SPECIAL TOPIC: SHADOW, SHADE (BDB 853, KB 1024)

1. OT imagery of shade/shadow
   1. Protection
      1. of YHWH
         1. wings ‒ Ps. 17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 61:4; 63:7; 91:1,4; Isa. 25:4; 31:5
         2. tree ‒ Ezek. 17:23; Hos. 14:7
      2. of Egypt
         1. from Egypt ‒ Ps. 80:10-11
         2. of Egypt ‒ Isa. 30:2-3; Lam. 4:20
      3. of Messiah ‒ Isa. 4:6; 16:1-5; 32:1-2
      4. of Assyria ‒ Ezek. 31:6,17
      5. a king ‒ Jdg. 9:15; Dan. 4:12
      6. Israel's enemies ‒ Num. 14:9
   2. Transitoriness ‒ 1 Chr. 29:15; Job 8:9; 14:1-2; Ps. 102:11; 109:23; 144:4; Eccl. 6:12; 8:13
   3. Near the end of life ‒ Job. 17:7; Ps. 102:11; 109:23
   4. idolatry's influence
   5. shade of something ‒ Job 7:1-2
   1. a roof ‒ Gen. 19:8
   2. 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
   3. a place of rest for the laborer ‒ Job. 7:1-2
   4. lotus plant ‒ Job 40:22
   5. shade on the right hand (imagery) ‒ Ps. 121:5; Isa. 49:2; 51:16
   6. city wall ‒ Jer. 48:45
   7. idolatry ‒ Hos 4:13
   8. a young lover ‒ SofS. 2:3
   9. a rock ‒ Isa. 32:3
   10. wisdom ‒ Eccl. 7:12
   11. a plant ‒ Jonah 4:5,6
   
   
2. NT imagery shade/shadow
   1. Kingdom of God ‒ Mark 4:32
   2. imagery of God as mother bird ‒ Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34
   
   
3. 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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