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Mishneh Torah: Sefer Nashim, Sotah. In the Hebrew Bible, the ordeal of the bitter water was a Jewish trial by ordeal administered by a priest in the tabernacle to a wife whose husband suspected her of adultery, but the husband had no witnesses to make a formal case. It is described in the Book of Numbers ( Numbers 5:11–31 ).
Zaphnath-Paaneah ( Biblical Hebrew: צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ Ṣāp̄naṯ Paʿnēaḥ, LXX: Ψονθομφανήχ Psonthomphanḗch) is the name given by Pharaoh to Joseph in the Genesis narrative ( Genesis 41:45 ). The name may be of Egyptian origins, but there is no straightforward etymology; some Egyptologists accept that the ...
The Staff of Moses, also known as the Rod of Moses or Staff of God, is mentioned in the Bible and Quran as a walking stick used by Moses. According to the Book of Exodus, the staff ( Hebrew: מַטֶּה, romanized : maṭṭe, translated "rod" in the King James Bible) was used to produce water from a rock, was transformed into a snake and back ...
The Hebrew Bible identifies Joshua as one of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. In Numbers 13:1 and after the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan, and allocated lands to the tribes. According to biblical chronology, Joshua lived some time in the Bronze Age.
Moses [note 1] was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, [2] according to Abrahamic tradition. He is considered the most important prophet in Judaism [3] [4] and Samaritanism, and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. According to both the Bible and the Quran, [5] Moses ...
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef [1] ( יוֹסֵף ). "Joseph" is used, [2] along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José".
Leviathan. The Leviathan ( / lɪˈvaɪ.əθən / liv-EYE-ə-thən; Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, romanized : Līvyāṯān; Greek: Λεβιάθαν) is a sea serpent noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, and the pseudepigraphical Book of Enoch.
Biblical numerology. Biblical numerology is the use of numerology in the Bible to convey a meaning outside of the numerical value of the actual number being used. [1] Numerological values in the Bible often relate to a wider usage in the Ancient Near East .