ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – TEMPTATION – NESA נסא Nun Samek Aleph Matthew 4:1: “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.” I remember as a child listening to a group of grown-ups sitting around a table having a very heated discussion on whether or not
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENCHANTMENT – נחש Nun Cheth Shin Matthew 16:24: “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Practically every modern translation I read will render this as “let him deny himself.” The only
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TEST – NASAH נסה Exodus 20:20: “And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.” So here we have the Lord sending his ten commandments and right after that there is thunder,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – IN HIS HEART – ‘EL LEVO אל לבו Genesis 8:21: “And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said to his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS – MAKARAZ BACHURABA מכרז בחורבא Matthew 3:1: “In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,” I don’t know about you but when I see the word wilderness I think of desert and uninhabitable land other than the creatures that wander through the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WALK BEFORE ME – HATALAKE התלך Hei Taw Hei Lamed Kap Genesis 17:1 “The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God, walk before me and be thou perfect.” Genesis 5:24: “And Enoch walked with God:” Deuteronomy 31:8: “And the LORD, he [it is] that doth
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE TAIL – ZANAV זנב Deuteronomy 28:13: “And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail, and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe
HEBREW WORD STUDY: BACKSLIDDEN – SHUV שׁוב Hosea 11:7: “And my people are bent to backsliding from me though they call them to the most high, none at all will exalt him.” The syntax at the end of this verse is highly disputed. The KJV and other translations will render this as the people will
HEBREW WORD STUDY – I AM MY BELOVED – ‘ANI LADODI אני לדודי Song of Solomon 7:11 – “I am my beloved’s and his desire is toward me.” Now keeping in mind that this is a metaphor of our relationship with God what does that mean “I am my beloved?” The proposition before
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE SPIRIT – NEPHESH נפשה Luke 12:19: “And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry”. Psalms 103:1 “A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless]
