QUICK WORD STUDY – RAM IN THE THICKET – ‘AYIL BASEVAKE איל. בסבכ Genesis 22:13: “And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.” I never really considered the significance of the ram being caught in the thicket. My initial thought was, well God
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GLEANING – LAQAT לקט Deuteronomy 24:21: “When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean [it] afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. Ruth 2:23: “So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – RELIED UPON – SHA’AN נעשׁ II Chronicles 16:7: “At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.” Asa was a
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BAD BREATH ‘EL ZAR אל זר Psalms 81:9: “There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.” I read this verse in my Hebrew Bible before going to bed this evening and I could not sleep. It is getting very late but I
HEBREW WORD STUDY: BUILD- BANAH בנהה Psalm 127:1a A song of ascents of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain… “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both. And be one traveler” Robert Frost The word Unless im , has two possible roots. One, being
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE MINATURE ALEPH ‘AVATH ‘A MINI’ATAVARI אות. א. מיניאטרי Leviticus 1:1: “And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,” You basically have two approaches to Bible Study. The first is to translate. For those who have not studied Biblical Languages, they can
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIKE A DREAM Psalms 126:1: “A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.” Last night I had trouble sleeping. I must have woke up four times during the night. Each time I awoke I saw Psalms 126:1 in my mind.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BROKEN BONES – SHEVAR ‘ATSEM שׁבר. עצמ Lamentations 3:4 “My flesh and my skin hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.” “Why not? They are the only ones who can take it.” C.S. Lewis when asked why the righteous suffer. Tradition ascribes the Book of Lamentations to Jeremiah who
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WATERMELON – BATACH בטח Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understandings. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.” I ran across something in ancient rabbinical teaching and recent archeological discoveries that I thought would have a
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GOD INHABITS YASHAV ‘EL ישׁב. אל Psalms 22:3 “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabits the praises of Israel.” KJV Psalms 22:3 “You are enthroned as the Holy one, you are the praise of Israel.” NIV Psalms 22:3: “But thou dwellest in the Holy place, the praise of Israel.” Douay
