Swords of Steel

Times of Israel ^ | OCT 22, 2019 | Reuven Chaim Klein

[silent majority rising]

The new Israeli Operation in the Simchat Torah War that started today is named Operation "Swords of Steel". What is the significance (biblically) of the name? Here is one possibility:

Methusaleh is best known for being the person with the longest lifespan explicitly mentioned in the Bible. However, a little-known tradition about Methusaleh sheds some light on the meaning of his somewhat obscure name. The name Methusaleh is comprised of the words met (“he died”) and ve-shelach (“and sword”). What is the significance of this name? According to the Midrash (cited by Peirush HaRokeach, Sifsei Kohen, and others), Methusaleh had a special sword upon which was etched the Ineffable Name of G-d. He used that sword to protect mankind by killing as many as 98,000 demons in one moment. When he died, this sword was buried with him (although, according to some sources like Imrei Noam and Zera Beirech, that sword eventually came to be in the possession of Abraham). According to this, he was called Metushelach because when he died, his sword also “died”.

Where do we find that the word shelach refers to a “sword”, and how does a shelach differ from the more familiar word cherev, which also means “sword”? The word shelach appears as a noun that means “sword” seven times in the Bible (II Chron. 32:5, II Chron. 23:10, Joel 2:8, Neh. 4:11, Neh. 4:17, Job 36:12, Job 33:18), and appears another nine times as the name of Shem’s grandson, the father of Eber (Gen. 10–11, I Chron. 1). According to Radak, a verb cognate of shelach which means “cut” appears in Genesis 37:32. More at the article.

[silent majority rising]

R. Shlomo Pappenheim of Breslau (1740–1814) explains that the wordcherev is related to churban. Churban denotes the destruction of something which is not inherently damaged, but can be termed destroyed, as the result of a disconnection between itself and an outside element which it requires in order to flourish. For example, a “ghost town” which remains completely intact, but is nonetheless abandoned can be considered a churban.

Every IDF Operation has a meaning in the title of the operation. What are the Israelis telling us?

[House Atreides]

May the Swords of Steel cut Gaza to slivers and rubble.

[Zenjitsuman]

This Holy Holiday timed war only came about because Israel
stays its hand and only half measures its responses to
these periodic attaches on Israel.

I hope this time Israel worries less about the opinion of
UN, EU, USA than its own responsibility to protect it’s
citizenry.

A sword can cut both ways and its about time Israel swings
the sword with abandon.

[jacknhoo]

That’s not the title of the link and the first paragraph is not part of linked article.

[mware]

Iron Dome is working but overwhelmed by attack this morning.

[Zuriel]

**Methusaleh had a special sword upon which was etched the Ineffable Name of G-d. He used that sword to protect mankind by killing as many as 98,000 demons in one moment. When he died, this sword was buried with him (although, according to some sources like Imrei Noam and Zera Beirech, that sword eventually came to be in the possession of

Sounds like some man-made traditions if you ask me. Jesus didn’t kill the demons that lived in the man that lived among the tombs. He killed the swine that they moved into.

Methusaleh died before the flood, therefore Abraham never met him. And the flood likely hid the graves of about everybody.

Israel, like every nation today needs to repent, for their embracement of sin is as bad.

[sheik yerbouty]

Amen! Speed the jihadists to their “Allah!” Eaach “martyr” will receive a goat with 72 different genders! Allahu Fubar!