HEBREW WORD STUDY – HOUSE (PLACE OF THE HEART) – BAYITH בית Beth, Yod Taw Psalms 127:1: A song of Ascent for Solomon: “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain that build it.” Solomon’s Temple was called “Solomon’s” Temple for good reason. This was more Solomon’s temple than it was God’s temple
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SIN VANISHES – TAMMU CHOT’IM תמו חטים Taw Mem Vav Chet Teth Yod Mem Psalm 104:35: “Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.” One of the students in my Aramaic Translation
HEBREW WORD STUDY – APPROPRIATE MOMENT IECHAKEH יחכה Yod Cheth Kap Hei Isaiah 30:18: “And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for
HEBREW WORD STUDY – CAST YOUR BREAD – SHALACH LACHEMAKE שלח לחמך Shin Lamed Cheth Lamed Cheth Mem Kap Ecclesiastes 11:1: “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” We are familiar with this verse. Many of us hear it from our preachers when it comes time to give an
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE VISION OF OBADIAH – OVADIAH CHAZON עבדון חזוה Cheth Zayin Vav Nun Ayin Beth Daleth Yod Hei Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GROWING CORN – QOM קום Qop Vav Final Mem James 4:7: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” There are few Christians who do not know this verse by memory. As to whether they know it by heart, that is debatable. What does it
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PRICELESS TREASURE – SEGAL סגל Samek Gimmel Lamed Exodus 19:5: Now therefore if you will obey my voice indeed and keep my commandments, Then you will be a peculiar treasure until me above all the people, for all the earth is mine.” Of course, this is a reference to the Jewish
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PASS-THROUGH – ‘AVAR עבר Ayin Beth Resh Exodus 12:23: “For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto
HEBREW WORD STUDY – JOINING YOUR SPIRIT WITH GOD – LAQACH לחק Lamed Cheth Qop 1Kings 19:2-4: “Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, so let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. And when
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PLEASE SPEAK MY HEART – DAVAR NA דבר נא Daleth Beth Resh Nun Aleph Exodus 11:2: Please speak (my heart) in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.” Here is something very
