HEBREW WORD STUDY – SPEAK TO SAY DEBAR LA’AMAR Leviticus 23:1 “And the LORD said unto Moses saying…” I looked at 26 Modern English translations of the Bible and only 16 of the 26 really translated this passage word for word. Many translations just take the repeating of the word speak or say
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PLEASE – RATSAH רצה Psalms 40:14 “Be pleased, O Lord to save me. O’Lord come quickly to help me.” Most certainly David should get this prayer answered, after all, he used the magic word “Please.” In English the word “please” is a 14th-century word derived from the word pleasure. It came into use
HEBREW WORD STUDY – OUR SONG ZAMARAH זמרה Exodus 15:2: “The LORD [is] my strength and song,” This song was sung, or as I explained in an earlier study they spoke the song at this time but will sing it at a later date which is yet to come. What does really fascinate me is
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FIRST OF THE FIRST FRUITS – ROSHITH BOKORI Exodus 23:19: “The first of the first fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God, Thou shalt not seethe a yearling in his mother’s milk.” Fruit in Hebrew is parah which has
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LUSTING – HITE’AUU ה,תאוו Numbers 11:4-6: “And the mixed multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? (5) We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – NEW THING – CHADESH ח דשׁ Isaiah 52:4: “Behold the former things have come to pass and new things do I declare, before they spring forth I tell you of them.” In the literal meaning, Isaiah, who is speaking God’s words, is saying that now that His prophecies of the past have come
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LAMPLIGHTERS – BEH’ALOTEKA HANEROT – בהעלתכ הנרת Numbers 8:2: “Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.” Many people think that because I was a Hebrew teacher I would know all about Jewish customs and symbols. Oddly,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MY PORTION FOREVER CHALAQI LA’OLAM חלקי לעולמ Psalms 73:26: “My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.” I remember attending a Billy Graham crusade when I was twelve years old. The only thing I remember of one particular meeting was
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BRIDEGROOM – KATAN חתנ Cheth Taw Nun Isaiah 62:5b: “And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.” The word bridegroom here is katan which is another word for marriage. This word for marriage has the idea of joining together in complete truth and honesty. When
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WIDOW – ‘ALMANAH אלמנה Proverbs 15:25 “The Lord will destroy the house of the proud, but he will establish the border of the widows. Why is a comparison made between the proud man and the widow? Why not compare the proud to the humble? Practically every translation will translate the last word
