HEBREW WORD STUDY – INVESTMENT – PAQAD פקד Pei Qop Daleth Jeremiah 27:8: “If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.” I
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HEAR – SHAMA’ שמע Shin Mem Ayin Psalms 27:7 “Hear. O’Lord, when I cry with my voice; have mercy also upon me, and answer me.” “My words fly up, but my thoughts remain below.” Shakespeare, Hamlet , Act 3, Scene 3 In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Hamlet’s father, the king, had murdered
HEBREW WORD STUDY – REBEL YELL – HALAL הלל Hei Lamed Lamed Psalm 101:1: “A Psalm of David: I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.” The word for Psalm here in Hebrew in this verse is mizamar. Yet, that is not the same word used for the title
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THANKSGIVING – TODAH – תדה Taw Daleth Hei Nehemiah 12:46: “For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.” The people Israel are now regathered in their land after 70 years of captivity. What are
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DIVINE LOVE – RAV CHESSED רב חסד Resh Beth Cheth Samek Daleth John 13:35: “By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another.” In the Aramaic, the word used in this verse for love is chava’ which means to cherish, which
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A FIXED HEART – LAVI NAKAVAN לבי נכון Nun Kap Vav Nun Lamed Beth Yod Psalms 108:1: “O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise even with my glory.” Ever have one of those times when you carry a burden that just so overwhelms
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HOPE – BATACH – בטח Beth Teth Cheth Ecclesiastes 9:4: “For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.” “…how hard it must be to live only with what one knows and what one remembers, cut off
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PRIDE OF HEART – GAVAH LEV לב גבה Gimmel Beth Hei Lamed Beth Proverbs 16:5: “Everyone [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD.” “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course as long as you are looking down,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WHEN I AM AFRAID – YOM ‘IRA’ יום אירא Yod Vav Daleth Aleph Yod Resh Aleph Psalms 56:3 “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise His Word, in God I will put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIKE THE PHOENIX – KACHOL Kap Cheth Vav Lamed Job 29:18: “Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.” I mean really what does Job 29:18 mean, I shall die in my nest. Die in my nest? Does anyone die
