Hebrew Word Study – Seduce -  Patah  פתה  Pei Taw Hei Isaiah 50:1: “Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves,...

Hebrew Word Study – Goodly Garments -  Bigad Chamadath    בִּגְדֵ֨ חֲמֻדֹ֔ת  Beth Gimmel Resh  Cheth Mem Daleth Taw Genesis 27:15,27: “And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:...

Hebrew Word Study – A Tender Bond – Mizpah – מִּצְפָּה֙  Mem Sade Pei Hei  Genesis 31:49:  It was also called Mizpah, because he said, "May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. I remember watching an old movie made during World War...

Hebrew & Aramaic  Word Study: "Hope Deferred"  Proverbs 13:12: “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, but when the desire cometh it is the tree of life.”  The most common understanding of the verse is that unfulfilled desired brings pain to the mind, but the...

Hebrew & Aramaic Word Study: Day of Atonement- more than just forgiveness Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment and cast lots. Tomorrow evening at sunset the Jewish people enter the holiest...

Hebrew Word Study – In The Thicket – Basevake – בַּסְּבַ֖ךְ Beth Samek Beth Kap Genesis 22:13:  “And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and beheld behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.”I never really considered the significance of the ram being caught...