HEBREW WORD STUDY – SENSITIZE – NAGAD נגד Nun Gimmel Daleth Exodus 19:3: “And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus, shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;” As I was preparing for this week’s Torah Portion Study
HEBREW WORD STUDY – UNRIGHTEOUS ANGER – KA’AS כעל Kap Ayin Lamed Ecclesiastes 7:9: “Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.” I have written numerous times about the anger of God. Whenever we read in our English translations that God was angry the word used
HEBREW WORD STUDY – INDENTURED SERVANTS – ‘EVED עבד Ayin Beth Daleth Exodus 21:7: “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.” In recent years one of the greatest attacks against the Bible is that Scripture allegedly condones slavery. There are those who consider
HEBREW/ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – PLAGUE – MACHAL, MAUTA מחל מותא Mem Cheth Lamed Mem Vav Taw Aleph Exodus 23:25: “And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.” Revelation 6:8: “And I looked, and behold a
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BE SILENT – HAREPHU הרפו Hei Resh Pei Vav Psalms 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” “In silence, your ears will hear nothing, but your heart will hear the world weep.” Rabbi Abel. In
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FALL IN LOVE WITH GOD – ‘EVED עבד Ayin Beth Daleth Luke 4:41: “And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking [them] suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. James 2:19-20: “Thou believest
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – SHEPHERD OF FAITH – RAAYA MEHEIMNA רעיא מהימנא Resh Ayin Yod Aleph Mem Hei Yod Mem Nun Aleph Exodus 14:31: “And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.” I read something very
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HOUSE (PLACE OF THE HEART) – BAYITH בית Beth, Yod Taw Psalms 127:1: A song of Ascent for Solomon: “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain that build it.” Solomon’s Temple was called “Solomon’s” Temple for good reason. This was more Solomon’s temple than it was God’s temple
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SIN VANISHES – TAMMU CHOT’IM תמו חטים Taw Mem Vav Chet Teth Yod Mem Psalm 104:35: “Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.” One of the students in my Aramaic Translation
HEBREW WORD STUDY – APPROPRIATE MOMENT IECHAKEH יחכה Yod Cheth Kap Hei Isaiah 30:18: “And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for
