HEBREW WORD STUDY – AND IT WAS IN THE DAYS – VAYEHI BIYAMI ויהי. ביומי Ruth 1:1: “Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE LORD IS LONGING – YECHAKEH YHWH יחכה יהוה Yod Cheth Kap Hei Yod Hei Vav Hei Isaiah 30:18: “Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for
HEBREW WORD STUDY – I,I ‘ANIKI ANIKI אנכי אנכי Aleph Nun Kap Yod Aleph, Nun Kap Yod Isaiah 43:10-11: “Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither
HEBREW WORD STUDY – STILL SPEAKING – YEDAVER – ידבר Yod Daleth Beth Resh Deuteronomy 4:12: “And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire, you heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude, only you heard a voice.” I don’t know about you but sometimes I can make
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SHOCKED AND TERRIFIED – BAHAL בהל Beth Hei Lamed Psalms 30: 7-8: “And in my prosperity, I said I shall never be moved. Lord by thy favor thou has made my mountain to stand strong; thou did hide thy face and I was troubled.” Today I discovered I had the whole
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FLEE – BARACH ברח Beth Resh Cheth Psalms 139:7: “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?” The word flee in Hebrew is barach which means to become independent from something or someone. Now, who would want to be independent of God’s presence? There
HEBREW WORD STUDY – I WILL LOVE YOU, O LORD – ‘ERECHEKA YHWH רחמכ יהוה Psalms 18:1: “To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENTERING HIS GATES – BOU SHA’ARIN באו שׁערימ Psalms 100:4: “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise.” If David is the author of this Psalm then the only gates and courts would be the tabernacle as the temple was not built until his son Solomon became king.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WASH SEVEN TIMES – RACHATSETA SHEVA’ PE’AMIM רחצת. שׁבע פעמימ II Kings 5:10: “And Elisha sent a messenger unto him saying: Go and wash in the Jordan seven times and thy flesh shall come again to thee and thou shalt be clean.” Why did God make Naaman do such silly stuff?
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DEAL BOUNTIFULLY – GIMMEL – גמל Psalms 13:6: “I will sing unto the Lord because He has dealt bountifully with me.” If the Lord would deal a little bountifully with me I might be doing a little singing. Of course with my musical talents or lack thereof, I could clear
