HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE NURSING BABY

Genesis 15:6: “And he (Abraham) believed the Lord and He counted it as righteousness.”   The Talmud teaches that trusting belief in God is more important than anything else.  One may keep all the laws of Torah, follow every ritual, but it is only trust that will...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – MERAPHIM – GIVING UP

Ezra 4:4: “Then the people of the land weakened the hands of Judah and troubled them in building.”   As I read the news coming out of Israel today and I see the tensions growing between the government of the United States and Israel, I cannot help but wonder if...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – HER SONG OF SORROW

Amos 8:11: “Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord that I will bring a famine in the land, not a famine of bread or a thirst for water but of hearing the words of the Lord.”   “Water water everywhere and all the boards did shrink Water water everywhere and...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE FULL UNDERSTANDING

    Deuteronomy 1:13,  “Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.”   Matthew 5:18.  “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – A NEW HEART

  Ezekiel 18:31 “Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit; for why will ye die, O House of Israel?”   The word in Hebrew for cast is shalak which is found in a Hiphal (causative)...

BEYOND THE DALETH – THE SHADOW OF AYIN

  Psalms 25:11: “For thy name sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity for it is great.”   We tend to use the word iniquity interchangeable with the word sin. I mean are not sin and iniquity both the same.  Actually, there is a real difference between iniquity and...