HEBREW WORD STUDY – EVIL – RA רע Resh Ayin Isaiah 5:20: “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” Yep, that is where that verse is found alright. I am sure if you didn’t
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TRY ME – BACHANI בחני Beth Cheth Nun Yod Psalms 139:23: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: David gives this statement in Psalms 139:23 right after telling the Lord he hates those who hate God. I did a study on this passage a
HEBREW WORD STUDY – APPLE TREE – KETHAPUCHA כתפוח Kap Taw Pei Vav Cheth Song of Solomon 2:3: “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.” This verse is
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BLESS ISRAEL – YABARAK ETH YISHIREL יברך את ישראל Yod Beth Resh Kap Alepth Taw Yod Shin Resh Aleph Lamed Genesis 12:3: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Genesis 22:18: “And in thy
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – AND YOU ARE IN ME – ‘ANATHON BI אנתין בי Aleph Nun Taw Yod Nun Beth Yod John 14:19-20: “Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. (20) At that day ye shall know that I [am]
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WIFE – ISHAH אשׁה Proverbs 18:22: “[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.” Practically everyone who has attended a wedding is familiar with this verse. This familiarity creates some big problems in translation. For one thing, we are so familiar with the passage
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MY PORTION FOREVER CHALAQI LA’OLAM חלקי לעולמ Psalms 73:26: “My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.” I remember attending a Billy Graham crusade when I was twelve years old. The only thing I remember of one particular meeting was
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DO NOT THINK – DALA SEVERIN דלא סברין Daleth Lamed Aleph Samek Beth Resh Yod Nun Matthew 24:44: “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.” This morning while reading through ancient Jewish literature, which was written before or during
HEBREW WORD STUDY – AND I BESEECH YOU – VE’ETCHANAN – ואתחנן Vav Aleph Taw Cheth Nun Nun Deuteronomy 3:23-24: “And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, (24) O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PLEASE – RATSAH רצה Psalms 40:14 “Be pleased, O Lord to save me. O’Lord come quickly to help me.” Most certainly David should get this prayer answered, after all, he used the magic word “Please.” In English the word “please” is a 14th-century word derived from the word pleasure. It came into
