HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE LEAST- TSAIR צעיר Sade Ayin Yod Resh Judges 6:15: “And he said unto him: ‘Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I serve Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh and I am the least in my father’s house.” “A proud man is always looking down on things and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE NAZARITE – נזר Nun Zayin Resh Numbers 6:16: “And the priest shall bring [them] before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: According to the laws of the nazir or those who take a Nazarite vow at the conclusion they must offer a sin offering.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – CLOUDY – ‘ASHAN עשנ Ayin Shin Nun Psalms 80:4: “O Lord God of host, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of they people?” “My words fly up, but my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” Shakespeare – Hamlet: Scene III, Act III. The word
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – RETURNING INTO THE CLOUD – BA’A בעא Beth Ayin Aleph John 14:15-17: “If ye love (racham) me, keep my commandments. (16) And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; (17) [Even] the Spirit (ruach) of truth; whom the world
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – TRANSFER OF THE DEED – ‘ONAH אונה Aleph Vav Nun Hei John 14:2-3,23 “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SKIN OF MY TEETH – ‘OR SINNAY עור שני Ayin Vav Resh Shin Nun Yod Job 19:20: “My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.” One of my students from my All-Access Learning Channel asked about this verse. I
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE BULGE – BETEN – בטן Beth Teth Nun Isaiah 13:18: “[Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.” The context of this verse is a prophecy for Babylon which would
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – SAFE KEEPING – PUQEDNANA’ פוקדנא John 3:12: “If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?” John 13:35: “By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another.” I remember
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – NO GREATER LOVE – CHAVA DARAV LITH חבא דרב לית Cheth Beth Aleph Daleth Resh Beth Lamed Yod Taw Ezekiel 33:32: “And, lo, thou [art] unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but
HEBREW WORD STUDY – OPEN MY LIPS – SEPHATI TIPHETHACH שׁפתי תפתח Psalms 51:15: “Oh Lord open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.” “Is the Psalmist saying he will not praise the Lord if God does not open his lips and what does he mean by opening his lips? Most Christians and
