Psalm 57:1: “Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusted in thee; yea, in the shadow of the wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.” Hebrew is a language of poets and poetry expresses emotion. The Psalms themselves are pure poetry. Yet, many
Isaiah 30:20: “And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be hidden any more, but thine eyes shall see them teachers:” There are no tenses in Hebrew, however we do have what is called perfect and imperfect forms. A perfect form
Deuteronomy 31:18: “And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.” There is a story told by Abraham Heschel a Jewish philosopher. Abraham Heschel often referred to what he called “divine anthropopathy.” We speak of
Psalms 138:8: “The Lord will perfect that which concerns me, thy mercy O Lord endures forever. Forsake not the works of thine own hands.” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens “A Tale of Two Cities.” Charles Dickens started his novel, “A Tale of Two
Job 27:3 “All the while my breath is in me but the Spirit of God is in my nostrils.” Translators have really played around with this verse. No one seems to know for sure whether to render this as the breath of God is in my nostrils or the Spirit of God is
Job 22:29: “When men are cast down thou shalt say, there is lifting up, and he shall save the humble person.” Job 22 is the reply to Job by his friend Eliphaz. It is suggested by many that his name means god of gold. This is likely due to an assumption that the
Genesis 29:17, “Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.” There is a movie coming out on Lifetime in couple days called The Red Tent. It is an adaptation of a popular novel by Anita Diamant about the daughter of Leah, Dinah. Unfortunately, I do not have cable TV, or
Hello Everyone, In celebration of this Christmas season, the Hebrew Word Study Manual will be on sale throughout the month of December. The set includes an 80 page manual, 3 teaching cd’s, a Hebrew letter bookmark with their meanings and a free copy of a Hebrew Interlinear and Lexicon (free copy comes on a disk
Job 13:3: “Surely I would speak to the Almighty and I desire to reason with God.” I really can’t blame Job for wanting to reason with God. After all, God can be so unreasonable at times. I know I would like to just sit down with Him and explain my circumstances. Surely once
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Hello Everyone, In celebration of this Christmas season, the Hebrew Word Study Manual will be on sale throughout the month of December. The set includes an 80 page manual, 3 teaching cd’s, a Hebrew letter bookmark with their meanings and a free copy of a Hebrew Interlinear and Lexicon (free copy comes on a disk
