CHAPTER 3 – MARY BETH THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER Job 19:25 For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth: ​Note: This is a chapter from my book Hebrew Word Study – The Butterfly Effect.  This is a little different from...

Hebrew Word Study – Garments of Holiness – Behadrat Kodesh  Beth Hei Daleth Resh Taw     Qop Daleth Shin Psalms 29:2: “Give unto the Lord the glory due His name, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.”   Oh, how I love to quote this verse as I worship God. I...

Hebrew Word Study – Contend – Cherov – Cheth Resh Beth  Job 40:1-2:  Moreover, the Lord answered Job, and said: ‘Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?  He that reproveth God, let him answer it.’ ”   We always say that Job went through his...

Hebrew Word Study – A Noise – Ru’a   Resh Vav Ayin Psalms 98:6: “With trumpets and the sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the Lord, the king.”  I find it curious that out of 21 modern translations 8 render shofar as a cornet. These are all translations...

Hebrew Word Study – Idols –  Taw, Resh, Pei, Yod, Mem Zechariah 10:2: “For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there...

Hebrew Word Study – A Mother – ‘Im   Aleph Mem Judges 5:17: “The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.”  You read the commentaries on this passage and they are all over the place....

Hebrew Word Study – Soul – Rauch  - Resh, Vav, Cheth  Numbers 16:22: “And they (Moses and Aaron) fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?”    Many...

Aramaic Word Study – Mystery – ‘Araz – Aleph Resh Zayin I Timothy 3:9: “Holding the mysteries of the faith in a pure conscience.”It seems like every Bible student, pastor and teacher has chimed in on this verse with their idea of what the Apostle Paul was talking...

Aramaic Word Study – Something Extra – Yatar  Yod Taw Resh  Matthew 6:26: “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?”The other day driving my...

Hebrew Word Study – Rebellion – Marah – Mem Resh Hei I Samuel 15:23: “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.” ​No matter what...