Hebrew Word Study – Wasted Vineyard – Shadam – Shin Daleth Mem Haggai 2:17: “I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to me, saith the Lord?”  The Book of Haggai is an often overlooked Book of the...

Hebrew Word Study – Tasteless – Tiphelah תִּפְלָה– Taw Pei Lamed Hei Jeremiah 23:13: “And I have seen the unseemliness in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.”  I grew up in a fundamentalist Baptist church which...

Hebrew Word Study – Like His Heart – Kilevavo כִּלְבָב֗וֹ - Kap Lamed Beth Beth Vav I Samuel 13:14: “But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou...

Hebrew Word Study – Directed – Kon – Kap Vav Nun Psalms 108:1: “O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise even with my glory.”  Author’s Note:  This study is found in Chaim Bentorah’s book: A Hebrew Teacher Looks at Worship and Praise.  This book may be...

Hebrew Word Study – Apostasy – Mashuvah מְשׁוּבָה- Mem Shin Vav Beth  Hei Hosea 11:7: “And my people are bent to backsliding from me though they call them to the most high, none at all will exalt him.”The syntax at the end of this verse is highly disputed.  The KJV...

Hebrew Word Study – Apostasy – Mashuvah - מְשׁוּבָה Mem Shin Vav Beth  Hei  Hosea 11:7: “And my people are bent to backsliding from me though they call them to the most high, none at all will exalt him.”  The syntax at the end of this verse is highly disputed. ...