HEBREW WORD STUDY – CONCENTRATION OF ENERGY – ‘ETSAH עצה Ayin Sade Hei Genesis 2:9: “And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SONS OF GOD – BENEI ELOCHIM בני אלוחים Beth Nun Yod Aleph Lamed Vav Cheth Yod Mem Genesis 6:2: “That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.” I remember when I first heard that
ARMAIC WORD STUDY – ARMOR THAT SHINES – ZINA – זינא Zayin, Yod, Nun Aleph Ephesians 6:11: “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Oh, the precious memories this verse brings back to me. I first heard about the armor of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FROM THE HIDDEN – MICHTAM ~tkm Mem Kap Taw Mem Psalms 16:1-2 “Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee. I have said unto the Lord: ‘Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee.’” The word michtam is a transliteration from the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PREPARE – KUN כון Kap Vav Nun Ezra 7:10: “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” You read about Ezra and the word that comes to mind is “fanatic.” This old boy
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – STAND IN OPPOSITION – QOM LOQEVAL קוב לוקבל Qop Vav Beth Lamed Vav Qop Beth Lamed James 4:7: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” I honestly do not advocate that we substitute the Aramaic for the Greek in our study of the
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ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – STAND IN OPPOSITION – QOM LOQEVAL קוב לוקבל Qop Vav Beth Lamed Vav Qop Beth Lamed James 4:7: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” I honestly do not advocate that we substitute the Aramaic for the Greek in our study of the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – QETURAH – קטורה Qop Teth Vav Resh Hei Genesis 25:1: “Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was] Qeturah.” Who was Qeturah? I had not intended to do a series on women in the Bible but for some odd reason I kept turning to passages of Scripture that speak
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DEBORAH – דברה Daleth, Beth Resh Hei Genesis 24:59,61: “And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men. (61) And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.”
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MIRIAM – מרים Mem Resh Yod Final Mem Exodus 15:20: “And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.” I read something interesting in the Talmud Sotah 12a and in the Exodus Rabbah
