“Satan baraq o bamma pesa.” ”


Well, that Rabbi Sollog guy sure got me going! I decided to do my own Bible study to see if Sollog’s hypothesis could be confirmed. Did Jesus really say, (in Hebrew), as recorded in Luke 10:18, “Satan barack o bama”?

Let’s start with the basics. Jesus did not speak Greek when talking to his disciples. Most likely Jesus spoke in either Aramaic or Hebrew. Unfortunately, all of the New Testament translations I have been able to find have been translated directly from the Greek or Latin language. Though they do exist, I have not been able to find a usable “Hebrew” version of the NT to conduct this study. If anyone here can help, please do so. However there are plenty of Hebrew OT texts to go around, and by researching how specific Hebrew words are used in the OT I think we can determine with a pretty good degree of accuracy what the actual Hebrew words were that Jesus would have spoken. In order to do this, we must assume that Jesus would have used the exact same OT terms when speaking about the exact same things to his disciples in the NT.

I have used the online Blue Letter Bible and Strong’s Hebrew Lexicon to conduct this word study.

[link to www.blueletterbible.org]

I looked up two specific Hebrew words. ‘baraq’ and ‘bamma’, “lightning” and “heaven” (or “on high”). Of course, there are several Hebrew words for both with slight variations in meaning and use.

H1300 baraq bä·räk’ lightning, glittering, bright, glitter, glittering sword.

“Baraq” is the Hebrew word used to mean “lightning” when God sends it.

The specific word “baraq” is the word used for lightning in the following OT verses:

Psalm 18:14; 77:18; 97:4; 135:7; and 144:6

Job 38:35

Jer. 10:13; and 51:16

Eze 1:13

Dan. 10:6

Nah. 2:4

Zec. 9:14

H1116 bamah bam·mä’ high place(s), heights, waves, “Heights” of Heaven

The word “bamma” is often used to describe high places in conjunction with the Lord’s anger, as in…

Lev 26:30…

“And I will destroy your high places (bamma), and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.”

“Bamma” is also used to describe a “high place that has become unholy”, Or to describe a “ high place to be struck down”, as in…

Num 22:41…

Num 33:52

Deu 33:29

and most revealing,

Isaiah 14:14…which reads….

“I (Lucifer) will ascend above the heights of the clouds (bamma); I will be like the most High.”

As for inserting an “O” into the text, I will borrow the expertise of Dr Rabbi Sollog, who I must assume understands Hebrew better than I.

[link to sollogs.com]

Sollog writes,

“In Hebrew, the letter vau is transliterated as an “O” or “U”. It is primarily used as a conjunction to join concepts together. So, to “join” in Hebrew poetry the concept of lightning (Barack) and a high place like heaven or the “Heights of Heaven”, the letter “O” or Hebrew vau would be used.”

Well the hour is late, and this study was very exhausting. I have just begun looking at all the Hebrew words for “fall”, which is a word also used by Jesus in Luke 10:18. But I want to post what I have so far. Sollog thinks Jesus most likely used the Hebrew word “pesa”, meaning “to fall” as in sin/transgression/rebellion.

Pesa (Strongs word 6588) refers to a revolt, rebellion or sin, a “transgression”.By studying how specific Hebrew words are used in the OT, we can conclude that it is highly likely Jesus actually said, as recorded in Luke 10:18….

“Satan baraq o bamma pesa.” ”

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