• Hebrew Word Study – Garments of Holiness – Behadrat Kodesh  Beth Hei Daleth Resh Taw     Qop Daleth Shin Psalms 29:2: “Give unto the Lord the glory due His name, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.”    Oh, how I love to quote this verse as I worship God. I just thrill

  • Hebrew Word Study – Immersion – Tabol – Teth Beth Vav Lamed. II Kings 5:10,14: “And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. (14) Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,

  • Aramaic Word Study – Gratification – Hanah  – Hei Nun Hei   Matthew 16:26: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” We read this verse and hear sermons on it and generally what we

  • Hebrew Word Study – Fast  – Tzum – Sade Vav Mem Ezra 8:23: So we fast and sought our God for this and He was entreated of us.”  ​   Ezra was leading the captives back to Israel.  Before the journey, he proclaims a fast for a safe journey. Ezra was facing a  little problem

  • Hebrew Word Study – Contend – Cherov – Cheth Resh Beth  Job 40:1-2:  Moreover, the Lord answered Job, and said: ‘Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?  He that reproveth God, let him answer it.’ ”    We always say that Job went through his suffering but never sinned.  That is not quite

  • Hebrew Word Study – A Noise – Ru’a   Resh Vav Ayin Psalms 98:6: “With trumpets and the sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the Lord, the king.”   I find it curious that out of 21 modern translations 8 render shofar as a cornet. These are all translations before 1970 including the

  • Hebrew Word Study – As His Bride – Kekalotho – Kap Kap Lamed Taw Vav Exodus 31:18:  “And he gave unto Moses when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.”   “Man is not complete until he

  • Hebrew Word Study – Idols –  Taw, Resh, Pei, Yod, Mem Zechariah 10:2: “For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.”   I don’t know about you,

  • Hebrew Word Study – Hope/Trust – Batch – Beth Teth Cheth Ecclesiastes 9:4: “For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.” Hebrew Word Study – Hope/Trust – Batch – Beth Teth Cheth Ecclesiastes 9:4: “For to him that is joined

  • Hebrew Word Study – A Mother – ‘Im   Aleph Mem Judges 5:17: “The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.”   You read the commentaries on this passage and they are all over the place. They really do not know how