Hebrew Word Study – Hardens The Neck – Maqesheh ‘Oreph – מַקְשֶׁה־ עֹ֑רֶף  Mem Qop Shin Hei      Ayin Resh Pei  Proverbs 29:1: He that being often rebuked hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy.The words hardens his neck are the same...

Hebrew Word Study – Banquet – Shatan – שָׁתָה  Shin Taw Nun Esther 5:4, “And Esther answered, If it seems good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.”I have my PhD in Biblical Archaeology and I have spent...

Hebrew Word Study – Grow, Grow and Grow - Yalak Haloke Gadol  -  יֵּ֥לֶךְ הָל֣וֹךְ גָד֑וֹל  Yod Lamed Kap   Hei Lamed Vav Kap Gimmel Daleth Vav Lamed II Samuel 5:10 “And David went on and grew great and the Lord of host was with him.”Obviously, the first thing you...

Hebrew Word Study – Unto Us – Elinu – אֵלֵ֣ינוּ  Alpeh Lamed Yod Nun Vav I Samuel 4:3: “And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us today before the Philistines?  Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of...

Hebrew Word study: Bithiah (Pharaoh's Daughter)- Bithyah בִּתְיָה 1 Chronicles 4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh,...

Hebrew Word Study – Heretofore – Shaleshim – שִׁלְשֹֽׁם Shin Lamed Shin Mem  I Samuel 4:7 “And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God comes into the camp and they said: Woe unto us! For there hath not been such a thing heretofore.”“I’ve regained a little...

Hebrew Word Study – Depart – Sar – סָֽר  Samek Resh  I Samuel 18:12: “And Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him and was departed from Saul.”   Here we have a powerful king afraid of a little shepherd boy.   The word for “fear” here is “yara.”   This...

Hebrew Word Study – Unweakened – Bal ‘Emot - בַּל־ אֶמּֽוֹט׃   Beth Lamed    Aleph Mem Vav Teth Psalms 16:8: “I have set the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.“I have set the Lord before me.” That is a loaded statement. The...

Hebrew Word Study – A Love Song – Shir  ‘Egavim     שִׁ֣יר עֲגָבִ֔ים  Shin Yod Resh   Ayin Gimmel Beth Yod Mem  Ezekiel 33:32: “And, lo, thou [art] unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy...

Hebrew Word Study – The Queen of Heaven – Meleketh Hashamayim -  מְלֶ֧כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם  Mem Lamed Kap Taw    Hei Shin Mem Yod Mem  Jeremiah 44:18-19: “But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring our libations to her, we have lacked...