WORD STUDY – TENDER EYES – ‘AYANI RAKAK רכות עיני Genesis 29:17 “Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.” You remember the story of how Jacob was fooled into marrying Leah when he was in love with Rachel. I read something in the Jewish Talmud about this story. In Christianity, it is traditionally
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THE WEDDING DANCE – CHADOTHA חדותא Cheth Daleth Vav Taw Aleph Hebrews 12:2: “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MISUNDERSTANDING – MASEVEH מסוה Mem Samek Vav Hei Exodus 34:33: “And [till] Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.” II Corinthians 3:13: “And not as Moses, [which] put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEND FOR YOURSELF – SHELACH LAKA שלח לך Shin Lamed Cheth Lamed Kap Numbers 13:2: “Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.”
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GLADNESS – SIMCHAH שמחה Sine Mem Cheth Hei Numbers 10:9-10: “And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FLOWER – TSITS – ציצ Psalms 103:15-17: “As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the LORD [is] from
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THE HAPPIEST TOVIHUN טוביהון Teth Vav Beth Yod Hei Vav Nun Jeremiah 2:31: “O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?” John 20:29: “Jesus saith
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE LEAST- TSAIR צעיר Sade Ayin Yod Resh Judges 6:15: “And he said unto him: ‘Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I serve Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh and I am the least in my father’s house.” “A proud man is always looking down on things and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE NAZARITE – נזר Nun Zayin Resh Numbers 6:16: “And the priest shall bring [them] before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: According to the laws of the nazir or those who take a Nazarite vow at the conclusion they must offer a sin offering.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – CLOUDY – ‘ASHAN עשנ Ayin Shin Nun Psalms 80:4: “O Lord God of host, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of they people?” “My words fly up, but my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” Shakespeare – Hamlet: Scene III, Act III. The word
