{Hitting the Bullseye}

  Psalm 119 is one of my favorite Psalms and its theme is  love for the Word of God. It is an acrostic poem and has 176 verses. These verses are divided into 22 stanzas. One stanza for every letter of the Hebrew alphabet, for example: The first word of the first...

{Word Study} Take, Seize “Lakach”

WORD STUDY – TAKE, SEIZE I Samuel 4:3: “And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us today before the Philistines?  Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that when it...

{Word Study} Afraid “Yagar”

WORD STUDY – AFRAID Job 9:28:  “I am afraid of all my sorrow, I know thou wilt not hold me innocent.” Afraid – Hebrew:  yagar – To fear for one’s own safety or wellbeing. First let me point out that this word for fear is not the fear used for...

Word Study: Sin “Avoni”

WORD STUDY – SIN (AVONI) I Kings 17:18: “And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God?  Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?” Sin – Hebrew:  Avoni – Sin, to make crooked We are familiar with...

Word Study: Sin “Chata”

WORD STUDY – SIN Job 1:22: “In all this Job sinned not, nor charge God foolishly.” Sin: Hebrew – chata:  To  stumble or fall short of the mark We tend to think that Job did not sin by not blaming God.  Yet, when you look at the syntax in the Hebrew, it is...

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