HEBREW WORD STUDY – DARK SECRETS – CHIDAH – הידה Numbers 12:8-9: “With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” God now has the attention of Aaron
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIKE CARRYING A BABY – ‘NE’EMAN Numbers 12:7: “My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful in all mine house.” So yesterday I left the study after explaining that God did not enter the Tent of Meetings but left Moses, Aaron, and Miriam together to work things out between themselves.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PLEASE LISTEN – NA’ נא Numbers 12:4-6a: “And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. (5) And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood [in] the door
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LITTLE BIRD – TSIPHORAH – צפרה Numbers 12:1-3“And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. (2) And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY –A GOOD KIND OF PAIN – TSEVA צ בא II Corinthians 12:10: “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” What is really striking about this passage is that Paul says he takes pleasure in
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – A BATTLE CRY – TSAVA Luke 22:42: “…nevertheless not my will by thine be done.” “Forgive me Lord, I am weakening, I will not question your will.” General Lee’s prayer after learning that Longstreet could have been fatally wounded. I have a certain fascination for the Confederate General Robert E.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LOVE SONG – SUR שׁור Psalm 137:4: “How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?” This Psalm is attributed to David but this was at least 500 years before the Babylonian captivity. Some say it was a prophecy given by David to express the sorrow that would
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOVE – TOV MO’ED –מאד טוב Genesis 1:31: “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” You won’t find this in any lexicon or commentary, nor has this idea been published in any academic journal
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TO HUNGER – GAVA’ גוע Matthew 5:6: “Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Genesis 25:17: “And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died, and was
HEBREW WORD STUDY – EPHRON, EPHRN ע פרונ עפרנ Genesis 23:11,16: “Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that [is] therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. (16) . And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham
