Word Study – A Quiet Place – מקדשׁי

  Psalms 73:17: “Until I went into the sanctuary of God. Then understood I their end.”   Asaph was a close friend of King David and collaborated with him on much of his poetry and music.  Asaph was also a seer.  The Bible does show a difference between a...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE SECRET PLACE

Psalms 91:1 “He who dwells in the secret place of the most High, shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty.”   Yesterday was December 7, the day we memorialize the Pearl Harbor attack and our entrance into World War II.  I heard an interesting story  of something...

WORD STUDY: LEAVE YOUR TSOD (PLACE OF SECURITY)

I Samuel 22:3 “And David went thence from Mizpeh of Moab and he said unto the king of Moab. Let my father and mother, I pray thee, come forth and be with you until I know what God will do for me.”   David was now a fugitive running for his life from Saul who...

WORD STUDY – A SOUND FROM HEAVEN

Genesis 18:10: “And Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind him.”   I was reading in an ancient rabbinical work which noted that there was no preposition in the original text before the word door.   Rabbi Shimon in this ancient text translated this as...

Word Study: Place “Qom”

WORD STUDY – PLACE Genesis 28:16 “When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said surely the Lord is in this place and I was not aware of it.” Place – Hebrew: qom – awaken, arise, place of awakening or arising The word for “place” is “qom”...