Messianic Readings
Some passages in the Hebrew Bible have been read as pointing to a messiah, an anointed king or deliverer who was still to come. Choose a passage below to open its entry. Each entry starts with a short summary, and its tabs take you through the Hebrew words, the ancient Greek and Aramaic translations, the manuscripts, and who read the passage which way and when. TELL reports those readings; it does not decide which one is right.
Study tools
Tools for reading these passages in the original languages, and a guide to the people and texts the entries cite.
Verse-number converter
Hebrew Bibles and English Bibles do not always number verses the same way. English Psalm 22:16 is Psalm 22:17 in a Hebrew Bible, because the Hebrew counts the psalm's heading as verse 1. Use this before looking a verse up in a Hebrew text, a lexicon or a Jewish commentary.
Hebrew root index
Most Hebrew words are built on a root of three consonants. Each root below lists the passages on this page and the TELL chapter cards where a word from it appears. Links open the card on its chapter page.
Titles glossary
The names given to the expected figure, what each meant in its own setting, and where each is used.
Who’s who
The people and texts this page cites: who or what each one is, why the page cites it, and the source for that description. Names with a dotted underline in an entry open the same card.