WORD STUDY – Gird Gird – Hebrew: “azar” – To bind, to gird, girdle, belt Psalm 18:32: “It is God that girdeth me with strength, and makes my way perfect.” If you are following my “cliff hanger” adventure series: Through the Daleth on the Chaim Bentorah Facebook page, this word study may make more sense
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 25:1: “A Psalm of David, Unto thee, O’Lord, do I lift up my soul.” “My word fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts, never to heaven go.” King Claudius, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3. Shakespeare raises a very interesting issue here. King Claudius
WORD STUDY – YHWH YHWH – Hebrew: God Jehovah The word YHWH expressing the name of God in Hebrew is built on three words; hayah which means “was,” hoveh which means “is” and yiheyeh which means “will be.” This is to say that God lives in the past, present and future simultaneously. Albert Einstein, a
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Numbers 14:21: “But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.” “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” – Romeo Montague, Romeo and Juliet Act II,
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms119:93: “I will never forget thy precepts for with them thou hast quickened me.” This time I planned to read my Bible in English and just leave well enough alone. But then I read a verse like Psalms 119:93, which is pretty straight forward in English,
WORD STUDY – WILLING Willing – Hebrew: ‘avah – willing, incline, desirous, wishing. Isaiah 1:19: “If you be willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land. “One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.” Dietrich Bonhoffer The word for “willing” is “’avah” which is spelled “Alep, Beth, Hei.” Jewish literature
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 119:99: “I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditations.” I don’t recommend giving this verse to your favorite teacher on teacher’s appreciation day. King David was surrounded by some of the best teachers in the nation. The teachers he
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 27:8 “When thou saith, Seek ye my face, my heart said unto thee thy face, Lord, will I seek.” I have been in many circles where people talk about feeling the presence of the Lord. They have all sorts of ideas on how to seek
WORD STUDY – GOLD (ORNDAMENTAL GOLD) Gold – Hebrew Pazaz: refining, purifying, refined gold, refined gold used for jewelry or ornamental purposes Hebrews 4:12: “For the word of God is quick, powerful, sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: I Kings 8:11: “So that the priest could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the house.” “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Clarke’s Third Law – Arthur C. Clarke “Any sufficiently researched Christian theology
