• HEBREW WORD STUDY – ANGEL FOOD

    ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THE WEDDING DANCE – CHADOTHA חדותא  Cheth Daleth Vav Taw Aleph Psalms 78:25: “Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them food to the full.” The Psalmist is retelling the story of the Exodus and God’s loving protection over his people.  Rather than say he gave them manna from heaven he

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAITHFULNESS – AMAN  אמן  Aleph Mem Nun

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAITHFULNESS  Proverbs 27:6: “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of the enemy.” I have been obsessing over understanding the heart of God so much, I am beginning to wonder if maybe I am just missing the obvious.   With life’s many difficulties and pitfalls, I

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAITHFULNESS

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAITHFULNESS – AMAN  אמן  Aleph Mem Nun Proverbs 27:6: “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of the enemy.” I have been obsessing  over understanding the heart of God so much, I am beginning to wonder if maybe I am just missing the obvious.   With

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – SIMILAR ACTIONS

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – SIMILAR ACTIONS – DEMUTH  דמות  Daleth Mem Vav Taw Genesis 1:26: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,

  • Hebrew Word Study: Formed

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – FORMED  ‘ATSAR NATSAR נצר אצ Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” The word for formed is repeated two times in this verse in the

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – PATIENTLY WAITING

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – PATIENTLY WAITING – CHAKAH חכה    Isaiah 30:18: “And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted that he might be merciful upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment, blessed are all that wait for him.” He was there

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – MELTING HEARTS  LEV MASHAH  לב מה  

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – MELTING HEARTS   Joshua 14:8: “Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the Lord my God.”  We all know the story of the twelve spies sent out to scout out the Promised Land.  Ten returned with a bad report and

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LOVE SONG – SUR  שׁור  

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LOVE SONG – SUR  שׁור   Psalm 137:4:  “How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?” This Psalm is attributed to David but this was at least 500 years before the Babylonian captivity. Some say it was a prophecy given by David to express the sorrow that would

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOVE – TOV MO’ED –מאד  טוב  

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOVE – TOV MO’ED –מאד  טוב   Genesis 1:31: “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” You won’t find this in any lexicon or commentary, nor has this idea been published in any academic journal

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – AN INTIMATE VISIT

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – AN INTIMATE VISIT – PAQAD פקד Pei Qop Daleth Psalms 17:3 “Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night.” If you have ever celebrated the Sabbath evening with a Jewish orthodox family you will notice they leave their doors open during the Sabbath night prayers (or pray