• HEBREW WORD STUDY – FIND PLEASURE – CHASHAQ  חשק  Cheth Shin Qop Deuteronomy 7:7: “The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:” I find this passage very disturbing, at least as to how it

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – CHANNELS – PELEG  פלג   Pei, Lamed Gimmel Proverbs 21:1: “The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.” The word for king is melek which has a wide range of meaning.  It is not just for someone who

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – CALLING OUT IN SURRENDER – TSA’AQ  צעק Sade Ayin Qop Exodus 14:10b “And they were sore afraid and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.”   Every major translation I have looked at will render the word tsa’aq as cry out. Now tsa’aq does mean to cry out but

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEARCH ME – CHAQAR חקר  Cheth Qop Resh Psalms 139:23: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:  “In the joy of this new relationship, I said to Jesus Christ. ‘Lord, I want this heart of mine to be yours. I want to have you

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – A RIGHTEOUS JUDGE – YARAD  ירד Yod Resh Daleth Genesis 11:5: “And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. (6) And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do:

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – FIERY PASSION ‘ASHISHOT  אשישות Aleph Shin Yod Shin Vav Taw Song of Solomon 2:5 “Stay me with raisin cakes, comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love.”  “Love is never lost if not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” Washington Irving I am a

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – ASHAMED – BOSH  בוש Beth Vav Shin Psalms 25:2 “O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.” When I see the word ashamed I think of being embarrassed, or you make a big mistake that hurt someone and you are

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – BEAUTY – HADAR – הדר  Hei  Daleth Resh Psalms 90:16-17: “Let thy work appear unto thy servants and they glory unto they children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands

  • WORD STUDY – THOU SAYEST – ARAMAIC –    Aleph-Taw   Aleph Mem Resh Taw  את אמרת Matthew 27:11: “And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.” This is the week of Easter and’ of course, I am

  • WORD STUDY – THE BROKEN LETTER HEI   ה I Corinthians 12:24: “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.  After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This