HEBREW WORD STUDY – ALSO – GAM גם Gimmel Mem Numbers 16:10: “And he hath brought thee near [to him], and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?” I am sure many we remember the story of Korach from Sunday School. He got together a group of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MADE – ASAH – עשה Ayin Sine Hei Psalm 121:2 My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. The difficulty of translating the Hebrew into English is that many times you cannot translate a Hebrew word into English with just one English word. To keep the Bible as
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A WEARY SOUL – NEPHESH AVEPH נפש עיף Nun Pei Shin Ayin Yod Pei Jeremiah 31:25: “For I have satiated the weary soul.” “Sometimes exhausted with toil and endeavor, I wish I could sleep forever and ever. But then this reflection my longings allay, I shall be doing it one
HEBREW WORD STUDY – INVESTMENT – PAQAD פקד Pei Qop Daleth Jeremiah 27:8: “If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.” I
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HEAR – SHAMA’ שמע Shin Mem Ayin Psalms 27:7 “Hear. O’Lord, when I cry with my voice; have mercy also upon me, and answer me.” “My words fly up, but my thoughts remain below.” Shakespeare, Hamlet , Act 3, Scene 3 In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Hamlet’s father, the king, had murdered
HEBREW WORD STUDY – REBEL YELL – HALAL הלל Hei Lamed Lamed Psalm 101:1: “A Psalm of David: I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.” The word for Psalm here in Hebrew in this verse is mizamar. Yet, that is not the same word used for the title
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THANKSGIVING – TODAH – תדה Taw Daleth Hei Nehemiah 12:46: “For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.” The people Israel are now regathered in their land after 70 years of captivity. What are
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DIVINE LOVE – RAV CHESSED רב חסד Resh Beth Cheth Samek Daleth John 13:35: “By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another.” In the Aramaic, the word used in this verse for love is chava’ which means to cherish, which
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A FIXED HEART – LAVI NAKAVAN לבי נכון Nun Kap Vav Nun Lamed Beth Yod Psalms 108:1: “O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise even with my glory.” Ever have one of those times when you carry a burden that just so overwhelms
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HOPE – BATACH – בטח Beth Teth Cheth Ecclesiastes 9:4: “For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.” “…how hard it must be to live only with what one knows and what one remembers, cut off
