HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LOVE SONG

HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LOVE SONG – SUR  שׁור   Psalm 137:4:  “How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?” This Psalm is attributed to David but this was at least 500 years before the Babylonian captivity. Some say it was a prophecy given by David to...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOVE

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOVE – TOV MO’ED –מאד  טוב   Genesis 1:31: “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” You won’t find this in any lexicon or commentary, nor has this idea been...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – TO HUNGER

HEBREW WORD STUDY – TO HUNGER – GAVA’  גוע  Matthew 5:6:  “Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Genesis 25:17: “And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – EPHRON, EPHRN

HEBREW WORD STUDY – EPHRON, EPHRN   ע פרונ עפרנ Genesis 23:11,16:   “Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that [is] therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.  (16) . And Abraham hearkened...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABIDE BEFORE GOD

HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABIDE BEFORE GOD–ע ולמ לפני  Psalms 61:7:  “He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.” I find a very troubling word in our study verse.   The verse is not saying abiding in God or even with God.  It is...