Aramaic Word Study – Create a Shaking – Na’ar – נֵער  Nun Ayin Resh Luke 22:31- 32: “And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: (32) But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art...

Hebrew Word Study – By Chance –  Qari – קְרִי Qop Resh Yod Leviticus 26:27-28: “And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; (28) Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your...

Hebrew Word Study - Thrusting Out - Garash -Gimmel Resh Shin גָּרַשׁ Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.  There is no greater love...

Hebrew Word Study – Desert – Tsachach   צַחְחָ   Sade, Cheth, Cheth Isaiah 58:11: “And the Lord shall guide thee continually and satisfy your soul in a drought.”“Twas right, said they, such bird to slay, that bring such fog and mist. “ “Ah, well a day, what evil...

Hebrew Word Study - Your God  - Eloheka  Aleph Lamed Hei Kap אֱלֹהֶ֔יך Isaiah 43:3: “For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.”As I read this verse in the Hebrew something really exploded...

Hebrew Word Study – To Tarry – Chakah   חָכָה    Cheth Kap Hei Isaiah 64:4: “For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.” I...

Hebrew Word Study – Lion, Ox and Eagle – אֲרִי שׁ֥וֹר נֶ֖שֶׁר  Ari, Shor, Nesher   Aleph Resh Yod,   Shine Vav Resh    Nun Shin Resh  Ezekiel 1:10,13: “As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right...

Aramaic Word Study – Be Open – Ethpathach   אֵתפַּתַּח    Aleph Taw Pei Taw Cheth Mark 7:34: “And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.”It is curious that if the New Testament was written in Greek, why do we have so many...

Aramaic Word Study – Ambassador -  Izagada’ איזגדא  Aleph Yod Zayin Gimmel Daleth Aleph II Corinthians 5:20: “So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”  New Living BibleAs I write this...

Hebrew Word Study - God is Good  - Tov YHWH - Teth Vav Beth. Yod Hei Vav Hei    Psalms 25:8: “Good and upright is Lord, therefore He will teach us His way.”Because God is a good God He will teach sinners in the way? I guess that makes sense, but what makes more sense...