about
which he has power of deciding; master, 'lord'
- the possessor and disposer of a thing
- the owner; one who has control of the
person, the master
- in the state: the sovereign, prince,
chief, the Roman emperor
- is a title of honour expressive of respect
and reverence, with which servants greet
their master
Bereshith 18:12 12 And Sarah laughed
within herself, saying, “After I have grown old,
shall I have pleasure, my master (113)
being old too?”
Strong #: 113
!wda
'adown (aw-done')
- firm, strong, lord, master
- lord, master
Yes, she called him master.
Can you imagine the roar of the feminist if one
heard a set-apart wife refer to her husband as
master? Let us remember that there were only two
women mentioned in Ibrim chapter 11, one of which
was Sarah.
Ibrim 11:1-3,11 And belief is the
substance of what is expected, the proof of what is
not seen. 2 For by this the elders obtained witness.
3 By belief, we understand that the ages were
prepared by the word of Elohim, so that what is seen
was not made of what is visible. 11 By belief also,
Sarah herself was enabled to conceive seed, and she
bore a child when she was past the normal age,
because she deemed Him trustworthy who had promised.
Treachery and Treason
Delilah
18 And Delilah saw that he had made known to her all
his heart, and she sent and called for the princes of
the Philistines, saying, “Come up once more, for he
has made known to me all his heart.” So the princes of
the Philistines came up to her and brought the money
in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep on her knees,
and called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of
his head. Thus she began to humble him, and his
strength left him. 20 And she said, “The Philistines
are upon you, Shimshon!” And he awoke from his sleep,
and said, “Let me go out as before, at other times,
and shake myself loose!” But he did not know that
Yahuah had turned aside from him. 21 So the
Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought
him down to Azzah, and bound him with bronze shackles.
And he became a grinder in the prison.
Zeresh
Ester 5:14 14 So his wife Zeresh and all his
friends said to him, “Let a stake be made, fifty
cubits high, and in the morning speak to the sovereign
that Mordekai be impaled on it. And go with the
sovereign to the feast, rejoicing.” And the word
pleased Haman, and he had the stake made.
Herodias
Mark 6:17-19, 21-24 17 For Herodes himself had
sent and seized Yahuchanan, and bound him in prison
because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
because he had married her, 18 for Yahuchanan had said
to Herodes, “It is not right for you to have your
brother’s wife.” 19 So Herodias held a grudge against
him and wanted to kill him. 21 And a suitable day came
when Herodes on his birthday gave a feast for his
great men, and the high officers, and the chief men of
Galil. 22 And when the daughter of Herodias herself
came in and danced, and pleased Herodes and those who
sat with him, the sovereign said to the girl, “Ask me
whatever you wish, and I shall give it to you.” 23 And
he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I shall give
you, up to half of my reign.” 24 And she went out and
said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said,
“The head of Yahuchanan the Immerser!”
Titus 2:3-5 3 the older women likewise
are to be setapart in behaviour, not slanderers, not
given to much wine, teachers of what is tov, 4 in
order for them to train the young women to love their
husbands, to love their children, 5 to be sensible,
blameless, workers at home, tov, subject to their own
husbands, in order that the word of Elohim is not evil
spoken of.
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
SHOULD WOMEN WEAR TZITZITS?
Bemidbar 15:37-41 37 And Yahuah spoke to
Mosheh, saying, 38 “Speak to the children (1121) of Yisra’el, and you
shall say to them to make tzitziyot on the corners of
their garments throughout their generations, and to
put a blue cord in the tzitzit of the corners. 39 “And
it shall be to you for a tzitzit, and you shall see
it, and shall remember all the commands of Yahuah and
shall do them, and not search after your own heart and
your own eyes after which you went whoring, 40 so that
you remember, and shall do all My commands, and be
set-apart unto your Elohim. 41 “I am Yahuah your
Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim,
to be your Elohim. I am Yahuah your Elohim.”
Strong's # 1121
!b Ben
(bane); Noun
- son, grandson, child, member of a group
- son, male child
- grandson
- children (pl. - male and female)
- youth, young men (pl.)
- young (of animals)
- people (of a nation) (pl.)
Debarim 22:12 12“Make tassels on the four
corners of the garment with which you cover
yourself.
As we are the children of
Yisra'el, it does appear that we should wear
tzitzits also. It has been said that we women
cannot wear tzitzits because we don't wear four
corners when we wear our dresses. To that, I can
only say:
YeshaYahu 11:12 12 And He shall raise a
banner for the nations, and gather the outcasts of
Yisra’el, and assemble the dispersed of Yehudah from
the four corners of the earth.
