Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi

Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi
Portrait of Hacham Agassi painted by Mrs Ruth Gila, Beit Meir , Israel

Saturday, April 11, 2015

And I will send before you an Angel

שָׁלַחְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ מַלְאָךְ

Shmot 33.2

2.’ And I will send before you an Angel, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite-וְשָׁלַחְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ מַלְאָךְ וְגֵרַשְׁתִּי אֶת הַכְּנַעֲנִי הָאֱמֹרִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי (3681=18).

The verse can be divided so:

·         And I shall send- וְשָׁלַחְתִּי (754+1 word=17=8);
·         Before you an Angel- לְפָנֶיךָ מַלְאָךְ (1241=8 or + 2 words=10=1counting final Kafs as 500);
·         And I will expel the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hitite and the Perrizite, the Hivvite and the Jebusite- וְגֵרַשְׁתִּי אֶת הַכְּנַעֲנִי הָאֱמֹרִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי (2646=18).

There are 7 nations that occupied the Land of Israel. Rashi comments here that there are only six mentioned here as the Girgashite- הגרגשי rose and abandoned the Land on their own accord when Israel arrived (Vayikra Rabbah 17.6).

1.       The Canaanite-   הַכְּנַעֲנִי=205
2.       The Emorite-       הָאֱמֹרִי=256
3.       The Hittite-            הַחִתִּי=423
4.       The Perrizite-        הַפְּרִזִּי=302
5.       The Hivvite-             הַחִוִּי=29
6.       The Jebusite-       הַיְבוּסִי=93
7.       The Girgashite-  הגרגשי=521

1829+7 words=1836=18

Half-Half
חץי-חץי
1836=18

Mashiach-Name of Hai
םשיח -שם חי
18=1836

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