Hebrew Word Study – A Tender Bond – Mizpah – מִּצְפָּה֙ Mem Sade Pei Hei Genesis 31:49: It was also called Mizpah, because he said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. I remember watching an old movie made during World War II called “Stage Door
Hebrew & Aramaic Word Study: “Hope Deferred” Proverbs 13:12: “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, but when the desire cometh it is the tree of life.” The most common understanding of the verse is that unfulfilled desired brings pain to the mind, but the fulfillment of the desire brings gratification. I don’t discount this,
Hebrew & Aramaic Word Study: Day of Atonement- more than just forgiveness Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment and cast lots. Tomorrow evening at sunset the Jewish people enter the holiest day of the year – Yom Kippur, the Day of
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Hebrew Word Study – In The Thicket – Basevake – בַּסְּבַ֖ךְ Beth Samek Beth Kap Genesis 22:13: “And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and beheld behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.” I never really considered the significance of the ram being caught in the thicket. My initial thought
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Hebrew Word Study – Two Beginnings – Bereishith – בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית Beth Resh Aleph Shin Yod Taw Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” II Corinthians 12:2: “I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I
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Hebrew Word Study – Burdened with Pain – ‘Aiq – עִ֖יק Ayin Yod Qop Amos 2:12-13: “But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” Amos is a contemporary of Isaiah, Micah, and
Hebrew Word Study- “you shall return” Tashuvu תשׁב Leviticus 25:10: “…and you shall return every man unto his possession, and you shall return every man unto his family.” The words “you shall return” in Leviticus 25:10 is spelled Taw Shin Beth Vav which is tashuvu. The “u” between the h and the v is expressed
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Aramaic Word Study – Bill of Divorcement – Sefer Kerith סֵ֤פֶר כְּרִיתֻת֙ Samek Pei Resh Kap Resh Yod Taw Taw Matthew 19:9 “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.” NIV In Matthew 19:9 Jesus said that whoever divorces his wife and
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Hebrew Word Study – It Existed – Yehi – יְהִי֙ Yod Hei Yod Jonah 1:3 “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” KJV I remember as a six year old sitting in Sunday School in the Beginner’s Department listening to my Sunday School teacher tell the story
Hebrew Word Study – Worship – Shachah – שָׁחָה Shin Cheth Hei Psalms 29:2: “Give unto the Lord the glory due His name, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” This is from Chaim’s Book Chapter 4 – Swimming In His Presence – A Hebrew Teacher Reflects on Worship and Praise Swimming In His
