SPECIAL TOPIC: SHADOW, SHADE (BDB 853, KB 1024)
- OT imagery of shade/shadow
- Protection
- of YHWH
- wings
(1) of a mother bird ‒ Hebrew idiom of God as mother bird ‒ Ps. 17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 61:4; 91:1,4; Isa. 31:5
(same imagery in Deut. 32:10-11; Ruth 2:12
(2) of the Cherubim ‒ possibly related to the place between the wings of the Cherubim over the
Mercy Seat on the Ark of the Covenant. The place where heaven and earth met!
SPECIAL TOPIC: ARK OF THE COVENANT
SPECIAL TOPIC: MERCY SEAT
SPECIAL TOPIC: CHERUBIM
- shadow of a tree ‒ Ezek. 17:23; Hosea 14:7
(a) parable in connection with Abimelech ‒ Jdgs. 9:15
(b) parable of eagel and vine ‒ Ezek. 17:23
(c) parable of Egypt ‒ Ezek. 31:6,17
(d) dream of Nebuchadnezzar ‒ Dan. 4:12
(e) imagery of Israel's captivity ‒ Hosea 14:7
- of His hand ‒ Ps. 121:5; Isa. 49:2; 51:26 (also note Exod. 33:22)
- of Egypt
- from Egypt ‒ Ps. 80:10-11
- of Egypt ‒ Isa. 30:2-3
- of Messiah ‒ Isa. 4:6; 16:1-5; 32:1-2; Lam. 4:20
- of Assyria ‒ Ezek. 31:6,17
- a king ‒ Jdg. 9:15; Dan. 4:12
- Israel's enemies ‒ Num. 14:9
- Transitoriness ‒ 1 Chr. 29:15; Job 8:9; 14:1-2; Ps. 102:11; 109:23; 144:4; Eccl. 6:12; 8:13
- Near the end of life ‒ Job. 17:7; Ps. 102:11; 109:23
- idolatry's influence ‒ Hosea 4:13
- shade of something ‒ Job 7:1-2
- a roof ‒ Gen. 19:8
- YHWH's cloud during the Exodus and Wilderness Wandering Period, (different root but same
imagery. see
SPECIAL TOPIC: THE CLOUD) ‒ Exod. 13:21-22; 14:19,20,24; Isa. 4:6; 25:4-5; 32:1-2
- a place of rest for the laborer ‒ Job. 7:1-2
- lotus plant ‒ Job 40:22
- shade on the right hand (imagery) ‒ Ps. 121:5; Isa. 49:2; 51:16
- city wall ‒ Jer. 48:45
- a young lover ‒ S of S. 2:3
- a rock ‒ Isa. 32:3
- wisdom ‒ Eccl. 7:12
- a plant ‒ Jonah 4:5,6
NT imagery shade/shadow
- Kingdom of God ‒ Mark 4:32
- imagery of God as mother bird ‒ Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34
For desert peoples, shade has always been a powerful image of safety and protection. This shade
is caused by several different things, some real, some imagery.
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