Hebrew Word Study – Wonderfully Made – Nipeleti – Nun Pei Lamed Yod Taw Yod Psalms 139: 14: “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”    “I will praise thee…”   The word for praise...

Hebrew Word Study – Large Space – Rachav – Resh Cheth Beth Psalms 118:5: “I called upon the Lord in my distress; the Lord answered me and set me in a large place.”  So there you have it.  Whenever you are in distress just call upon the Lord and He will set you in...

Hebrew Word Study – Gateway – “Ezar – Ayin Zayin Resh  Isaiah 50:7: “For the Lord God shall help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed,”  Practically every translation I read...

Hebrew Word Study – Difficult  – Qashah - Qop Shin Hei  Deuteronomy 1:17b. “And the thing which is too hard for you, you shall bring near to me and I shall hear it.”The context of this passage is a message delivered by Moses who instructed the elders to judge matters...

Hebrew Word Study – Camped – Chanah – Cheth nun Hei Exodus 19:2  “For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come [to] the desert of Sinai, and they camped in the wilderness, and there Israel camped before the mount.”I was reading in Exodus this morning in my...

Aramaic Word Study – Kiss – Nashaq – Nun Shin Qop Luke 22:48: “But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?” Genesis 33:4: “And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.”The word kiss in...

Hebrew Word Study – Nursing Mother – Amen – Aleph Mem Nun  Genesis 15:6: “And he (Abraham) believed the Lord and He counted it as righteousness.” ​  The Talmud teaches that trusting in God is more important than anything else.  One may keep all the laws of Torah,...

Hebrew Word Study – To Lie Down – Rabatz – Resh Beth Sade Psalms 23:2: “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.”Note: This is a study that will be found in my newest book A Hebrew Teacher Examines Psalms 23 Word by Word. It...

Aramaic Word Study – Get Thee Behind Me - Labasatari – Lamed Beth Samek Teth Resh Yod Matthew 16:23: “But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offense unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of...