Revalation 7:1 And after this I saw four
messengers standing at the four corners of
the earth, holding the four winds
of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the
earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Revalation 20:8 8 and he shall go out to
lead the nations astray which are in the
four corners of the earth,
The point is the earth is
round, it does not actually have corners.
Personally, I have chosen to wear tzitzits,
because I consider myself to be a b'nai Yisra'el
(child of Yisra'el).
SHOULD WOMEN BRAID THEIR HAIR?
1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise, that the women dress
themselves becomingly, with decency and sensibleness,
not with braided (4117)
hair or gold or pearls or costly garments
Strong's # 4117
plevgma
Plegma (pleg'-mah); Noun from 4120
- plait of hair
- broidered hair
This word is used only one
time in Scripture. But why, I asked myself would
Brother Sha'ul tell us we should not braid our
hair? Did he mean by braiding it with ribbons, or
gold, or pearls in it thereby bringing undue
attention to ourselves? If we are to pray with our
heads covered then why would it make a difference
if our hair was braided or not? I decided to dig a
little deeper. Since the Strong's indicates that
#4117 comes from #4120 I checked it out.
Strong's #4120
plevkw
Pleko (plek'-o); Verb
- to plait, braid, weave together
The Webster's dictionary
defines braid and plait two ways, as nouns and as
verbs:
braid (n)
- string, cord, band, or plait, formed by weaving
together different strands of any material
- Strip of braided hair.
braid (v)
- move to and fro, to weave, braid. To interweave
three or more strands of hair.
plait (n)
- braid of hair, ribbon, etc.
plait (v)
- to pleat
- to braid
- to make by braiding
The word #4120 is used three times in Scripture.
MattithYahu 27:29 And plaiting (4120) a crown of thorns, they
put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand.
And they kneeled down before Him and mocked Him,
saying "Greetings, Sovereign of the Yehudim!"
Mark 15:17 and decked Him with purple. And
they plaited (4120) a
crown of thorns, put it on Him,
Yahuchanon 19:2 And the soldiers plaited (4120) a crown of thorns and
placed it on His head, and they put a purple robe on
Him, and came to Him and said, "Greetings, Sovereign
of the Yehudim!" And they slapped Him in the face.
It appears to me that there
is something much deeper in Brother Sha'ul's
admonishment not to braid our hair. We know that
the Torah is spirit (Romans 7:14a For we
know that the Torah is Spiritual), so what is the
spiritual meaning behind braiding our hair? Could
it be referencing a plaited (braided) crown of
thorns on the head of our Redeemer and Deliverer?
Personally, I'm making the choice not to braid or
plait my hair.
SHOULD WOMEN WEAR HEADCOVERINGS?
1 Corinthians 11:5-13 5 And every woman
praying or prophesying with her head uncovered
brings shame to her head, for that is one
and the same as if her head were shaved. 6 For if a
woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it
is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her
be covered. 7 For a man indeed should not cover his
head, since he is the likeness and esteem of Elohim,
but woman is the esteem of man. 8 For man is not from
woman, but woman from man. 9 For man also was not
created for the woman, but woman for the man. 10
Because of this the woman ought to have a
symbol of authority on her head, because
of the messengers. 11 However, man is not independent
of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Master.
12 For as the woman was from the man, even so the man
also is through the woman. But all are from Elohim. 13
Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray
to Elohim with her head uncovered?
