Hebrew Word Study – Venom – Chamah - חֵמָה  – Cheth Mem Hei, ,    Leviticus 26:28:  “Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.” KJV Leviticus 26:28:  “I will act with furious rage against you, and I...

Aramaic Word Study – Innocent or Wounded Lamb  – Tela  טלָא   - Teth Lamed Aleph Matthew 18:3:  “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. (4) Whosoever therefore shall humble...

Hebrew Word Study – Shadows  – Tzalemat - צַלְמָ֡וֶת  - Sade Lamed Mem Vav Taw Psalms 23:4b: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death” In the Hebrew Bible the word death is not directly in this sentence. Yet, in a way. Translators however...

Aramaic Word Study  Key – Qalid - קלידֵ   – Qop Lamed Yod Daleth  Luke 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.I had always found it strange that Jesus always...

Aramaic Word Study – Just Between You and God  –  ארָזָא  ‘Araza – Aleph Resh Zayin Aleph  I Timothy 3:9: “Holding the mysteries of the faith in pure conscience.”  It seems like every Bible student, pastor and teacher has chimed in on this verse with their idea...

Hebrew Word Study - Distance Yourself - Rachaq.  Resh Cheth Qop    Exodus 23:7: “Distance yourself from words of falsehood, do not kill and innocent or righteous man.”In our Torah Study this week on Saturday we will be addressing the story of Rachab of Jericho and her...

Hebrew Word Study – Exciting the Senses  –  יָפֶ֣ה  Yapah – Yod Pei Hei Ecclesiastes 3:11: “He has made everything beautiful in its time.”I used to be a chaplain in a nursing home and every Sunday I would hold a service where I would play the keyboard and we would...

Aramaic Word Study – Sufficient – Sephaq – סָפֵק  Samek Pei Qop Matthew  6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.“Worrying is like paying on a debt that...

Hebrew Word Study – Wild Beast of the Desert – Tsiyim  צִיִּ֔ים  Sade Yod Yod Mem  Isaiah 13:21-22: “But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. The...

Hebrew Word Study – Lion, Ox and Eagle – אֲרִי שׁ֥וֹר נֶ֖שֶׁר  Ari, Shor, Nesher   Aleph Resh Yod,   Shine Vav Resh    Nun Shin Resh  Ezekiel 1:10,13: “As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right...