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...

Hebrew Word Study  – Air Kiss – Segad  סגּד  Samek Gimmel Daleth John 4:23:  “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.”As part of my research for this book,...

Hebrew Word Study – God Left Him – Haelohim ‘Azava -  עֲזָב֖וֹ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים   Ayin Zayin Beth Vav      Hei Aleph Lamed Hei Yod Mem   II Chronicles 32:31: “Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder...

Hebrew Word Study – Drink – Yesheqe – ישק   Yod Shin Qop Exodus 32:20:  “And he took the calf which they had made and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it].” Exodus 32:26: ...

Hebrew Word Study – Clouded – ‘Ashan – עשן Ayin Shin Nun Psalms 80:4: “O Lord God of host, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of the people?”The word used here for anger is ’ashan.  There are seven different words for anger in the Hebrew.  None of them are...