• Aramaic Word Study – Do Business – TagarAuto Draft

    Aramaic Word Study – Do Business – Tagar –  תַּגּר   Taw Gimmel Resh  Luke 19:13: “And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.” Lately, I have been hearing certain Evangelical preachers really start hitting us hard on our need to get involved in

  • Aramaic Word Study – Harmonious Relationship – Tamah

    Aramaic Word Study – Harmonious Relationship – Tamah – תֵּמהָ  Taw Mem Hei  Acts 10: 9-10: “On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: (10) And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while

  • Hebrew Word Study – Boast – Hale

    Hebrew Word Study – Boast – Halel – הַלֵּ֣ל Hei Lamed Lamed  Psalm 34:2: “My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.” I recently thought I really had my pride under control until someone told me I was self-absorbed.  After much soul searching, I found this

  • Aramaic Word Study – Blinded – Da’awaro

    Aramaic Word Study – Blinded – Da’awaro   עַוַר  Daleth Ayin Vav Ayin  John 12:40: “He hath blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, that they should not see with their eyes nor understand with their heart and be converted, and I shall heal them.”   This passage has always been a great mystery to

  • Hebrew Word Study: Gates- Shaar

    Hebrew Word Study: Gates- Shaar – shin ayin resh, שׁער Psalm 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. What are these gates that the Psalmist is talking about that we are to enter with thanks giving? The word in Hebrew for

  • Hebrew Word Study – Seed of God – Jezreel

    Hebrew Word Study – Seed of God – Jezreel – יִזְרְעֶֽאל  Yod Zayin Resh Ayin Aleph Lamed  Hosea 1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of Jezreel. 

  • Hebrew Word Study: Hand: Yad

    Hebrew Word Study: Hand: Yad יָד Exodus 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. This story always baffled me. The Hebrew army was in a battle against the Amalekites. Moses was on top of a mountain where all

  • Hebrew Word Study – God Is Searching to Provide – Jehovah Jireh

    Hebrew Word Study – God Is Searching to Provide – Jehovah Jireh – יְהוָ֖ה יֵרָאֶֽה  Yod Hei Yod Hei   Yod Resh Aleph Hei Genesis 22:8,14: (8) “And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. (14) And Abraham called the name

  • Hebrew Word Study – Enlarge – Rachav

    Hebrew Word Study – Enlarge – Rachav – רָחַב  Resh Cheth Beth  Ps 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. We are not sure just what the occasion was for this Psalm.  He is obviously speaking of deliverance from his enemies. I was reading something in the Talmud

  • Hebrew Word Study – Touch – Naga’

    Hebrew Word Study – Touch – Naga` נָגַע  nun gimmel ayin 1 Samuel 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. Yesterday I drove an elderly man and his equally elderly wife to the doctor. He was a large powerful man