I’ve seen the seven binyanim organized as three actives corresponding to three passives and then the hitpa’el as being separate.
However, I recently saw a table that listed the hitpa’el as the “reflexive of the intensive”. I’m tr…

After reading Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy a question arises. For instance, in Genesis 32:33 (NASB)

Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the tendon of the hip which is on the socket of the hip, becau…

What kind of seal or mark and what would it look like? Revelation 9:4 talks about a seal on the forehead.
Revelation 9:4

“They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who d…

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for November 28, 2025. In U.S. news today, New York City is watching a cautious rapprochement unfold between Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, and the city’s influential business leaders, suggesting both sides will need to make concessions. President Trump has called for a review of Afghan […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for November 27, 2025. In world news today, China’s leader Xi Jinping is making headlines by praising a liberal reformer, a move that has sinologists questioning his true intentions. Meanwhile, the Western alliance is reportedly under strain, particularly due to President Trump’s ambiguous stance on who holds […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for November 26, 2025. In today’s headlines, two National Guard members were shot in D.C. just blocks from the White House, with a suspect now in custody; President Trump has since ordered 500 more troops to the capital. Shifting gears to social issues, a missing dog in […]