Hebrew Word Study – You Are In My Heart – Davalavi ‘Anathun  דבלבי אנתון   Daleth Beth Lamed Beth Yod    Aleph Nun Taw Vav NunPhilippians 1:7-8: “Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in...

Hebrew Word Study – Joy of the Lord – Jah YHWH   יה יהוה  Yod Hei  Yod Hei Vav HeiIsaiah 12:2: “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.” Isaiah 26:4: “Trust ye in...

Hebrew Word Study – Bow Down – Kara’  כרע   Kap Resh AyinPsalms 95:6: “O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.” The Psalmist is encouraging us to do three things before God, worship, bow down and kneel.  Have you ever tried to bow...

Hebrew Word Study – Our Lot In Life – Yahav יהב. Yod Hei Beth Psalms 55:22: “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” This is such a wonderful promise that the Lord will take on our burdens.  It is...

Hebrew Word Study – Plotting, Planning – Chashav  - חשב Cheth Shin BethProverbs 16:9: “A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.” “There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will,” Hamlet to Horatio, Act 5, Scene 2. I really...

Hebrew Word Study – The Scapegoat – Azazel  עזאזל Ayin Zayin Aleph Zayin LamedLeviticus 16:9-10: “And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him [for] a sin offering. (10) But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be...