Mikvah?

ChavaK said:

I've never heard anyone except Messianics use mikveh as a verb. It sounds very strange.

Click to expand...

davidbenephraim said:

I English we have words that are nouns which can become verbs. Just a few examples would the following: Box Boxing, Hunt Hunting, Board Boarding, etc. I think it works the same in Hebrew. Nouns can become verbs. But don't quote me on that because I am not for sure on that.

Shalom,
David

Click to expand...

ChavaK said:

I've never heard anyone except Messianics use mikveh as a verb. It sounds very strange.

Click to expand...

davidbenephraim said:

Shalom and good afternoon, the day after I posted my reply, i remembered that because in English there are nouns that can be used as verbs (because the rules of English grammar allow it) Messianics, especially here in the United States, tend to use Hebrew nouns as verbs because of habit or as Reb Teviyah (Fiddler on the Roof) would say, "Tradition!"

I really don't know if the rules of Hebrew grammar allow for nouns to be used as verbs so it could just be that Messianics use "miqveh" as a verb because of our Greco-Roman Westernized habit of using some English nouns as verbs out of habit without thinking or "Tradition!"

Baruch HaShem Adonai

David

Click to expand...

AnnekeCr said:

I guess the Christian baptism is an extension on the Mikvah practice. (wiki)

Although, that's a once off dedication, the Christian faith encourages the 'renewal of the mind' (Romans 12:2) and abstaining every now and then. (1 Cor 7:5)

Doing it as a regular physical and spiritual experience though would be amazing.

Click to expand...

davidbenephraim said:

Shalom and good afternoon Khalliqa, actually Messianic believers in Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah) also practice Mikvah which can also be spelled Miqvah, Mikveh, Miqveh. I am a born-from-above Torah observant Israelite believer in Yeshua HaMashaiach. As such, I am Messianic, and I have been Mikvahed along with my wife. Oh and by the way, as you may already know, Mikvah is a Hebrew form of water immersion, and is the way Yeshua was immersed in the Jorden River by Yochannan the Immerser.

Baruch Hashem Adonai,
David

Click to expand...