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The One Who Went to Redeem

Nazaryah
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2 Samuel 7:23

The One Who Went to Redeem

David’s plural verb counts letters, never persons

One God went down for Israel --- the plural counts a word, not a Godhead.

--- The Standing Stone ---

Behind “LORD” in your Bible lies a hidden name --- in the Hebrew it is Yahuah Psalm 83:18**; Yahuah is the Father** Isaiah 63:16**; Yahuah is the only God, beside Him there is no other** Isaiah 45:5**; therefore Yahuah the Father is the only true God, leaving no room for a second or third person** 1 Corinthians 8:6**.**

Reference Piece

The “Us” Passages

Why a plural form --- noun or verb --- names no plural God

see the reference section at the back of the book

This is David at prayer, marveling that Yahuah chose Israel and redeemed her out of Egypt. In the Hebrew the verb “went” --- went to redeem --- is plural, halekhu --- and from that plural ending the claim is drawn that God is more than one person.

2 Samuel 7:23

…even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself…

הָלְכוּ

halekhu

they went --- a plural verb (2 Samuel 7:23)

But a plural verb beside Elohim is the dress of the Hebrew word, not a tally of persons. Scripture seals it at the golden calf, where the people called one molten image Elohim and said “they brought thee up” --- a plural verb over a single idol Exodus 32:4; Nehemiah retells the very same event with a singular verb Nehemiah 9:18. One calf, one deed, told both ways. The grammar moved; the count never did.

And if the reply is that Elohim is plural because God is plural, then count the singular verbs: across the Tanakh that same plural noun takes a singular verb thousands of times --- “Elohim created,” “Elohim saw,” “Elohim spake.” Many persons cannot be named with a singular verb almost everywhere they act. The plural ending is the shape of the word; the singular verb is the truth of the One.

Conclusion

The Verdict

One God went down to redeem Israel, and David praised that One. The plural on the verb counts the letters of a Hebrew word, never the persons of the Almighty.

One God went to redeem Israel; the plural counts the letters of a word, not the persons of the Almighty.