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HEBREW WORD STUDY – COMPASSION
HEBREW WORD STUDY – COMPASSION – RACHAM -רחמ Deuteronomy 22:6: “If you come across a bird’s nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young. You may take the young...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIDING
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIDING - SATHAM סתמ Deuteronomy 31:18: “And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.” There is a story told by Abraham Heschel a Jewish philosopher about a...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – AND THE DAYS DREW NEAR
HEBREW WORD STUDY – AND THE DAYS DREW NEAR – YIQEREBO YEME ימי יקרבו Yod Mem Yod Yod Qop Resh Beth Vav Genesis 47:29: “And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BRING FORTH – TOLEDOTH
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BRING FORTH – TOLEDOTH – תולדת Taw Vav Lamed Daleth Taw Genesis 6:9: “These are the generations of Noah; Noah was a righteous man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” “These are the generations of Noah.” Eleh is a form of il...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE - YAHAV יהב Yod Hei Beth Psalms 29:1: “A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.” Job 1:21: “And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENTER THE HEART OF GOD
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENTER THE HEART OF GOD – KAPAKAH כפכה Kap Pei Kap Hei Psalm 139:5: “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.” I suppose you could translate this verse a number of ways. What I find interesting in this verse is the word for...
Aramaic Word Study: Eat
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – EAT – ‘AKAL אכל John 6:54: “Whosoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” The word in Aramaic that Jesus spoke for the word eat was ‘akal. There are two possible root words,...
Hebrew Word Study: Smell
HEBREW WORD STUDY –SMELL – ‘ARICHA אריח Amos 5:21, “I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.” For the ancient Hebrews, their vehicle of worship was to diffuse fragrances such as frankincense and Myrrh which creates a...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABUSE OF POWER
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABUSE OF POWER – RA’A’ רעע Resh Ayin Ayin Jeremiah 18:8: “If that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.” This prophecy is given to a nation that God has pronounced. It...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PAIN AND SORROW
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PAIN AND SORROW – ‘ESTAB עצב Ayin Sade Beth Proverbs 14:23: “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.” The word used for labor is ‘estab which is not really your standard word for work or labor. The word...
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