Hebrew Word Study – Testing  - Menasseh  מנסה   Mem Nun Samek HeiDeuteronomy 13:1-3: “If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, (2) And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let...

Aramaic Word Study – A Violent Storm  Alala Raba   עלעל רבא Ayin Lamed Ayin Lamed Resh Beth AlephMark 4:37-39: “And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship so that it was now full. (38) And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a...

Hebrew Word Study – The Master’s Hand – Yad ‘Ha’adonihem  יד האדניהם  Yod Daleth   Hei Aleph Daleth Nun Yod Hei Mem“Psalms 123:2: “Behold as the eyes of the servant look unto the hand of  their masters, and the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress: so our...

Aramaic Word Study – First – Qadamir   קדמית Qop Daleth Mem Yod Taw  ​I John 4:19: “We love him, because he first loved us.” This is really a curious verse, at least in our culture.  In our culture, we love because…  We need a reason to love someone.  They do things...

Hebrew Word Study – Wall – Chamah  חמה Cheth Mem Hei“Isaiah 49:15-16: “Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?  Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.  Behold, I have engraven thee upon the palm of...

Hebrew Word Study – Knowing – Yada’  ידע  Yod Daleth Ayin  (3rd Revision)   ​Isaiah 52:6:  “Therefore my people shall know my name, Therefore they shall know in that day, that I am He that doth speak, behold it is I.” “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose...

Hebrew Word Study – Laying Seige – Chanah חנה  Cheth Nun HeiPsalms 27:3: “Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be] confident.” Every modern translation I look at says the same thing, a...

Hebrew Word Study – Asking For Clarification  Yakah יכה  Yod Kap Hei  Job 13:3: “Surely I would speak to the Almighty and I desire to reason with God.”  I really can’t blame Job for wanting to reason with God.  After all, God can be so unreasonable at times.  I...