WORD STUDY – PALSY – (ARAMAIC) שׁרא SHERA’ Matthew 8:6-9: “And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.” Palsy in Aramaic is shera’ which means to be taken. It is the word used when a Jewish man declares that he has taken a bride. In other words he has taken
WORD STUDY – THE LETTER HEI ה Matthew 7:13: “Enter ye at the strait gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat.” Rabbis in the time of Jesus would often illustrate spiritual truths using Hebrew letters. The letter Hei was
WORD STUDY – IMPERFECT – (ARAMAIC) BISHA בישׁא Matthew 7:11: “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” Did Jesus really teach that all fathers who give good gifts to their
WORD STUDY – YADIYAD ידוד Beloved Friend Genesis 28:16: “And Jacob awoke out of his sleep and he said: ‘Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not.” The Hebrew word for “I knew” is yada’. This means more than just knowing, it is an intimate knowing. When we read a passage that
WORD STUDY – CARPENTER (ARAMAIC) Nagara נגרא Mark 6:3: “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.” This is an example where the translation may be technologically correct but
יפה YAPAH BEAUTIFUL Ecclesiastes 3:11: “He hath made everything beautiful in His time.” Beautiful in Hebrew is yapah. In its Semitic root it is a term used by a craftsman who carefully crafts various pieces of material to fit precisely together. It is used for building a palace using various combinations of building material that
QUICK WORD STUDY – CHERISH – (ARAMAIC) KAV חב John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” English has an all purpose word of affection called love. We love Big Macs and we love our
QUICK WORD STUDY – REFUGE שׁבג Psalms 9:9 “The Lord will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.” Refuge in Hebrew is the word shagav. It means a high place, to be raised up, set in security, to make powerful, to strengthen, strong place. It has a built in
QUICK WORD STUDY – FELLOWSHIP שׁותפ Acts 2:42: “And they devoted themselves in the apostle’s doctrine and fellowship.” The disciples spoke Aramaic and the Aramaic word they used for fellowship is shauteph which is closely related to the Hebrew word asephah. It is an agricultural word used for the swarming of insects that would devour
QUICK WORD STUDY – PRAY פלל II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked way, then will I hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin, and heal their land.” The word prayer is palal. It is
