"Master YHWH" and "I AM"s in the Peshitta

[DavidFord]

Semiticism: God examines people's kidneys

Revelation 2:23 (HCSB)
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I will kill her children with the plague.
Then all the churches will know that
I am the One who examines minds[b: Lit _kidneys_] and hearts,
and I will give to each of you according to your works.

Revelation 2:23 (MOUNCE)
?.searches eraunao minds nephros and kai hearts kardia?.

Clicking on "nephros" yields:
"(nephros)?.
a kidney; pl. ?., the kidneys, reins; from the Hebrew the reins regarded as a seat of desire and affection"

Revelation 2:23 (KJV)
And I will kill her children with death;
and all the churches shall know that
I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts:
and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

Compare

Jeremiah 17:10 (KJV)
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I the Lord search the heart,
I try the reins,
even to give every man according to his ways,
and according to the fruit of his doings.

Some more parallels from the OT appear below.

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Psalm 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end;
but establish the just:
for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Psalm 26:2
Examine me, O Lord,
and prove me;
try my reins
and my heart.

Jeremiah 11:20
But, O Lord of hosts,
that judgest righteously,
that triest the reins and the heart,
let me see thy vengeance on them:
for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Jeremiah 20:12
But, O Lord of hosts,
that triest the righteous,
and seest the reins and the heart,
let me see thy vengeance on them:
for unto thee have I opened my cause.

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Incidentally, here is a different usage of "kidneys" in the KJV:

Deuteronomy 32:14 (KJV)
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Butter of kine,
and milk of sheep,
with fat of lambs,
and rams of the breed of Bashan,
and goats,
with the fat of kidneys of wheat;
and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

The KJV speaks of
"the fat of kidneys of wheat" and
"the pure blood of the grape,"
which other translations more-understandably render as
[NET Bible]"the best of the kernels of wheat"
and [HCSB]"wine from the finest grapes."

Deuteronomy 32:14 New English Translation (NET Bible)
butter from the herd
and milk from the flock,
along with the fat of lambs,
rams and goats of Bashan,
along with the best of the kernels of wheat;
and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.