HEBREW WORD STUDY –  DOOR OF MY LIPS

HEBREW WORD STUDY –  DOOR OF MY LIPS –  ‘Al Dal  Sapathi  עלדשׁ  שׁפתי    Psalms 141:3: “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door of my lips.” Upon close examination of the context of this verse, David is asking God to watch over his words or what he...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIGHT FROM THE DWELLER

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIGHT FROM THE DWELLER – ‘OR BEMOSHEVOTHAM – ~אור במושׁבתמ Exodus 10:23: “They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.” You most likely remember...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – WALK AS A CHILD

HEBREW WORD STUDY – WALK AS A CHILD – YALAK – ילכ    Psalms 138:7: “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.” I was a little surprised...

WATERS, SEAS

WORD STUDY – WATERS, SEAS -Mayim, Yam  מי, ימ Psalms 93:4: “The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea than the mighty waves of the sea.” The sea was a place of terror to the landlocked Jewish people.  Fishermen were the ironworkers of their day....

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LACHRYMATORY

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LACHRYMATORY –    RAMA’OTHI  BANO’DAK  עתי בנאדכ   Psalms 56:8: “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?” The word for bottle is bn’dk from the root word no’od which was a leather skin that...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEEK

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEEK  – DARESH – דרשׁ   Isaiah 55:6: “Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon Him while He is near.” This verse has always mystified me.  I mean to seek the Lord while He may be found suggest that there will be a time He cannot be...