HEBREW WORD STUDY – BEAR A GRUDGE – NATAR נתר Leveticus 19:18: “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.” We are all familiar with the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself. But this commandment
HEBREW WORD STUDY – INHABIT ETERNITY – SHAKAK ‘AD שׁככ עד Isaiah 57:15: “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabited eternity…” I was reading an article published by Vanderbilt University regarding the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland. The Hadron Collider is the world’s largest atom smasher and this article said that it could
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE MANUFACTURER – O’OSAH עשׁה Psalms 121:2: “My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.” I was reading this verse in my Hebrew Bible and I was intrigued by the Psalmist’s use of the word ‘osah which practically every translator renders as made or create. It is curious that
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HEARD THE OPEN TENT – SHAM’AH PATACH HA’AHAL שׁמעת פתח האהל Genesis 18:10: “And Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind him.” I was reading in one of the ancient rabbinical works this morning which is a Jewish commentary of this passage. It was noted that there was no
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PRAYER SUPPORT – GA’AH גאה Proverbs 21:9: “[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.” I have always been bothered by this verse, well not so much the verse but the preachers and teachers who mention this verse. Generally,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – POWER – OZAZ עעז Psalms 90:11: “Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.” Following the conclusion of the last study regarding Psalms 90 and looking at it through the eyes of a new bride, we will again follow the rendering for
HEBREW WORD STUDY – CRY OF GRIEF – ALYEKAH – איכה Genesis 3:9: “And the Lord God called unto Adam and said unto Adam, ‘Where are you?’” I don’t know about you, maybe it is just me, but somehow the idea of God wandering around the garden unable to locate Adam and having to call
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TABLE – SHALACH – שׁלח Psalms 78:19: “Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?” “Wold you bothe eate your cake and have your cake?” Thomas Duke of Norfolk to Thomas Cromwell I find it a little disturbing that every modern English translation will
HEBREW WORD STUDY – RAHAB – RACHAB רחב Matthew 1:5: “ And Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse;” Psalms 89:10: “Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.” Joshua 2:1: “ And Joshua the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIS COUNTENANCE – PANI פני Numbers 6:26: “The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee and give thee peace.” This blessing is used so much in many traditional churches that we never stop to think what it is the priest, pastor of a worship leader is really saying. What does it
