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...

Hebrew word study – top of the staff  rosh hamatah   ראה המטה     resh aleph shin   hei mem teth hei Genesis 47:31: “And he said swear unto me and he swore unto him, And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.”   Hebrews 11:21: “By faith Jacob when he was dying...

Hebrew word study – negotiating table – shulchan  שלחן Shin Lamed Cheth NunPsalms 23:5: “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” So here we are talking about sheep laying in a pasture...

Hebrew Word Study – Comfort -  Nacham – נחם  Nun Cheth MemHebrew Word Study – Comfort -  Nacham – נחם  Nun Cheth Mem Psalms 23:4: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they...

Hebrew word study  - staff  - mish’enah משענה  mem shin ayin nun heiPsalms 23:4: “Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” Tradition and most of our Christian...