Word Study: Sleep “Yishenah”

by | Sep 23, 2012 | JotsAndTittles

Sleep – Hebrew:  yishenah – sleep, to repeat, to change, to understand, divine revelation. Song of Solomon 5:2 “I sleep but my heart is awake, it is the voice of my beloved that knocks.” The word Yishenah comes from two possible root words.  The first is...

Devotional Psalms 88:1

by | Sep 23, 2012 | Devotionals

Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 88:1 (verse 1 in the Hebrew text) “A song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Herman the Ezrahite.” I often challenge my Hebrew students to...

Devotional Jeremiah 2:2

by | Sep 22, 2012 | Devotionals

Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin: Jeremiah 2:2: “Go and cry into the ears of Jerusalem and saying, Thus said the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in...

Word Study: Eat “Alakam”

by | Sep 21, 2012 | JotsAndTittles

Word Study – Eat Eat – Hebrew: alakam – eat, consume, kidney, inward parts, (as a metonymy  inward secret parts of the soul) Jeremiah 15:16: “Your words were found and I ate them and your words became for me a joy, and the delight of my heart, for I have been...

Devotional I Samuel 2:11

by | Sep 21, 2012 | Devotionals

Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: I Samuel 2:11 “And the child ministered unto the Lord before Eli the priest.” This is an odd sort of verse. We have a child ministering to God.  Most translators and commentators will say that this is...