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HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIFE’S PURPOSE
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIFE’S PURPOSE - OREKE YAMIM ארכ ימימ Psalms 91:16: “With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.” I have often had a problem with this verse. It appears from reading this verse in every modern translation and commentaries...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FULLER’S SOAP
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FULLER’S SOAP - BORITH MEKABBESHIM Malachi 3:2: “But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap The day of His coming is not a reference to an actual...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BELA
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BELA – בלא Genesis 36:32: “And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah.” Actually, this verse should literally reads from the Hebrew as: “And the King of Edom was Bela the son of Beor and the name of his...
QUICK WORD STUDY – THREEFOLD CORD
QUICK WORD STUDY – THREEFOLD CORD – HACHUT HAMESHULASH החוט המשׁלשׁ Ecclesiastes 4:12: “And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” There is a clear message here. If one can’t prevail, then two will...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GAVE UP THE GHOST
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GAVE UP THE GHOST – YIGEVA’ יגוע Genesis 25:8: “Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.” I remember hearing this phrase, gave up the ghost as a child and it...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – KISS THE SON
HEBREW WORD STUDY – KISS THE SON – NASHAQU BAR נשׁקו בר Psalms 2:12: “Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.” Obviously, the writer is not talking about...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – EZRA PREPARED HIS HEART
HEBREW WORD STUDY – EZRA PREPARED HIS HEART – ‘EZRA HAKIN LEVEVU עזרא הכינ לבבו Ezra 7:10: “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” You read about Ezra and find a man who loved God with...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LET ME SEE THY VENGENCE
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LET ME SEE THY VENGENCE – ‘ARA’H NAQAMATHAKA אראה נקמתכ Jeremiah 11:20: “O Lord of Host, That judges righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them for unto thee have I revealed my cause.” I grew up in a...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – YOU LOVE ME NOT
HEBREW WORD STUDY – YOU LOVE ME NOT - YADABAR HA’AM ידר העימ Numbers 21:5: “And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE JOY OF THE LORD
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE JOY OF THE LORD - CHADOTH YHWH חדות יהוה Psalms 105:19: “Until the time that his word came, the word of the Lord tried him.” Nehemiah 8:10, “Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!" We assume that our strength...


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