Aramaic Word Study – Wake Up – ‘Er ער Ayin Resh Colossians 4:2: “Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;” I remember as a child in the third grade just before Thanksgiving our teacher during our music class introduced us to a classic song that was not of the Jimmy Crack Corn
Hebrew Word Study – Mild Wickedness – Lerosha’- לרשע Lamed Resh Shin Ayin Malachi 3:18: Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked between him that serves God and him that serves not.” The Talmud looks at this verse and asks: “Is not the righteous the one who
Hebrew Word Study – Lips – Saphah שפה Sine Pei Hei Genesis 11:4: “And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” Most of us are familiar
Hebrew Word Study – Ark – Tevah תבה Taw Beth Hei Genesis 6:14: “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.” Isaiah 54:9: “For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should
Hebrew Word Study – Eve – Chavah חוה Cheth Vav Hei Genesis 3:20: “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.” Most linguists will tell you that translation by definition is really just commentary. Words have more than just a meaning, it also has emotion. I remember in
Hebrew Word Study – Synchronicity – Ta’am תאם Taw Aleph Mem Song of Solomon 7:3: “Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes [that are] twins.” Genesis 50:20: “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save
Hebrew Word Study – Despise – Bazah בזה Beth Zayin Hei Numbers 15:31: “Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.” Today I have a gentleman on my disability bus that I drove to the
Hebrew Word Study – Wisdom – Shakal שכל Shin Kap Lamed Proverbs 8:1 “Does not wisdom call and understanding lift up her voice?” Genesis 3:6 “When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise,
Hebrew Word Study – Waters of Rest – Me Menuchot – מי מנחות Mem Yod Men Nun Cheth Vav Taw Psalms 23:2: “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” God causes David to lie down in green pastures but He leads him beside
