HEBREW WORD STUDY - ASHES AND FAT - DESHEN  דשן Daleth Shin NunLeviticus 6:10-11: “And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the...

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – UMBILICAL CORD – SHERARA’  שררא   Shin Resh Resh AlephJohn 4:24: “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”  Jesus is speaking to a Samaritan woman.  The Samaritans were from the Northern district of...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – DILIGENCE – MISHAMAR – משמר  Mem Shin Mem ReshProverbs 4:23: “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”   The word English word diligence is used throughout the Bible in various contexts. There are really four...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE LORD’S POSSESSION – LAYHWH  ליהוה  Lamed Yod Hei Vav Hei ​Psalms 24:1: “A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” Every translation I read has a possessive at the end of the...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – DEMAND TO RETURN – DRESH  דרש Daleth Resh ShinI Chronicles16:11: “Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his presence continually. It was a long day driving my disability bus. My body grew weary pushing wheel chairs, helping elderly on and off my...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – A PURE HEART – LEV TAHOR לב טהור  Lamed Beth   Teth Hei Vav ReshPsalm 51:10: “Create in me a clean heart, O’God and renew a right spirit within me.” I remember years ago an orthodox Jewish rabbi, showed me a special room in his house. It was filled...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIS WORD – DEVARO  דברו Daleth Beth Resh VavPsalms 56:4: “In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.” The first verse of this Psalm seems to suggest it was written by David during the time...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – DELIVERED – NATSAL נצל Nun Sade LamedPsalms 34:17: “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.” When I was twelve years old Billy Graham held a two week crusade in Chicago. My family and I attended every...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – RIGHEOUS CRY – TSA’AQ צעק   Sade Ayin Qop Psalms 34:17-18: “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. (18) The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite...