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...

Hebrew Word Study – In Harmony With God – Tov  טוב Teth Vav BethGenesis 1:21: “…every winged fowl after his kind and God saw that it was good.” Old Harry passed away last week. Harry was a 97-year-old veteran of World War II. He served in an airborne unit.  They were...

Hebrew Word Study – Bonding – Chashaq חשק Cheth  Shin Qop  Psalms 91:14: “Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high because he hath known my name.” “One thing you should never say to your boss if she is a woman:...