HEBREW WORD STUDY – AN IMPARTATION – ‘ANAH – ענה Proverbs 16:4 “The LORD hath made all [things] for himself. How selfish can you get. God made everything for Himself. The word made is curious in the Hebrew. It is not the usual word that you find that is rendered for making as in producing
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SACRIFICE – ZAVACH – זבח Deuteronomy 32:17: They sacrificed until devils, not to God, to gods whom they knew not, to new gods, that came newly upon, whom your fathers fear not.” In our modern society sacrificing animals as a burnt offering and worshiping idols of wood and stone are something
HEBREW WORD STUDY – COMPASSION – RACHAM -רחמ Deuteronomy 22:6: “If you come across a bird’s nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young. You may take the young but be
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIDING – SATHAM סתמ Deuteronomy 31:18: “And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.” There is a story told by Abraham Heschel a Jewish philosopher about a Rabbi Dov Baer who was
HEBREW WORD STUDY – AND THE DAYS DREW NEAR – YIQEREBO YEME ימי יקרבו Yod Mem Yod Yod Qop Resh Beth Vav Genesis 47:29: “And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BRING FORTH – TOLEDOTH – תולדת Taw Vav Lamed Daleth Taw Genesis 6:9: “These are the generations of Noah; Noah was a righteous man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” “These are the generations of Noah.” Eleh is a form of il which is a separable pronoun.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE – YAHAV יהב Yod Hei Beth Psalms 29:1: “A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.” Job 1:21: “And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENTER THE HEART OF GOD – KAPAKAH כפכה Kap Pei Kap Hei Psalm 139:5: “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.” I suppose you could translate this verse a number of ways. What I find interesting in this verse is the word for beset which
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – EAT – ‘AKAL אכל John 6:54: “Whosoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” The word in Aramaic that Jesus spoke for the word eat was ‘akal. There are two possible root words, ‘alakam which means to
HEBREW WORD STUDY –SMELL – ‘ARICHA אריח Amos 5:21, “I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.” For the ancient Hebrews, their vehicle of worship was to diffuse fragrances such as frankincense and Myrrh which creates a euphoric feeling that people misinterpreted as the presence of God.
