HEBREW WORD STUDY – REGARD INIQUITY – ‘AVEN IM RA’ITI און אמ ראיתי Psalms 66:18: “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]:” At first glance or a quick read we get the idea that David is saying that if we have iniquity in our hearts God will not answer our prayer.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DRAWING NEAR – KARAV קרב Deuteronomy 4:7: “For who is a great nation whose God is coming near to them as Jehovah your God is, in all our prayers to Him. James 4:8 “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” There is a story in Jewish
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GOD GIRDETH ME – HA’EL HAME’AZERENI האל המאזרני Psalm 18:32: “It is God that girdeth me with strength, and makes my way perfect.” I have been struggling with an issue lately. So this morning as I sat down for my morning study time I couldn’t concentrate. God has not come through with
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MURMURING – LAVAN לין Exodus 16:7: “And in the morning, then you shall see the glory of the Lord; for he that hears the murmurings against the Lord and what are we that you murmur against us?” “You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE – HA’OR HAQATAN SHALI האור הקטן שׁלי Leviticus 24:2-3: “Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. (3) Without the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEEING LOVE – MASEVEH מסוה Exodus 34:33: “And [till] Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.” I remember many many years ago when I was in Beginner’s Sunday School. That was the next step up from Tiny Tots. I must have been at least five
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ILLEGITIMATE FAMILY MEMBER – BIZARIM בזרמ Deuteronomy 32:16; “They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods…” The phrase “They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods” is only two words in the Hebrew: Yikeni’ahu bizarim. Jack Benny had a routine where he was in some far off jungle and found
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DISCOURAGED – LO THACHATH Deuteronomy 31:8: “And the LORD, he [it is] that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.: When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed When you are discouraged thinking all is lost,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MY SOUL THIRST – NEPHESHI KAMAH נפשׁי כמה Psalms 63:1: “Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; earnestly will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;” “My
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MY GOD – ELI אלי Psalms 63:1: “Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; earnestly will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;” This Psalm
