HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABUSE OF POWER – RA’A’ רעע Resh Ayin Ayin Jeremiah 18:8: “If that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.” This prophecy is given to a nation that God has pronounced. It does not say
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PAIN AND SORROW – ‘ESTAB עצב Ayin Sade Beth Proverbs 14:23: “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.” The word used for labor is ‘estab which is not really your standard word for work or labor. The word that is often used
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HE KISSED HIM – VAYISHAQEHU וישקהו Vav Yod Shin Qop Hei Vav Genesis 33:4: “And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.” Matthew 5:18: “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – OPEN A WINDOW TO THE SUN – SHEMESH – שמש Shin Mem Shin Matthew 4:11: “Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels, came and ministered unto him.” I remember as a child hearing the story of Jesus being tempted in the wilderness and after hearing the entire story and all
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LAMENT – AYYEKAH איכה Aleph, Yod Kap Hei Genesis 3:8: “And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. (9)
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – A SPARROW’S FALL – TSAPARA NEPHALA – צפרא נפלא Matthew 10:29, “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.” Both the Greek and the Aramaic clearly say that one sparrow will not fall without your Father. It does not
HEBREW WORD STUDY – CROWN OF BEAUTY – ‘ARETET TAPA’ARET עטרת תפארת Isaiah 62:3: “You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord and a royal diadem in the hand of the your God.” In ancient Hebrew culture, there were two types of crowns. There was an enduring crown and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ALLY IN BATTLE – ‘EZER עזר Ayin Zayin Resh Psalms 68:11-12: “The Lord gave the word, great was the company (women) of those that published it. Kings of armies did flee apace and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.” This passage is felt by many Bible scholars to be
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – GIFT – YAHAV – יהב James 1:17: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” “God’s gifts put mans’ best dreams to shame.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning So what are these “good” and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A SONG IN THE NIGHT – BALAYELAH SHURAH Ps 42:8 [Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [an prayer unto the God of my life. The word command is yatsuh which is a decree, an order all
