HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIDING – SATHAM סתמ Deuteronomy 31:18: “And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.” There is a story told by Abraham Heschel a Jewish philosopher about a Rabbi Dov Baer who was
HEBREW WORD STUDY – AND THE DAYS DREW NEAR – YIQEREBO YEME ימי יקרבו Yod Mem Yod Yod Qop Resh Beth Vav Genesis 47:29: “And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BRING FORTH – TOLEDOTH – תולדת Taw Vav Lamed Daleth Taw Genesis 6:9: “These are the generations of Noah; Noah was a righteous man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” “These are the generations of Noah.” Eleh is a form of il which is a separable pronoun.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE – YAHAV יהב Yod Hei Beth Psalms 29:1: “A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.” Job 1:21: “And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENTER THE HEART OF GOD – KAPAKAH כפכה Kap Pei Kap Hei Psalm 139:5: “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.” I suppose you could translate this verse a number of ways. What I find interesting in this verse is the word for beset which
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – EAT – ‘AKAL אכל John 6:54: “Whosoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” The word in Aramaic that Jesus spoke for the word eat was ‘akal. There are two possible root words, ‘alakam which means to
HEBREW WORD STUDY –SMELL – ‘ARICHA אריח Amos 5:21, “I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.” For the ancient Hebrews, their vehicle of worship was to diffuse fragrances such as frankincense and Myrrh which creates a euphoric feeling that people misinterpreted as the presence of God.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABUSE OF POWER – RA’A’ רעע Resh Ayin Ayin Jeremiah 18:8: “If that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.” This prophecy is given to a nation that God has pronounced. It does not say
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PAIN AND SORROW – ‘ESTAB עצב Ayin Sade Beth Proverbs 14:23: “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.” The word used for labor is ‘estab which is not really your standard word for work or labor. The word that is often used
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HE KISSED HIM – VAYISHAQEHU וישקהו Vav Yod Shin Qop Hei Vav Genesis 33:4: “And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.” Matthew 5:18: “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
