• ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – NO GREATER LOVE – CHAVA DARAV LITH חבא דרב לית Cheth Beth Aleph Daleth Resh Beth Lamed Yod Taw John 15:13: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” This verse may sound contradictory to the title of this book as I

  • ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – WOUNDED LOVE – CHAV חב Cheth Beth‘ I John 4:18-19: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. (19) We love him because he first loved us.” Do you remember your first love? For

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS – PASHA’ פשע Pei Shin Ayin Proverbs 28:13: “He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.” In our study verse, the word compassion is used for racham. I am not saying this is wrong but only that we

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – A FATHER’S PITY KERACHEM AV  כרחם אב    Psalms 103:12-13: “As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us. (13) Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.” In checking about twenty-seven modern English translations

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – A SONG OF LOVE –  KASHIR  ‘AGAVIM  כשׁיר עגבימ 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 they do them not.” If the nightingales could sing

  • Today’s Daily Word Study is an abridged excerpt from Chaim Bentorah’s newest book: Does The Bible Really Say That? 20 (Seeming) Biblical Contradictions Explained. Click here to learn more. Seeming Contradictions in the Bible: Render Unto Caesar Matthew 22:15–22: “Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk. (16)

  • Today’s Daily Word Study is an abridged excerpt from Chaim Bentorah’s newest book: Does The Bible Really Say That? 20 (Seeming) Biblical Contradictions Explained. Click here to learn more. Seeming Contradictions in the Bible: God Will Always Forgive Matthew 18:21–22: “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against

  • Today’s Daily Word Study is an abridged excerpt from Chaim Bentorah’s newest book: Does The Bible Really Say That? 20 (Seeming) Biblical Contradictions Explained. Click here to learn more. Seeming Contradictions in the Bible: Spare the rod Proverbs 13:24: “He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early.”

  • Today’s Daily Word Study is an abridged excerpt from Chaim Bentorah’s newest book: Does The Bible Really Say That? 20 (Seeming) Biblical Contradictions Explained. Click here to learn more. Seeming Contradictions in the Bible: Women Are to be Silent in the Church I Corinthians 14:34–35: “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – RECKONED – CHASHAV חשב Cheth Shin Beth Numbers 23:9: “For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.” Among the Jewish people, particularly those who live in Israel, this