HEBREW WORD STUDY – WEARINESS – YAGAR יגר Yod Gimmel Resh Isaiah 43:22 “Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob; But you have become weary of Me, O Israel.” The Jews are known in the Old Testament as the children of Israel and the House of Jacob. Why two different names? As you
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 do 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 – EZRA PREPARED HIS HEART – ‘EZRA HAKIN LEVEVU עזרא הכינ לבבו Ezra 7:10: “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” You read about Ezra and find a man who loved God with all his heart, soul,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – EVIL – RA רע Resh Ayin Isaiah 5:20: “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” Yep, that is where that verse is found alright. I am sure if you didn’t
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TRY ME – BACHANI בחני Beth Cheth Nun Yod Psalms 139:23: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: David gives this statement in Psalms 139:23 right after telling the Lord he hates those who hate God. I did a study on this passage a
HEBREW WORD STUDY – APPLE TREE – KETHAPUCHA כתפוח Kap Taw Pei Vav Cheth Song of Solomon 2:3: “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.” This verse is
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BLESS ISRAEL – YABARAK ETH YISHIREL יברך את ישראל Yod Beth Resh Kap Alepth Taw Yod Shin Resh Aleph Lamed Genesis 12:3: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Genesis 22:18: “And in thy
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – AND YOU ARE IN ME – ‘ANATHON BI אנתין בי Aleph Nun Taw Yod Nun Beth Yod John 14:19-20: “Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. (20) At that day ye shall know that I [am]
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WIFE – ISHAH אשׁה Proverbs 18:22: “[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.” Practically everyone who has attended a wedding is familiar with this verse. This familiarity creates some big problems in translation. For one thing, we are so familiar with the passage
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MY PORTION FOREVER CHALAQI LA’OLAM חלקי לעולמ Psalms 73:26: “My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.” I remember attending a Billy Graham crusade when I was twelve years old. The only thing I remember of one particular meeting was
