Aramaic Word Study: Eat

Aramaic Word Study: Eat

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – EAT – ‘AKAL  אכל John 6:54: “Whosoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”  The word in Aramaic that Jesus spoke for the word eat was ‘akal.  There are two possible root words,...
Hebrew Word Study: Smell

Hebrew Word Study: Smell

HEBREW WORD STUDY –SMELL – ‘ARICHA  אריח   Amos 5:21, “I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.” For the ancient Hebrews, their vehicle of worship was to diffuse fragrances such as frankincense and Myrrh which creates a...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABUSE OF POWER

HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABUSE OF POWER

HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABUSE OF POWER – RA’A’ רעע Resh Ayin Ayin Jeremiah 18:8: “If that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.” This prophecy is given to a nation that God has pronounced. It...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PAIN AND SORROW

HEBREW WORD STUDY – PAIN AND SORROW

HEBREW WORD STUDY – PAIN AND SORROW – ‘ESTAB עצב Ayin Sade Beth Proverbs 14:23: “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.” The word used for labor is ‘estab which is not really your standard word for work or labor. The word...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HE KISSED HIM

HEBREW WORD STUDY – HE KISSED HIM

HEBREW WORD STUDY – HE KISSED HIM – VAYISHAQEHU וישקהו Vav Yod Shin Qop Hei Vav Genesis 33:4: “And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.” Matthew 5:18: “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one...
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LAMENT

HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LAMENT

HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LAMENT – AYYEKAH איכה  Aleph, Yod Kap Hei Genesis 3:8: “And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden....