Hebrew Word Study – Reservoir   -  Qavah -  Qop Beth Hei Qavah קָוָה (kaw-vaw') Psalms 71:5: “ For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.”  Rabbi Samson Hirsch once said that Scripture does not use obscure language but describes most...

Hebrew Word Study – Offering – Terumah – Taw Resh Vav Mem Hei  Teruma תְּרוּמָה (ter-oo-maw') Exodus 25:1-2:  “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they take for Me an offering; of every man whose heart prompts him, you shall...

Hebrew Word Study – Fulfill -  Mala’ – Mem Lamed Aleph  Exodus 23:26: "There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.” ​Author’s Note:  “This study is found in Chaim Bentorah’s book Treasures of the Deep which may be...

Hebrew Word Study  - Tend to a Need – Pakad – Pei Kap Daleth Exodus 4:30-31, “And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the...

Hebrew Word Study – Noah – Noach – Nun Cheth Ephesians  2:8:  “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:” Genesis 6:8 : “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.”  I believe we all know that grace means...

Hebrew Word Study – Fall Down – Yarad – Yod Resh Daleth Psalm 143:7: “Hear me speedily, O’Lord: my spirit failed: hide not they face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.”  Many Bible scholars believe the occasion of this Psalm was when...

Hebrew Word Study – Distress – Tzarar   Isaiah 30:20: “Although the Lord has given you bread of affliction and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher.”We can play around with words as much as we want,...

Hebrew Word Study – In (my) Heart – Qarah – Qop Resh Hei  Lamentations 3:57: “Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee, thou said: Fear not.“  I’ve attended many services where the preacher or worship leader talks about calling God into our presence,...

Hebrew Word Study - A House – Bayith – Beth Yod Taw  Genesis 22:14:  “And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount where the LORD is seen.” Gn 24:63: “ And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide:...

Hebrew Word Study – The Wedding Chair – Kursia – Kap Vav Resh Samek Yod Aleph Hebrew 4:16: “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.Author’s Note:  This study is Chapter 2 of my book on...