HEBREW WORD STUDY – GLEANING

HEBREW WORD STUDY – GLEANING – LAQAT   לקט  Deuteronomy  24:21:  “When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean [it] afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. Ruth 2:23: “So she kept fast by the maidens of...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – RELIED UPON

HEBREW WORD STUDY – RELIED UPON –  SHA’AN    נעשׁ   II Chronicles 16:7: “At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – BAD BREATH

HEBREW WORD STUDY – BAD BREATH    ‘EL  ZAR   אל  זר   Psalms 81:9: “There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.” I read this verse in my Hebrew Bible before going to bed this evening and I could not sleep.  It is getting very...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIKE A DREAM 

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIKE A DREAM  Psalms 126:1: “A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.” Last night I had trouble sleeping.  I must have woke up four times during the night.  Each time I awoke I saw Psalms...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – BROKEN BONES

HEBREW WORD STUDY – BROKEN BONES – SHEVAR  ‘ATSEM   שׁבר. עצמ   Lamentations 3:4 “My flesh and my skin hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.” “Why not? They are the only ones who can take it.”  C.S. Lewis when asked why the righteous suffer. Tradition ascribes...