• Hebrew Word Study – Devour – Le’ekol – Lamed Aleph Kap Lamed   

    Hebrew Word Study – Devour – Le’ekol – Lamed Aleph Kap Lamed    Psalms 27:2:  “When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.” Boy does that sound creepy, you’re enemies and foes are going to eat up your flesh. God bless the King

  • Hebrew Word Study – Frustration – ‘Aneph

    Hebrew Word Study – Frustration – ‘Aneph – Aleph Pei 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

  • Hebrew Word Study – Emotional Trouble –  Tsarar

    Hebrew Word Study – Emotional Trouble –  Tsarar – Sade Resh Resh Psalms 77:2: “In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.” The title of this Psalm attributes it to Asaph.  Little is known about Asaph.  The traditional

  • Hebrew Word Study – Declaration from the Heart – No’em

    Hebrew Word Study – Declaration from the Heart – No’em – Nun Aleph Mem “Hosea 2:16: And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord that You shall me Ishi (my husband)  and shall call me no more Baali (my master).”     I’ll catch the sun and never give it back again. I’ll catch

  • Hebrew Word Study – I Beg Your Pardon – Na

    Hebrew Word Study – I Beg Your Pardon – Na – Nun Aleph Genesis 44:18: “Then Judah came near unto him, and said, ‘Oh my Lord, let they servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my Lord’s ears…” “Oh, my Lord, let thy servant, I pray thee…” is one that has no English equivalent.

  • Hebrew Word Study – Silent – Charesh

    Hebrew Word Study – Silent – Charesh – Cheth Resh Yod Shin  Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. God will rest in His love.  What

  • Hebrew Word Study – On Account Of – Ma’an

    Hebrew Word Study – On Account Of – Ma’an – Mem Ayin Nun I Kings 11:13:  “Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; [but] will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.” I remember an orthodox rabbi once telling me: “You

  • Hebrew Word Study – Obsessed – Charash

    Hebrew Word Study – Obsessed – Charash – Cheth Resh Shin   Zephaniah 3:17: “The Lord your God in the midst of you is mighty.  He will save you, and He will rejoice over you with joy.  He will rest in his love, He will joy over you with singing.  If you read my book Hebrew

  • Hebrew Word Study – Helper – ‘Ozar

    Hebrew Word Study – Helper – ‘Ozar – Ayin Zayin Resh II Kings 14:26-27: “For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was bitter, for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.  And the Lord said that he would not blot out the name of Israel

  • Hebrew Word Study – Set – Yashem

    Hebrew Word Study – Set – Yashem – Yod Shin Mem Judges 7:14: “And his fellow answered and said: This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash a man of Israel for into his hand has God delivered Midian and all the host.”  During the American Civil War the Union