https://www.skipmoen.com/2010/04/merit-badge/
The concept of merit which is a common expression used by Judaism
https://www.skipmoen.com/2010/04/meritorious-behavior/
Finally, as a consequence of discussing with Yehovah A concept I heard from an invigorating Jewish man who was speaking enthusiastically about the Jewish Messiah, Which is a different rabbinical concept to that which is found in Tanakh  Yeshua gave to me a deeper understanding of our discussions around the mistranslation word faith. It should accurately be translated by the word merit. However the Hebrew concept is immensely richer and is based on the concept of an arm. This is distinguished from a hand and that distinction carries with it The depth of meaning we need to ponder.
 Genesis 15:6
Hebrew Text (WLC)
Gen 15:6 — וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן בַּֽיהוָ֑ה וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ לֹּ֖ו צְדָקָֽה׃
Hebrew Interlinear
Gen 15:6 (KJV) — And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
The table below displays the KJV text.
Septuagint
Reverse Interlinear
English Strong’s Root
Transliterated
And he believed
PHR h539
PARSE אָמַן
‘aman
in the LORD
PHR h3068 יְהֹוָה
Yĕhovah
and he counted
PHR h2803
PARSE חָשַׁב
chashab
it to him for righteousness
PHR h6666 צְדָקָה
tsĕdaqah
Septuagint Text (LXX)
Gen 15:6 — καὶ ἐπίστευσεν Αβραμ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην
H539 – ‘aman
H539 – אָמַן
H540 ››
‹‹ H538
Transliteration: ‘aman
Pronunciation: ä·man’
Part of Speech: verb
Root Word (Etymology): A primitive root
TWOT Reference: 116
Outline of Biblical Usage:
1 to support, confirm, be faithful
1 (Qal)
1 to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish
1 foster-father (subst.)
2 foster-mother, nurse
3 pillars, supporters of the door
2 (Niphal)
1 to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm
1 to be carried by a nurse
2 made firm, sure, lasting
3 confirmed, established, sure
4 verified, confirmed
5 reliable, faithful, trusty
3 (Hiphil)
1 to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in
1 stand firm
2 trust, believe
KJV Translation Count: 108x
The KJV translates Strongs H539 in the following manner: believe (44x), assurance (1x), faithful (20x), sure (11x), established (7x), trust (5x), verified (3x), stedfast (2x), continuance (2x), father (2x), bring up (4x), nurse (2x), be nursed (1x), surely be (1x), stand fast (1x), fail (1x), trusty (1x).
Strong’s Definitions: אָמַן ʼâman, aw-man’; a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with H541, to go to the right hand) properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;:—hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon
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Concordance Results (KJV)
Strong’s Number H539 matches the Hebrew אָמַן (‘aman),
which occurs 108 times in 102 verses in the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
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Gen 15:6
And he believed H539 in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Gen 42:20
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, H539 and ye shall not die. And they did so.
Gen 45:26
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed H539 them not.
Exo 4:1
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe H539 me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
Exo 4:5
That they may believe H539 that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Exo 4:8
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe H539 thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe H539 the voice of the latter sign.
Exo 4:9
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe H539 also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
Exo 4:31
And the people believed: H539 and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Exo 14:31
And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed H539 the LORD, and his servant Moses.
Exo 19:9
And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe H539 thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
Num 11:12
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father H539 beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Num 12:7
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful H539 in all mine house.
Num 14:11
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe H539 me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Num 20:12
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed H539 me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Deu 1:32
Yet in this thing ye did not believe H539 the LORD your God,
Deu 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful H539 God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Deu 9:23
Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed H539 him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
Deu 28:59
Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, H539 and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. H539
Deu 28:66
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance H539 of thy life:
Jdg 11:20
But Sihon trusted H539 not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Rth 4:16
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse H539 unto it.
1Sa 2:35
And I will raise me up a faithful H539 priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure H539 house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
1Sa 3:20
And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established H539 to be a prophet of the LORD.
1Sa 22:14
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful H539 among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
1Sa 25:28
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure H539 house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
1Sa 27:12
And Achish believed H539 David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
2Sa 4:4
And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse H539 took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
2Sa 7:16
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established H539 for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
2Sa 20:19
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful H539 in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
1Ki 8:26
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, H539 which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
1Ki 10:7
Howbeit I believed H539 not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
1Ki 11:38
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure H539 house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
2Ki 10:1
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up H539 Ahab’s children, saying,
2Ki 10:5
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up H539 of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
2Ki 17:14
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe H539 in the LORD their God.
1Ch 17:23
Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established H539 for ever, and do as thou hast said.
1Ch 17:24
Let it even be established, H539 that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
2Ch 1:9
Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: H539 for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
2Ch 6:17
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, H539 which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
2Ch 9:6
Howbeit I believed H539 not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
2Ch 20:20
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe H539 in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; H539 believe H539 his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
2Ch 32:15
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe H539 him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
Neh 9:8
And foundest his heart faithful H539 before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Neh 13:13
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, H539 and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
Est 2:7
And he brought up H539 Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Job 4:18
Behold, he put no trust H539 in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Job 9:16
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe H539 that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Job 12:20
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, H539 and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Job 15:15
Behold, he putteth no trust H539 in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Job 15:22
He believeth H539 not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
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Gen 15:6–Job 15:22
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Job 15:31–Jon 3:5
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Mic 7:5–Hab 1:5
as Yehovah Route through his servant Solomon: the conclusion of the matter is to fear God and perform his commandment written in statutes !
Deuteronomy 6:24
Hebrew Text (WLC)
Deu 6:24 — וַיְצַוֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֗ה לַעֲשֹׂות֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַחֻקִּ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה לְיִרְאָ֖ה אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְטֹ֥וב לָ֨נוּ֙ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֔ים לְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּ כְּהַיֹּ֥ום הַזֶּֽה׃
Hebrew Interlinear
Deu 6:24 (KJV) — And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
The table below displays the KJV text.
Septuagint
Reverse Interlinear
English Strong’s Root
Transliterated
And the LORD
PHR h3068 יְהֹוָה
Yĕhovah
commanded h6680
PARSE צָוָה
tsavah
us to do
PHR h6213
PARSE עָשָׂה
`asah
all these statutes
PHR h2706 חֹק
choq
to fear
PHR h3372
PARSE יָרֵא
yare’
the LORD
PHR h3068 יְהֹוָה
Yĕhovah
our God
PHR h430 אֱלֹהִים
‘elohiym
for our good
PHR h2896 טוֹב
towb
always h3117 יוֹם
yowm
that he might preserve us alive
PHR h2421
PARSE חָיָה
chayah
as it is at this day
PHR h3117 יוֹם
yowm
Septuagint Text (LXX)
Deu 6:24 — καὶ ἐνετείλατο ἡμῗν κύριος ποιεῗν πάντα τὰ δικαιώματα ταῦτα φοβεῗσθαι κύριον τὸν θεὸν ἡμῶν ἵνα εὖ ᾖ ἡμῗν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἵνα ζῶμεν ὥσπερ καὶ σήμερον