HEBREW WORD STUDY – YOU SHALL SERVE – ‘EVADETEM עבדתמ Exodus 23:25: “And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.” I ran across another grammatical anomaly today while reading Exodus 23:25 in my Hebrew Bible.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HE CAMPED – YICHAN – יחנ Exodus 19:2 “For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come [to] the desert of Sinai, and they camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.” I was reading in Exodus this morning in my Hebrew Bible and ran across something very interesting.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A PECULIAR TREASURE – SEGAL סגל Exodus 19:5: Now therefore if you will obey my voice indeed and keep my commandments, Then you will be a peculiar treasure unto me above all the people, for all the earth is mine.” So all we have to do is obey God’s voice and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – STAND ABOVE THEM – ‘AMAR ALIHEM עמר עלימ Genesis 18:8: “And he took butter and milk and the calf he dressed, and set before them and he stood by them under the tree and they did eat.” This is a very interesting passage of Scripture. Three angelic beings, one of whom is
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MEDITATE – HAGAD – הגד Psalms 1:2: “But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” The vast majority of Christian Modern English translations of the Bible will render the word Torah as law. Yet, many Jewish rabbis choose to
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MEASURING TAPE – QAVAH – קבה Qop Psalms 71:5: “ For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.” Rabbi Samson Hirsch one said that Scripture does not use obscure language but describes most things in words that clearly indicate them. Therefore you must delve into
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DANCING – CHAVAL חול Psalms 149:3: “Let them praise His name in the dance, let them sing praises unto Him with the timbre and the harp. Do you ever go through a period of time when you feel like old Job. Just one messenger after another keeps coming to
HEBREW WORD STUDY – RIVERS OF WATERS – PALAGI MAYIM Psalms 1:3: “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” As a teenage in our church youth group we
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A HUG – DEVEQ – דבק Genesis 2:24: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cling unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” Deuteronomy 4:4: “But ye that did cling unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.” When
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A VOICE – QOL קול “Psalms 29:7: “The voice of the Lord divided the flames of fire.” There are many interpretations of this Psalm. One is that it is referring to God making a covenant with man. Some commentators say David is making a reference to the three Hebrew children
