HEBREW WORD STUDY – I BEG YOU – NA’ נא Genesis 18:32: “And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten’s sake.” I suppose most of us have heard a
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GRACE – CHANAN חננ Ephesians 2:8: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:” Genesis 6: 8: “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” I believe we all know that grace means unmerited favor. In Greek, the
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – BLASPHEMY – GODPHA גודפא Matthew 12:31: “Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.” Throughout church history, there has not been anything more chilling than the unpardonable sin, a
HEBREW WORD STUDY – INTO THE MIDST – BATAVEK – בתוכ Exodus 14:22: “And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry [ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.” Let me show you something I found interesting in the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – (GOD) KNEELING – BARAK – ברכ Genesis 25:11: “And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.” As I approach the anniversary of my father’s passing, I’m reflecting on his graveside service. My father was a military
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BETHEL AND GILGAL – בתל גלגל Amos 4:4 “Come to Bethel and transgress, (Come to) Gilgal and multiply your transgressions, bring your sacrifices every morning and your tithe after 3 days.” You read this book and you will find a lot of different names of nations and towns are being thrown
HEBREW WORD STUDY – JESHURUN – YSEHURUN – ישׁרונ Deuteronomy 32:15: “But Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked. Thou are waxen fat and thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness, then he forsook God which made him and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation.” “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK – SELA’ סלע II Samuel 22:2: “And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;” Fanny Crosby one of the greatest hymn writers of her time in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was blind throughout her life. I have
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – CEREMONIALLY UNCLEAN WOMEN – ANTTA אנתתא I Corinthians 14:34: “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.” I was reading in the Talmud today and I ran across an
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DOOR OF MY LIPS – ‘Al Dal Sapathi עלדשׁ שׁפתי Psalms 141:3: “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door of my lips.” Upon close examination of the context of this verse, David is asking God to watch over his words or what he speaks when he prays. Yet, God does
