ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – MERCY SEAT – חוסיא Hebrew 9:5:  “And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.” The Greek word for mercy seat is hilasterion and is not a word found in extra-Biblical literature, it appears...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – MOUNTAIN – HAR  הר  Hei Resh  Deuteronomy 2:3: “Enough of your circling this mountain, turn yourself north.” Years ago I saw a book in a Christian bookstore which was titled: “One More Lap Around The Mountain.”  That title sure can strike home to...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – PRIDE & ARROGANCE – GA’OWN   גאון  Gimmel Aleph Vav Nun  Ezekiel 16:9: "'Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.” NIV If I were to ask the...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LET THERE BE LIGHT -  YEHI ‘OHR  יהי אור  Yod Hei Yod  Aleph Vav Resh Genesis 1:3:  “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” And God said; “Yehi ohr”  “Let there be light.”  Grammatical this is an antiptosis which is a rhetorical...

HEBREW WORD STUDY  - HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS – ‘AVADAV HANEV’IM עבדיו  הנביאים Ayin Beth Daleth Yod Vav   Hei Nun Beth Yod Aleph Yod Mem ​ Amos 3:3-7: “Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? (4) Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – ONE IN A THOUSAND – ‘ECHAD ME’EALPH – אחד מאלף Aleph Cheth Daleth   Mem Aleph Lamed Pei Ecclesiastes 7:26-29: “And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall...