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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><u>SHIELD</u>,
tzin<u>nah</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">, 22x, Strong's
#6793 (from #6791)</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">ma</span><u>gan</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
63x, Strong's #4043 (from #1598) - like scaly hide of crocodile</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">(</span><u>CORRECTIVE
NOTE</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">: </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">On
July 21</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">st</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
I inadvertently mailed out an article entitled "French Jews."
The sender to me had checked with "Snopes" and came up clear, so
I felt free to mail it. However, also inadvertently, the sender to me
missed the true "Snopes" warning, and I then received a number
of corrections.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">On
July 22</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">nd</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
I also sent out a correction as a note under an article entitled
"Wesley's Covenant Prayer." I fear few noticed my correction
note. To remedy this, I am cutting and pasting the above note
referred to, and remailing it. Thanks for your attention.)</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">1.
GEN 15:1 (1-21, ASV '01, #4043) JEHOVAH: ABRAHAM'S </span><u>SHIELD</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
"After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a
vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your </span><u>shield</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and your exceeding great reward." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is the first reference to </span></span><u><span style="">shield</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
in the Bible. Teachers of pedagogy tell us that the law of first
reference is significant - it tends to establish the basic definition
of a word. Abram (soon to be renamed Abraham) has been seeking God
concerning an heir. God is here encouraging His servant.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">2.
2 SAM 22:3 (1-51, #4043) GOD: DAVID'S </span><u>SHIELD</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
"God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My </span><u>shield</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My
savior, you save me from violence." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">David
is called "the sweet Psalmist!" See the amazing number of points
of character that David gives God in one verse! Mogen David has been
popularized as the </span></span><u><span style="">Shield</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of David. David was a man of war, and well knew how God defended him!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
PSA 5:12 (1-12, #6793) JEHOVAH: COMPASSES THE RIGHTEOUS AS A
</span><u>SHIELD</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">. "For you
will bless the righteous; O Jehovah, you will compass him with favor
as with a </span><u>shield</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">."
</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Here
David clearly understands how God is a </span></span><u><span style="">shield</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to all righteous believers. Let not a mere professing believer seek
to claim this! </span></span><u><span style="">This</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is a promise for </span></span><u><span style="">possessors</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
O God - lift all professors to a true believing status!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
PSA 84:11 (1-12, #4043) JEHOVAH ELOHIM: A SUN AND </span><u>SHIELD</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
"For Jehovah is a sun and </span><u>shield</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold
from them that walk uprightly." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Note
how David places God as both a sun and </span></span><u><span style="">shield</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
In David's thinking, there is a protective relationship between the
two! David also knew the heart desire of God to meet all of our true
needs.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
PSA 91:4 (1-16, #6793) JEHOVAH'S TRUTH: A </span><u>SHIELD</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
AND BUCKLER. "He will cover you with his pinions, And under his
wings shall you take refuge: his truth is a </span><u>shield</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and buckler." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
Psalm in the eyes of Michael Servello is the basis to understand God
as a </span></span><u><span style="">Shield</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
He sees God as a 7-fold </span></span><u><span style="">Shield</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
"The </span></span><u><span style="">Shield</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of God's Protection is his book on this theme, and has brought much
blessing to many a heart.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
PSA 119:114 (1-176, #4043) JEHOVAH: THE BELIEVER'S HIDING PLACE AND
</span><u>SHIELD</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="text-decoration: none;">"<font size="3"><b>You
are my hiding-place and my </b></font></span><font size="3"><b><u>shield</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
I hope in your word." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Psalm
119 greatly exalts and glorifies the Word of God. God, His Word and
His Name are One! See John 1:1 where Jesus is equated with the Living
Word, the </span></span><u><span style="">Lo</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">gos.
David Livingstone and others have memorized this Psalm, and have
found God to be indeed a hiding place and </span></span><u><span style="">Shield</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
PRV 30:5 (1-33, #4043) GOD: A </span><u>SHIELD</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
FOR THOSE SEEKING REFUGE. "Every word of God is tried: He is a
</span><u>shield</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> unto them
that take refuge in him." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">There
is another verse in Proverbs that strongly relates to this text: "The
name of Jehovah is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it and is
safe" (18:10). See the relationship here of God as a </span></span><u><span style="">shield</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
through His Word!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><u><b>NOTE:</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
"</span></span><u><span style="">SHIELD</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">"
is the first 7-point Hebrew Word Study I am sending out. It will
appear in our soon-coming update Website, under "Hebrew," in
connection with the Hebrew Interlinear Outline on Psalm 91. These 7
references have been selected from 85 occurrences of the two Hebrew
words listed at the top of this study. Strong's concordance will
immediately show the other 78 references. </span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
have discovered over the years, that whatever 7 relevant references
are chosen - and no matter who makes the selection - the definition
of the word comes out substantially the same. </span></span></font>
</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">May
this Hebrew word study prove a blessing to each one of us. --
Jim Watt</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><br><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=""></span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><u><b><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE
TWO.</span></b></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
I recently sent out a mailing entitled "French Jews." The one
mailing it to me, mentioned that "Snopes" had been checked, but
nothing showed up of a suspicious nature. I unfortunately accepted
this word without doing a further check myself.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Then
a friend of mine from Ontario sent out my mailing to a selected few,
and without realizing, sent it to me to my mailing address instead of
my regular Email address </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>(</b></span></span><a href="mailto:jmbetter@gmail.com"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b>jmbetter@gmail.com</b></u></span></a><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>).
</b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Through
a glitch on my part, it unfortunately got mailed out a second time to
my mailing, but in her name, Peg Byars.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
both have received a number of replies that the article "French
Jews" </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">is</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
noted in "Snopes" as a "Hoax" or "Fake Message." </span></span></span>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
am including a </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>URL
</b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">sent
by a friend that will enable each of you who wish, to check out the
"Snopes" finding.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">
Peg has trusted that I would soon follow up the above two fraudulent
mailings so that you as readers could be protected from furthering
this mailing.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">
Sorry. I apologize and ask your forgiveness for not taking the
additional precaution that I usually follow, and for trusting a
friend who missed obtaining the real warning of "Snopes".
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="justify">
Your friend -- Jim Watt</p>
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<font color="#000080"><font face="Tahoma"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Jim,</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000080"><font face="Tahoma"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">A
friend sent this to me in response to my forwarding on your email. I
thought you would want it.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000080"><font face="Tahoma"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Blessing,</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000080"><font face="Tahoma"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Laurie</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000080"><font face="Tahoma"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Original
content is Copyright by the author 2006. Posted at ZioNation-Zionism
and Israel Web Log,
</font></font></font><a href="http://www.zionism-israel.com/log/archives/00000267.html" target="_blank">http://www.zionism-israel.com/log/archives/00000267.html</a><font color="#000080"><font face="Tahoma"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
where your intelligent and</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000080"> <font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><font face="Tahoma">below.
(You might want to let the people know who forwarded it to you).</font></font></font></p>
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(The above note I cut and pasted. J.)</p>
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