ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – VERILY, VERILY – Amen Amen אסנ אסנ John 12:24: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” Verily, Verily many sound a bit archaic but we say pretty much the same
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – GROUND UP – PALAK פלכ Daniel 6:16: “The king spake and said unto Daniel: “Thy God whom thou serves continually, He will deliver you.” This portion of the Book of Daniel was written in Aramaic which is very difficult to translate into another language. There are many variations we can use
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TENDER MERCIES – RACHAM רחמ Psalms 25:6: “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.” What are tender mercies? It sounds good but I really have no idea what that means. The NIV says Great Mercy, NLT Compassion unfailing love, ESV Steadfast love, NASB
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAILED – KALAH כלה Lamentations 4:17: “As for us our eyes yet failed for our vain help, in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.” In Lamentations 4:17 we see where the hearts of the people laid. The Assyrians were ready to march on Judah
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THEY WILL REQUIRE – TAVLYN תבלינ Luke 12:20, “But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?” In the Aramaic the word tavlyn is used which literally means they will require. This comes from
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LAWYERS – SAPHRA (ARAMAIC) ספרא Luke 11:52: “Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.” Some translations says: “Woe to you experts in law,” others say “law scholars” or “teachers in law.” The
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WASH – (ARAMAIC) SHUG – שׁוג John 13:5: “After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.” A teacher, ruler, or master never, ever washed the feet of anyone below them in societal rank. Thus,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TASTE DEATH – TIMA MAUTA טמא אאמט Matthew 16:28: “Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.” Jesus spoke these words in Aramaic and the Aramaic seems to shed some light on this
HEBREW WORD STUDY – KNOCK – Naqash נצשׁ Luke 11:9: “And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Jesus spoke this in Aramaic and the Aramaic word that is used for knock is naqash which is a word
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FORMED ‘ASTAR NATSAR rca rcn נצר אצר Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” The word for formed is repeated two times in this verse
