HEBREW WORD STUDY – GUILT ‘ASHEM אשם Aleph Shin Final Mem Leviticus 5:19: “It [is] a guilt offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.” Genesis 6:6: “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” I always felt uncomfortable with the rendering
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HEEL – ‘EIQEV עקב Ayin Qop Beth Deuteronomy 7:11-12 “Thou shalt, therefore, keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. (12) Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SADNESS – ‘ASTAB – עצב Ayin Sade Beth Genesis 6: 6: “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” This is a very revealing verse on the nature of God. The word for repent is nacham which is
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FIND PLEASURE – CHASHAQ חשק Cheth Shin Qop Deuteronomy 7:7: “The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:” I find this passage very disturbing, at least as to how it
HEBREW WORD STUDY – CHANNELS – PELEG פלג Pei, Lamed Gimmel Proverbs 21:1: “The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.” The word for king is melek which has a wide range of meaning. It is not just for someone who
HEBREW WORD STUDY – CALLING OUT IN SURRENDER – TSA’AQ צעק Sade Ayin Qop Exodus 14:10b “And they were sore afraid and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.” Every major translation I have looked at will render the word tsa’aq as cry out. Now tsa’aq does mean to cry out but
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEARCH ME – CHAQAR חקר Cheth Qop Resh Psalms 139:23: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: “In the joy of this new relationship, I said to Jesus Christ. ‘Lord, I want this heart of mine to be yours. I want to have you
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A RIGHTEOUS JUDGE – YARAD ירד Yod Resh Daleth Genesis 11:5: “And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. (6) And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do:
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FIERY PASSION ‘ASHISHOT אשישות Aleph Shin Yod Shin Vav Taw Song of Solomon 2:5 “Stay me with raisin cakes, comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love.” “Love is never lost if not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” Washington Irving I am a
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ASHAMED – BOSH בוש Beth Vav Shin Psalms 25:2 “O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.” When I see the word ashamed I think of being embarrassed, or you make a big mistake that hurt someone and you are
