a house of mourning
31JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …
32PSALMS, BOOK OF — This article is arranged according to the following outline: < <title> > place in the canon number of psalms verse division division into books composition of the psalter date of the psalter ascription to david types of psalms psalms… …
33Shiva (Judaism) — In Judaism, shiv ah or shiva (), is supplied by neighbors and friends. [Kitsur SA 205:7. If a Jewish festival occurs after the first day, it brings the shiva to a premature end. If the funeral occurs during a festival, however, the start of shiva …
34ḤEVRA (Ḥavurah) KADDISHA — (Aram. חֶבְרָא קַדִּישָׁא; lit. holy brotherhood ), a term originally applied to a mutual benefit society whose services were restricted to its members, irrespective of the social, religious, or charitable purpose for which it was established (cf …
35Ecclesiastes 7 — 1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one s birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to… …
36BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …
37Jeremiah 16 — 1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place,… …
38ḤAVER IR or Ḥever Ir — (Heb. חֶבֶר עִיר ;חֲבֵר עִיר), a phrase whose exact vocalization and therefore meaning is uncertain. If the reading is ḥaver ir (lit. an associate of the city ), it refers to an individual; if it is ḥever ir (lit. a town association ) the… …
39Book of Job — The Book of Job (, various interpolations have been claimed to have been made in the text of the central poem. The most common such claims are of two kinds: the parallel texts , which are parallel developments of the corresponding passages in the …
40Thomas Meredith — (1777 ndash; 1819) was an Irish clergyman, mathematician, and Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin.Early lifeThomas Meredith was born at Templerany House, Co. Wicklow in 1777, and baptised at the Protestant church in Rathdrum. He was the eldest son… …
