HEBREW WORD STUDY – SKIN FOR SKIN – ‘OR BOD ‘OR עור בור עור Job 2:4 “And the accuser answered the Lord and said Skin for skin, yea all a man has will he give for his life.” I was pondering Job 2:4. Why does the enemy use the word ‘or for skin in verse
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WITHOUT GOD – ‘ARUR ארור Aleph Resh Vav Resh Jeremiah 17:5: “Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.” The word curse is ’arur. This has the idea of being isolated and weakened to be
HEBREW WORD STUDY – UNCLEANNESS – ‘ERVATH ערות Ayin Resh Vav Taw HEBREW WORD STUDY – UNCLEANNESS – ‘ERVATH ערות Ayin Resh Vav Taw Deuteronomy 24:1 “ When a man hath taken a wife and married her, and it comes to pass that she find no favor in his eyes because he hath found some
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GOLD OF BEAUTY – PAZAZ פזז Psalms 19:10: “More to be desired are they than gold, more than fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” David is speaking here of the Torah. For David, the entire Bible was just the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible.
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – HUMILIATE – TSARAR צרר Sade, Resh, Resh Numbers 25:16-18: “And the Lord said to Moses (17) Attack (Vex) the Midianites and strike them dead. (18) For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor.” NIV Matthew 18:16: “But whoever causes one of these little ones who
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WOUNDS OF A FRIEND – PATS’AI ‘OHAV פצעי אוהב Proverbs 27:6: “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of the enemy.” I have been obsessing over trying to understand the heart of God so much, maybe I just was missing the obvious. With life’s many difficulties
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SHIELD – MAGEN – מגנ Psalms 3:3 “But thou O’Lord art a shield to me, the glory and the lifter of my heard.” This Psalm was written in probably the worst moment of David’s life. His beloved son, whom David named Absalom which means father of peace, had been anything but
HEBREW WORD STUDY – STAFF OF IDENTIFICATION – MATTAH מטה Mem Teth Hei Genesis 47:31: “And he said swear unto me and he swore unto him, And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.” Hebrews 11:21: “By faith Jacob when he was dying blessed both the sons of Joseph and worshipped upon the top of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE KING IS IN THE FIELD – MELEK BASHEDA מלך בשדה Mem Lamed Kap Beth Shin Daleth Hei Ecclesiastes 5:9: ”Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.” Ecclesiastes 5:9: “There is a profit in the land over all else, for the king
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A PORTAL – ETS עצה Ayin Sade Hei Deuteronomy 20:19: “When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut
