HEBREW WORD STUDY – BUILT FOR HIMSELF – YABAN LO יבנו Genesis 33:17: “And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.” The words yaban lo byith is literally translated as “he built for himself a house.” Why does
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A NEW RELATIONSHIP – CHADESH חדש Cheth Daleth Shin Isaiah 52:4: “Behold the former things have come to pass and new things do I declare before they spring forth I tell you of them.” In the literal meaning, Isaiah is saying that now that his prophecies of the past have been
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SENSITIZE – NAGAD נגד Nun Gimmel Daleth Exodus 19:3: “And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus, shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;” As I was preparing for this week’s Torah Portion Study
HEBREW WORD STUDY – UNRIGHTEOUS ANGER – KA’AS כעל Kap Ayin Lamed Ecclesiastes 7:9: “Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.” I have written numerous times about the anger of God. Whenever we read in our English translations that God was angry the word used
HEBREW WORD STUDY – INDENTURED SERVANTS – ‘EVED עבד Ayin Beth Daleth Exodus 21:7: “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.” In recent years one of the greatest attacks against the Bible is that Scripture allegedly condones slavery. There are those who consider
HEBREW/ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – PLAGUE – MACHAL, MAUTA מחל מותא Mem Cheth Lamed Mem Vav Taw Aleph Exodus 23:25: “And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.” Revelation 6:8: “And I looked, and behold a
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BE SILENT – HAREPHU הרפו Hei Resh Pei Vav Psalms 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” “In silence, your ears will hear nothing, but your heart will hear the world weep.” Rabbi Abel. In
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FALL IN LOVE WITH GOD – ‘EVED עבד Ayin Beth Daleth Luke 4:41: “And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking [them] suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. James 2:19-20: “Thou believest
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – SHEPHERD OF FAITH – RAAYA MEHEIMNA רעיא מהימנא Resh Ayin Yod Aleph Mem Hei Yod Mem Nun Aleph Exodus 14:31: “And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.” I read something very
