HEBREW WORD STUDY – STAFF OF IDENTIFICATION – MATTAH מטה 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 blessed both the sons of Joseph and worshipped upon the top of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE KING IS IN THE FIELD – MELEK BASHEDA מלך בשדה Mem Lamed Kap Beth Shin Daleth Hei Ecclesiastes 5:9: ”Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.” Ecclesiastes 5:9: “There is a profit in the land over all else, for the king
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A PORTAL – ETS עצה Ayin Sade Hei Deuteronomy 20:19: “When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TRANSMUTATION – QALAL קלל Qop Lamed Lamed Lamentations 3:38: “Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?” Isaiah 45:7: “I form light and create darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.” Jeremiah 32:42: “For this is what the LORD
HEBREW WORD STUDY- CREATING A FOG – HAVEL הבל Hei Beth Lamed Job 27:12: “Behold, all of you yourselves have seen (it), why then are you altogether vain?” “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in your own eye.” Matthew 7:3 “If the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FOR ALL THE OPPRESSED – LACAL ‘ASHAQIM לכל עשׁוקימ Psalms 103:6: “The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.” So just how does righteousness and judgment help the oppressed? If I am oppressed I would just be satisfied that the oppressor gets off my back. If God wants to administer
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WOUNDS OF A FRIEND – PATS’AI ‘OHAV פצעי אוהב Proverbs 27:6: “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of the enemy.” I have been obsessing over trying to understand the heart of God so much, maybe I just was missing the obvious. With life’s many difficulties
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WINE CELLAR – BIYTH HAYAYIN בית היין Beth Yod Taw Hei Yod Yod Nun Song of Solomon 2:4: “He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.” Many of us remember that children’s song we used to sing in Sunday School where we made little hand motions of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PLANS – MAHESHEBETH – מחשבות Mem Cheth Shin Beth Vav Taw Jeremiah 11:29: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” I hear this verse a lot from preachers and
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HEBREW WORD STUDY – A PORTAL – ETS עצה Ayin Sade Hei Deuteronomy 20:19: “When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut
