• ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – RETURNING INTO THE CLOUD – BA’A בעא Beth Ayin Aleph John 14:15-17: “If ye love (racham) me, keep my commandments. (16) And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; (17) [Even] the Spirit (ruach) of truth; whom the world

  • ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – TRANSFER OF THE DEED – ‘ONAH אונה Aleph Vav Nun Hei John 14:2-3,23 “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – SKIN OF MY TEETH – ‘OR SINNAY עור שני Ayin Vav Resh Shin Nun Yod Job 19:20: “My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.” One of my students from my All-Access Learning Channel asked about this verse. I

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE BULGE – BETEN – בטן Beth Teth Nun Isaiah 13:18: “[Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.” The context of this verse is a prophecy for Babylon which would

  • ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – SAFE KEEPING – PUQEDNANA’ פוקדנא John 3:12: “If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?” John 13:35: “By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another.” I remember

  • ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – NO GREATER LOVE – CHAVA DARAV LITH חבא דרב לית Cheth Beth Aleph Daleth Resh Beth Lamed Yod Taw Ezekiel 33:32: “And, lo, thou [art] unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – OPEN MY LIPS – SEPHATI  TIPHETHACH  שׁפתי תפתח   Psalms 51:15: “Oh Lord open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.” “Is the Psalmist saying he will not praise the Lord if God does not open his lips and what does he mean by opening his lips?  Most Christians and

  • ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – NO GREATER LOVE – CHAVA DARAV LITH חבא דרב לית Cheth Beth Aleph Daleth Resh Beth Lamed Yod Taw John 15:13: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” This verse may sound contradictory to the title of this book as I

  • ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – WOUNDED LOVE – CHAV חב Cheth Beth‘ I John 4:18-19: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. (19) We love him because he first loved us.” Do you remember your first love? For

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS – PASHA’ פשע Pei Shin Ayin Proverbs 28:13: “He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.” In our study verse, the word compassion is used for racham. I am not saying this is wrong but only that we