HEBREW WORD STUDY – I HAVE SOJOURNED – GARETI גרתי Genesis 32:4-5,7: “And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: (5)And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – GENERATION – SHARBTHA שׁרבתא Matthew 24:34: “Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” I remember growing up in an Evangelical Church where Biblical prophecy was the order of the day. Everyone was speculating on who the anti-Christ was. President Kennedy would
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BRILLIANCE – ZOHAR ז הר Daniel 12:3: “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.” I am not a student of prophecy so I really cannot comment on the context of this verse. From
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TIN – BADAL בדל Isaiah 1:25: “I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all they tin.” I am always amazed at watching old silent movies where you see an old Model T Ford bouncing over roads that would cause a modern vehicle
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOCUST – RAVAH רבה Joel 2:25: “And I will restore to you the years that the locust have eaten, the cankerworm and the caterpillar and the palmerworm my great army which I sent among you.” Very little is known about the prophet Joel. He is mentioned only once, in the first
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – MADE, DISAPPEAR ‘AVEDI, ‘AVEDI עבדי. אבדי Jeremiah 10:11: “Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.” I was reading Jeremiah 10 in my Hebrew Bible today and was shocked when
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TREASURES OF SNOW – OTSEROTH SHALAG אצרות. שׁלג Job 38:22: “Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow, hast thou seen the treasures of the hail which I have reserved against the time of trouble against the day of battle and war?” Today in Chicago we had our first snow
HEBREW WORD STUDY – CHEATER – ‘EIKEV עקב Genesis 25:26: “And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel, and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them.” Let me share with you something interesting that I found in the Talmud and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – REVIVE US – TECHAYENU תחינו Psalms 85:6: “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” This Psalm is a plea from the Sons of Korah. It is believed that these were descendants of Korah the man who revolted against Moses in Numbers 16:1-40. Korah and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE MINIATURE MEM – HAGAVRIM MINI’ATAVARI הגברימ מיניאטרי Leviticus 6:9: “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This [is] the law of the burnt offering: It [is] the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning
