Aramaic Word Study – Blinded – Da’awaro   עַוַר  Daleth Ayin Vav Ayin  John 12:40: “He hath blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, that they should not see with their eyes nor understand with their heart and be converted, and I shall heal them.”  This...

Hebrew Word Study: Gates- Shaar - shin ayin resh, שׁער Psalm 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. What are these gates that the Psalmist is talking about that we are to enter with...

Hebrew Word Study – Seed of God – Jezreel – יִזְרְעֶֽאל  Yod Zayin Resh Ayin Aleph Lamed  Hosea 1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great...

Hebrew Word Study: Hand: Yad יָד Exodus 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. This story always baffled me. The Hebrew army was in a battle against the Amalekites. Moses was on...

Hebrew Word Study – God Is Searching to Provide – Jehovah Jireh - יְהוָ֖ה יֵרָאֶֽה  Yod Hei Yod Hei   Yod Resh Aleph Hei Genesis 22:8,14: (8) “And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. (14) And...

Hebrew Word Study – Enlarge – Rachav – רָחַב  Resh Cheth Beth  Ps 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. We are not sure just what the occasion was for this Psalm.  He is obviously speaking of deliverance from his enemies. I was reading...

Hebrew Word Study – Touch – Naga` נָגַע  nun gimmel ayin 1 Samuel 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. Yesterday I drove an elderly man and his equally elderly wife to the doctor. He was a large...

Hebrew Word Study –  My People – ‘Ami  עַמִּ֖י  Ayin Mem Yod  Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject you, thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also...

Hebrew Word Study - Be Open - Ethpatch   Aleph Taw Pei Taw Hei   Mark 7:34 - And he looked up to heaven, and sighed, and he said to him, Ethpatakh, which means, Be openedThe word in the Aramaic or be open is  ephphatha in the Greek manuscript.  Why does the Greek...

Aramaic Word Study – Fragile Jar -  Bamana -  בּמָאנָא – Beth Mem Aleph Nun Aleph II Corinthians 4:7: “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” ​The Apostle Paul was suffering from some physical...