HEBREW WORD STUDY – FULLER’S SOAP – BORITH MEKABBESHIM Malachi 3:2: “But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap The day of His coming is not a reference to an actual appearance. We are so used to
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BELA – בלא Genesis 36:32: “And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah.” Actually, this verse should literally reads from the Hebrew as: “And the King of Edom was Bela the son of Beor and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah.”
QUICK WORD STUDY – THREEFOLD CORD – HACHUT HAMESHULASH החוט המשׁלשׁ Ecclesiastes 4:12: “And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” There is a clear message here. If one can’t prevail, then two will withstand and three will not be broken. But if the one prevails,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GAVE UP THE GHOST – YIGEVA’ יגוע Genesis 25:8: “Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.” I remember hearing this phrase, gave up the ghost as a child and it always creeped
HEBREW WORD STUDY – KISS THE SON – NASHAQU BAR נשׁקו בר Psalms 2:12: “Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.” Obviously, the writer is not talking about a kiss between lovers
HEBREW WORD STUDY – EZRA PREPARED HIS HEART – ‘EZRA HAKIN LEVEVU עזרא הכינ לבבו Ezra 7:10: “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” You read about Ezra and find a man who loved God with all his heart, soul
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LET ME SEE THY VENGENCE – ‘ARA’H NAQAMATHAKA אראה נקמתכ Jeremiah 11:20: “O Lord of Host, That judges righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them for unto thee have I revealed my cause.” I grew up in a Baptist church and spent my life
HEBREW WORD STUDY – YOU LOVE ME NOT – YADABAR HA’AM ידר העימ Numbers 21:5: “And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.” Cassius:
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE JOY OF THE LORD – CHADOTH YHWH חדות יהוה Psalms 105:19: “Until the time that his word came, the word of the Lord tried him.” Nehemiah 8:10, “Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!” We assume that our strength comes from the joy God gives
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DRAWING NEAR – NAGASH נגשׁ Genesis 44:18: “Then Judah came near unto him, and said, ‘Oh, my Lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my Lord’s ears…” The word for come near is nagash. This has the idea of drawing near or approaching with an offering,
