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[size=+1]I just figure I post this again in its own Thread :
I did a little reading online about Unicorns , I also looked up these words in their Hebrew. And I learned a little about Ephraim's emblem.
As each tribe camped around the tabernacle (circa 1400 B.C.) they gathered under four main brigade emblems. Judah in the east, Reuben (south), Ephraim (west), and Dan to the north.
In a vision , both Ezekiel and John described four living creatures that supported the throne. They were the man, lion, ox and eagle, which represented the brigade emblems encompassing the tabernacle (See EZEKIEL 1:10; REVELATION 4:7).
Reuben was identified with the man, Judah the lion, Ephraim the ox (or bullock) and Dan the eagle. The completion of the camp was established with two other tribes camped under these emblems also.
(( You can read more about the Israels encampment in Numbers 2. And a little from this article = Encampment of the Tribes - Life's Handbook ))
Newer versions of the Bible correct this word. But I use the K.J.V where the correction needs to be made. So I'm going to do this with a Strong's Concordance, it shows the meaning right from the Hebrew. ( This also shows the Strong's as a valuable tool for a Bible student )
I will highlight words that I am looking for.
Deuteronomy 33:16-17
King James Version (KJV)
16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
( Genesis 48:3-20 )
17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns : with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
bulllock -
H7794
shôr
shore
From H7788 ; a bullock (as a traveller ). wall used by mistake for H7791 : - bull ({-ock}) {cow} {ox} wall [by mistake for H7791 ]................
Unicorns -
H7214
re'êm re'êym rêym rêm
{reh-ame'} {reh-ame'} {rame} rame
From H7213 ; a wild bull (from its conspicuousness ): - unicorn.
H7213
râ'am
raw-am'
A primitive root; to rise: - be lifted up.
((We see the Hebrew is clear. its Wild Ox... I also read this word Reme is singular . But, I read that there are multi horns mentioned there. So that might be something else to take note of. Ox have two horns. ))
Ephraim -
H669
'ephrayim
ef-rah'-yim
Dual of a masculine form of H672 ; double fruit ;
{Ephrajim} a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from {him} and its territory: - Ephraim Ephraimites
So in All other places in the K.J.V, with the word ''unicorn(s)" is used ; are all also be translated WILD OX
Numbers 23:22
Numbers 24:8
Deuteronomy 33:17
Job 39:9
Job 39:10
Psalms 22:21
Psalms 29:6
Psalms 92:10
Isaiah 34:7
From the Smiths Bible Dictionary :
Unicorn
the rendering of the Authorized Version of the Hebrew reem, a word which occurs seven times in the Old Testament as the name of some large wild animal. The reem of the Hebrew Bible, however, has nothing at all to do with the one-horned animal of the Greek and Roman writers, as is evident from De 33:17 where in the blessing of Joseph it is said; "his glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of a unicorn;" not, as the text of the Authorized Version renders it, "the horns of unicorns." The two horns of the ram are "the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh." This text puts a one-horned animal entirely out of the question. Considering that the reem is spoken of as a two-horned animal of great strength and ferocity, that it was evidently well known and often seen by the Jews, that it is mentioned as an animal fit for sacrificial purposes, and that it is frequently associated with bulls and oxen we think there can be no doubt that, some species of wild ox is intended. The allusion in Ps 92:10 "But thou shalt lift up, as a reeym, my horn," seems to point to the mode in which the Bovidae use their horns, lowering the head and then tossing it up. But it is impossible to determine what particular species of wild ox is signified probably some gigantic urus is intended. (It is probable that it was the gigantic Bos primigeniua, or aurochs, now extinct, but of which Caesar says, "These uri are scarcely less than elephants in size, but in their nature, color and form are bulls. Great is their strength and great their speed; they spare neither man nor beast when once; they have caught sight of them" --Bell. Gall. vi. 20.-ED.)
Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr "Definition for 'Unicorn' Smiths Bible Dictionary".
