The Hebrew word for the verb “shine” means to be or become light. Interestingly, this word is always written in plural form. “may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you” The Hebrew word paniym means “face”. These were the same thorns brought about by the sin-curse man inflicted upon himself in the Garden of Eden ( Genesis 3:17-18) Jesus bore that curse for us, and took our iniquity because “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all” ( Isaiah 53:6).īecause our Good Shepherd has redeemed us with His own blood, He is able to keep our feet from stumbling and present us to Himself faultless and with joy ( Jude 1:24). On the day of His crucifixion, a crown of thorns was mockingly placed upon Jesus’s head. Shepherds constructed makeshift guard rails from thorny briers- shamiyr-to protect the flock from predators. The Hebrew word shamiyr, which means thorn, is a derivative of shamar. The original word describes the same level of care that a shepherd provides to his sheep. The Hebrew word shamar translates to “keep” in this blessing. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ” ( Ephesians 1:3). It’s difficult, even today, for people of the Jewish faith to comprehend that their Holy God could, or would, bless them by condescending Himself to mere man.īut believers in Christ know that our Lord did just that-through Jesus “Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness” ( Philippians 2:6-7). The Hebrew verb for “bless” here is barak, which means to kneel. “May the LORD bless and keep you” This kind of blessing goes far beyond any material provision. But when we inspect the three parts of this priestly benediction from the original Hebrew perspective, the theme and relevancy of the passage come alive in a powerful way that points us to Christ. Each Hebrew word is filled with culturally significant images that make a one-to-one English translation tricky. The first verse has three words, the second five, and the third seven.
In the original Hebrew, this blessing is written in clear poetic form.
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