Hebrew Word Study – Old – זָ֫קַ֥נְ  Zayin Qop Nun Psalms 37:25: “I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”This morning my first passenger on my disability bus was a blind man who was Jewish and in the...

Hebrew Word Study – Behold, It Is I – Haneni – הִנֵּֽנִי  Hei Nun Nun Yod Isaiah 52:6:  “Therefore my people shall know my name, Therefore they shall know in that day, that I am He that doth speak, behold it is I.”“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any...

Hebrew Word Study- Know My Thoughts – Da Sare’apay -  דַ֣ע שַׂרְעַפָּֽי  Daleth Ayin   Sine Resh Ayin Pei Yod   Psalms 139:23: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: “In the joy of this new relationship I said to Jesus Christ. ‘Lord, I want...

Hebrew Word Study – Trouble - Tsarar   צָרַר    Tsade Resh Resh Psalms 119:143: “Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.” I Thessalonians 3:7: “Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress...

Hebrew Word Study – Plain Path  בְּאֹ֣רַח מִישׁ֑וֹר  Beth Aleph Resh Cheth    Mem Yod Shin Vav Resh Psalms 27:11: “Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.” I recall many years ago praying the following prayer: Oh Lord: I am...

Hebrew Word Study –  A Threefold Cord – Hachut Hameshulash - הַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ Hei Cheth Vav Teth    Hei Mem Shin Lamed Shin Ecclesiastes 4:12:  “And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”There is a...