• A Father’s Pity

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – A FATHER’S PITY KERACHEM AV  כרחם אב    Psalms 103:12-13: “As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us. (13) Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.” In checking about twenty-seven modern English translations

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – A SONG OF LOVE

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – A SONG OF LOVE –  KASHIR  ‘AGAVIM  כשׁיר עגבימ 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 they do them not.” If the nightingales could sing

  • Render Unto Caesar

    Today’s Daily Word Study is an abridged excerpt from Chaim Bentorah’s newest book: Does The Bible Really Say That? 20 (Seeming) Biblical Contradictions Explained. Click here to learn more. Seeming Contradictions in the Bible: Render Unto Caesar Matthew 22:15–22: “Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk. (16)

  • Contradiction: God Always Forgives

    Today’s Daily Word Study is an abridged excerpt from Chaim Bentorah’s newest book: Does The Bible Really Say That? 20 (Seeming) Biblical Contradictions Explained. Click here to learn more. Seeming Contradictions in the Bible: God Will Always Forgive Matthew 18:21–22: “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against

  • Contradiction: Spare The Rod

    Today’s Daily Word Study is an abridged excerpt from Chaim Bentorah’s newest book: Does The Bible Really Say That? 20 (Seeming) Biblical Contradictions Explained. Click here to learn more. Seeming Contradictions in the Bible: Spare the rod Proverbs 13:24: “He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early.”

  • Contradiction: Women are to be silent in the church

    Today’s Daily Word Study is an abridged excerpt from Chaim Bentorah’s newest book: Does The Bible Really Say That? 20 (Seeming) Biblical Contradictions Explained. Click here to learn more. Seeming Contradictions in the Bible: Women Are to be Silent in the Church I Corinthians 14:34–35: “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it

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    HEBREW WORD STUDY – RECKONED

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – RECKONED – CHASHAV חשב Cheth Shin Beth Numbers 23:9: “For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.” Among the Jewish people, particularly those who live in Israel, this

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – MY VERY PRECIOUS CHILD

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – MY VERY PRECIOUS CHILD – HAVEN YAQIR הבן יקיר Hei Beth Nun Yod Qop Yod Resh Jeremiah 31:20 [Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – TO KNOW

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – TO KNOW – YADA’ ידע Yod Daleth Ayin Psalms 139:23: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: Genesis 4:1: “And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.” The same Hebrew

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – BELOVED

    HEBREW WORD STUDY – BELOVED – DOD דוד Daleth Vav Daleth Song of Solomon 1:2: “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.” Song of Solomon 1:13: “A bundle of myrrh [is] my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.” The word