Hebrew Word Study: Tender Mercies

HEBREW WORD STUDY – TENDER MERCIES – RACHAM רחמ Psalms 25:6: “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.” What are tender mercies? It sounds good but I really have no idea what that means. The NIV says Great...

Word Study: Failed

HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAILED – KALAH  כלה Lamentations 4:17: “As for us our eyes yet failed for our vain help, in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.” In Lamentations 4:17 we see where the hearts of the people laid. The Assyrians were ready...

Aramaic Word Study: They Will Require

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THEY WILL REQUIRE – TAVLYN תבלינ Luke 12:20, “But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?” In the Aramaic the word tavlyn is used which...

Aramaic Word Study: Lawyers

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LAWYERS – SAPHRA (ARAMAIC) ספרא Luke 11:52: “Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.” Some translations says: “Woe to you experts in law,” others...

Aramaic Word Study: Wash

HEBREW WORD STUDY – WASH – (ARAMAIC) SHUG – שׁוג John 13:5: “After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.” A teacher, ruler, or master never, ever washed the feet of...