While it is true there is no
direct command in Torah for a woman to have a head
covering on, let us see what is implied. First we
know we are to pray without ceasing,(1
Thessalonians 5:17 17 pray without ceasing)
some could debate exactly what prayer is, constant
communication with Yahuah? Doing all things as if
you were doing them for Yahuah?, or specific time
in prayer. Perhaps this witness from Torah is all
we need:
Bemidbar 5:11-31 11 And Yahuah spoke to
Mosheh, saying, 12 “Speak to the children of
Yisra’el, and say to them, ‘When any man’s wife
turns aside and has committed a trespass against
him, 13 and a man has intercourse with her, and it
is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and it is
concealed that she has defiled herself, and there
was no witness against her, nor was she caught, 14
and a spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he
becomes jealous of his wife who has defiled herself,
or a spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he
becomes jealous of his wife although she has not
defiled herself, 15 then the man shall bring his
wife to the priest. And he shall bring the offering
for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He
is not to pour oil on it or put frankincense on it,
because it is a grain offering of jealousy, an
offering for remembering, for bringing crookedness
to remembrance. 16 ‘And the priest shall bring her
near, and shall make her stand before Yahuah. 17
‘And the priest shall take set-apart water in an
earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on
the floor of the Dwelling Place and put it into the
water. 18 ‘ And the priest shall make the
woman stand before Yahuah, and shall uncover
the woman’s head, (She is standing under her own
authority here, she came out from underneath her
husband's authority) and put the offering
for remembering in her hands, which is the grain
offering of jealousy, while the priest holds in his
hand the bitter water that brings a curse. 19 ‘And
the priest shall make her swear, and say to the
woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have
not turned aside to uncleanness under your husband’s
authority, be free from this bitter water that
brings a curse. 20 “But if you have turned aside
under your husband’s authority, and if you have
defiled yourself and some man other than your
husband has lain with you” – 21 then the priest
shall make the woman swear with the oath of the
curse, and he shall say to the woman – “Yahuah make
you a curse and an oath among your people, when
Yahuah makes your thigh waste away and your belly
swell, 22 and this water that causes the curse shall
go into your inward parts, and make your belly swell
and your thigh waste away.” And the woman shall say,
“Amen, amen.” 23 ‘And the priest shall write these
curses in a book, and shall wipe them off into the
bitter water, 24 and shall make the woman drink the
bitter water that brings the curse, and the water
that brings the curse shall enter her to become
bitter. 25 ‘And the priest shall take the grain
offering of jealousy from the woman’s hand, and
shall wave the offering before Yahuah, and bring it
to the altar. 26 ‘And the priest shall take a hand
filled with the offering, as its remembrance
offering, and burn it on the altar, and afterward
make the woman drink the water. 27 ‘And when he has
made her drink the water, then it shall be, if she
has defiled herself and has committed a trespass
against her husband, that the water that brings the
curse shall enter her and become bitter, and her
belly shall swell, and her thigh shall waste away,
and the woman shall become a curse among her people.
28 ‘But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is
clean, then she shall be clear and shall conceive
children. 29 ‘This is the Torah of jealousy, when a
wife turns aside under her husband’s authority and
defiles herself, 30 or when a spirit of jealousy
comes upon a man, and he becomes jealous of his
wife. Then he shall make the woman stand before
Yahuah, and the priest shall do to her all this
Torah. 31 ‘And the man shall be clear from
crookedness, but the woman bear her crookedness.’ ”
Obviously from this witness
in Torah, women wore headcoverings. If it wasn't
part of daily attire, she wouldn't have had to
remove it.
Shir haShirim 4:1-2 See, you are fair,
my love! See, you are fair! Your eyes are as doves behind
your veil.
Shir haShirim 5:7 7 The watchmen who went
about the city found me. They struck me, they
bruised me; The keepers of the walls lifted my
veil from me.
Bereshith 24:65 65 and she had said to the
servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to
meet us?” And the servant said, “It is my master.”
So she took a veil and covered herself.
YeshaYahu 3:13-26 16 And Yahuah says,
“Because the daughters of Tsiyon are haughty, and
walk with outstretched necks and seductive eyes,
walking and mincing as they go, making a jingling
with their feet, 17 therefore Yahuah shall smite
with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters
of Tsiyon, and Yahuah expose their nakedness.” 18 In
that day Yahuah takes away the finery of the
anklets, and the headbands, and the crescents, 19
the pendants, the bracelets and the veils,
20 the headdresses, and the leg ornaments, and the
sashes, and the perfume bottles, and the amulets, 21
the rings, and the nose jewels, 22 the costly robes,
and the cloaks, and the shawls, and the purses, 23
the mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans,
and the large veils. 24 And it shall be: Instead of
a sweet fragrance, a smell of decay; and instead of
a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair,
baldness; and instead of a festal robe, a girding of
sackcloth; and branding instead of loveliness. 25
Your men shall fall by the sword, and your strength
in battle. 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn,
and she, deserted, shall sit on the ground. So it is a punishment from Yahuah to
have the veils taken away?
YeshaYahu 47:1-3 “Come down and sit in the
dust, O maiden daughter of Babel. Sit on the ground
without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For
no more do they call you tender and delicate. 2
“Take the millstones and grind flour. Remove
your veil, lift up the skirt, uncover the leg,
pass through rivers. 3 “Let your nakedness be
uncovered, let your shame also be exposed. I
take vengeance, and meet no man.” If lifting up the skirt and
uncovering the leg equates to nakedness, then it
would seem that removal of the veil equates to
shame
Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman
to pray to Elohim with her head uncovered?
Who are you that judges another’s servant? To
his own master he stands or falls. But he shall be
made to stand, for Elohim is able to make him
stand.
Romans 14:4
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