The Burning Bush
Fibre-tip pen; Inktense pencil; gouache; sugarcraft lustre. The book of Exodus in the Bible is the account of how the Hebrews (Israelites) migrated on mass from Egypt, escaping slavery, led by Moses to find the Promised Land. This painting is a depiction of the account of Moses being called by the G-d of Israel from within a bush that appeared to be on fire, but was not actually burning. The illuminated script in the centre of the bush is the name of G-d in Hebrew, a.k.a the Tetragrammaton, that is YHWH (means "I AM WHO I AM"), which is never spoken by Jews, because it's considered too sacred. (Instead, it's substituted by Adonai, L-RD, or HaShem - the Name.)
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