Smiths; 1901. [/size]
I did a little reading online about Unicorns , I also looked up these words in their Hebrew. And I learned a little about Ephraim's emblem.
As each tribe camped around the tabernacle (circa 1400 B.C.) they gathered under four main brigade emblems. Judah in the east, Reuben (south), Ephraim (west), and Dan to the north.
In a vision , both Ezekiel and John described four living creatures that supported the throne. They were the man, lion, ox and eagle, which represented the brigade emblems encompassing the tabernacle (See EZEKIEL 1:10; REVELATION 4:7).
Reuben was identified with the man, Judah the lion, Ephraim the ox (or bullock) and Dan the eagle. The completion of the camp was established with two other tribes camped under these emblems also.
(( You can read more about the Israels encampment in Numbers 2. And a little from this article = Encampment of the Tribes - Life's Handbook ))
Newer versions of the Bible correct this word. But I use the K.J.V where the correction needs to be made. So I'm going to do this with a Strong's Concordance, it shows the meaning right from the Hebrew. ( This also shows the Strong's as a valuable tool for a Bible student )
I will highlight words that I am looking for.
Deuteronomy 33:16-17
King James Version (KJV)
16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
( Genesis 48:3-20 )
17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns : with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
bulllock -
H7794
shôr
shore
From H7788 ; a bullock (as a traveller ). wall used by mistake for H7791 : - bull ({-ock}) {cow} {ox} wall [by mistake for H7791 ]................
Unicorns -
H7214
re'êm re'êym rêym rêm
{reh-ame'} {reh-ame'} {rame} rame
From H7213 ; a wild bull (from its conspicuousness ): - unicorn.
H7213
râ'am
raw-am'
A primitive root; to rise: - be lifted up.
((We see the Hebrew is clear. its Wild Ox... I also read this word Reme is singular . But, I read that there are multi horns mentioned there. So that might be something else to take note of. Ox have two horns. ))
Ephraim -
H669
'ephrayim
ef-rah'-yim
Dual of a masculine form of H672 ; double fruit ;
{Ephrajim} a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from {him} and its territory: - Ephraim Ephraimites
So in All other places in the K.J.V, with the word ''unicorn(s)" is used ; are all also be translated WILD OX
Numbers 23:22
Numbers 24:8
Deuteronomy 33:17
Job 39:9
Job 39:10
Psalms 22:21
Psalms 29:6
Psalms 92:10
Isaiah 34:7
From the Smiths Bible Dictionary :
Unicorn
the rendering of the Authorized Version of the Hebrew reem, a word which occurs seven times in the Old Testament as the name of some large wild animal. The reem of the Hebrew Bible, however, has nothing at all to do with the one-horned animal of the Greek and Roman writers, as is evident from De 33:17 where in the blessing of Joseph it is said; "his glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of a unicorn;" not, as the text of the Authorized Version renders it, "the horns of unicorns." The two horns of the ram are "the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh." This text puts a one-horned animal entirely out of the question. Considering that the reem is spoken of as a two-horned animal of great strength and ferocity, that it was evidently well known and often seen by the Jews, that it is mentioned as an animal fit for sacrificial purposes, and that it is frequently associated with bulls and oxen we think there can be no doubt that, some species of wild ox is intended. The allusion in Ps 92:10 "But thou shalt lift up, as a reeym, my horn," seems to point to the mode in which the Bovidae use their horns, lowering the head and then tossing it up. But it is impossible to determine what particular species of wild ox is signified probably some gigantic urus is intended. (It is probable that it was the gigantic Bos primigeniua, or aurochs, now extinct, but of which Caesar says, "These uri are scarcely less than elephants in size, but in their nature, color and form are bulls. Great is their strength and great their speed; they spare neither man nor beast when once; they have caught sight of them" --Bell. Gall. vi. 20.-ED.)
Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr "Definition for 'Unicorn' Smiths Bible Dictionary".
Smiths; 1901. [/size]
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