HEBREW WORD STUDY – HEEL

HEBREW WORD STUDY – HEEL – ‘EIQEV עקב   Ayin Qop Beth Deuteronomy 7:11-12 “Thou shalt, therefore, keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. (12) Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SADNESS

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SADNESS – ‘ASTAB – עצב   Ayin Sade Beth Genesis 6: 6: “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” This is a very revealing verse on the nature of God.  The word for repent is nacham which is not a...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – FIND PLEASURE

HEBREW WORD STUDY – FIND PLEASURE – CHASHAQ  חשק  Cheth Shin Qop Deuteronomy 7:7: “The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:” I find this passage very disturbing, at...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – CHANNELS – PELEG

HEBREW WORD STUDY – CHANNELS – PELEG  פלג   Pei, Lamed Gimmel Proverbs 21:1: “The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.” The word for king is melek which has a wide range of meaning.  It is not...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – CALLING OUT IN SURRENDER

HEBREW WORD STUDY – CALLING OUT IN SURRENDER – TSA’AQ  צעק Sade Ayin Qop Exodus 14:10b “And they were sore afraid and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.”   Every major translation I have looked at will render the word tsa’aq as cry out. Now tsa’aq does...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEARCH ME

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEARCH ME – CHAQAR חקר  Cheth Qop Resh 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 this heart of mine to be yours. I want to have you...