HEBREW WORD STUDY: BACKSLIDDEN – SHUV שׁוב Hosea 11:7: “And my people are bent to backsliding from me though they call them to the most high, none at all will exalt him.” The syntax at the end of this verse is highly disputed. The KJV and other translations will render this as the people will
HEBREW WORD STUDY – I AM MY BELOVED – ‘ANI LADODI אני לדודי Song of Solomon 7:11 – “I am my beloved’s and his desire is toward me.” Now keeping in mind that this is a metaphor of our relationship with God what does that mean “I am my beloved?” The proposition before
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE SPIRIT – NEPHESH נפשה Luke 12:19: “And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry”. Psalms 103:1 “A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless]
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIDE – SATHAM סתם 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. Abraham Heschel often referred to what he
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – SON OF PEACE – BAR SHALOMA באר שלוםא Luke 10:5-6: “and into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house, and if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest upon it; if not, it shall turn to you again.” Who would this son of
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – HIGH PRIEST – RABKUMRA’ רבכומא Hebrews 4:15: “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.” I have often wondered why Paul pictures Jesus as a High Priest who
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DIVORCE (ARAMAIC) SHAVITA שׁבתא Matthew 19:9: “And I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committed adultery: and whoso married her which is put away doth commit adultery.” KJV Matthew 19:9 “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife,
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – DELIVER – SHAZAV – שיזב Daniel 3:16-17: “Shadrach Meshach and Abednego answered and said unto the king, O’ Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer you in this matter. If it be so our God is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out
HEBREW WORD STUDY – KEEP CREATING IN ME – BARA’ LI ברא לי Psalm 51:10: “Create in me a clean heart, O’God and renew a right spirit within me.” A couple of years ago I did a study on Psalms 51:10 but lately I have been drawn back to this verse as I believe God
HEBREW WORD STUDY – OUR AFFLICTION – ‘ANEYNU ענינו Deuteronomy 26:7: “And we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cries and saw our affliction.” Deuteronomy 26:7 gives us an example of the heart of God as well as a promise. When we cry unto the Lord He
