Aramaic Word Study – Wake Up – ‘Er ער  Ayin ReshColossians 4:2: “Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;” I remember as a child in the third grade just before Thanksgiving our teacher during our music class introduced us to a classic song that was...

Hebrew Word Study – Mild Wickedness - Lerosha’- לרשע  Lamed Resh Shin Ayin   ​Malachi 3:18:  Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked between him that serves God and him that serves not.” The Talmud looks at this verse and asks:  ...

Hebrew Word Study – Lips – Saphah שפה  Sine Pei Hei  Genesis 11:4: “And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” Most of us are...

Hebrew Word Study – Ark – Tevah תבה Taw Beth HeiGenesis 6:14: “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.” Isaiah 54:9: “For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the...

Hebrew Word Study – Eve – Chavah  חוה  Cheth Vav HeiGenesis 3:20: “And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.” Most linguists will tell you that translation by definition is really just commentary. Words have more than just a...