HEBREW WORD STUDY – EVER OF OLD – MA’OLEM מעולם Mem Ayin Vav Lamed Mem Psalms 25:6b: “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.” “Ever of old” sounds a bit contradictory. It is forever and it is old. Forever suggest His tender mercies have no
HEBREW WORD STUDY – JUBILEE – YAVEL יובל Yod Vav Beth Lamed Leviticus 25:11: “A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of thy vine undressed.” When I hear the word jubilee my mind
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE EIGHTH DIMENSION – SHEMONAH שמונה Shin Mem Vav Nun Hei Leviticus 25:3-4: “Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; (4) But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THE WEDDING DANCE – CHADOTHA חדותא Cheth Daleth Vav Taw Aleph 1Kings 19:2-4: “Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, so let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. And when
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PLAGUE OF WORDS – MEDEVAR מדבר Mem Daleth Beth Resh Psalms 91:6-7: “Of the plague that stalks in darkness, Or of the destruction that devastates at noon. (7) A thousand shall fall by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; it shall not come near your.” Come on, are
HEBREW WORD STUDY – EMBRACE – DEVEQUT דבקות Daleth Beth Qop Vav Taw Psalms 63:8: “My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.” ESV Most your modern English translations will render the Hebrew word deveiqut as cling. Some will say follow close, keep close, stay close or such like. The KJV says to
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THE WEDDING DANCE – CHADOTHA חדותא Cheth Daleth Vav Taw Aleph Psalms 14:1: “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. In English the word fool
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SWIMMING IN HIS PRESENCE – שחה Sine Cheth Hei 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 when I utter the words to God that
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DREAD – PACHAD פחד Pei Cheth Daleth Isaiah 51:13: “And forgettest the Lord they maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy and where is
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A CLEAN VESSEL – BIKELI TAHOR בכלי טהור Beth Kap Lamed Yod Teth Hei Vav Resh Isaiah 66:20: “And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord, out of all nations upon horses and chariots and in litters and upon mules and upon swift beasts to
