HEBREW WORD STUDY – FIRST OF THE FIRST FRUITS – ROSHITH BOKORI Exodus 23:19: “The first of the first fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God, Thou shalt not seethe a yearling in his mother’s milk.” Fruit in Hebrew is parah which has
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LUSTING – HITE’AUU ה,תאוו Numbers 11:4-6: “And the mixed multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? (5) We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – NEW THING – CHADESH ח דשׁ Isaiah 52:4: “Behold the former things have come to pass and new things do I declare, before they spring forth I tell you of them.” In the literal meaning, Isaiah, who is speaking God’s words, is saying that now that His prophecies of the past have come
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LAMPLIGHTERS – BEH’ALOTEKA HANEROT – בהעלתכ הנרת Numbers 8:2: “Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.” Many people think that because I was a Hebrew teacher I would know all about Jewish customs and symbols. Oddly,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MY PORTION FOREVER CHALAQI LA’OLAM חלקי לעולמ Psalms 73:26: “My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.” I remember attending a Billy Graham crusade when I was twelve years old. The only thing I remember of one particular meeting was
HEBREW WORD STUDY – BRIDEGROOM – KATAN חתנ Cheth Taw Nun Isaiah 62:5b: “And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.” The word bridegroom here is katan which is another word for marriage. This word for marriage has the idea of joining together in complete truth and honesty. When
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WIDOW – ‘ALMANAH אלמנה Proverbs 15:25 “The Lord will destroy the house of the proud, but he will establish the border of the widows. Why is a comparison made between the proud man and the widow? Why not compare the proud to the humble? Practically every translation will translate the last word
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WIFE – ISHAH אשׁה Proverbs 18:22: “[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.” Practically everyone who has attended a wedding is familiar with this verse. This familiarity creates some big problems in translation. For one thing, we are so familiar with the passage
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – A HIGHER PRAISE – TESHABUCHATAH תשׁביחתה Romans 15:7: “Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.” For years I heard this verse and my mind just slipped right over it. Many modern translations say receive one another but there is an equal number who
QUICK WORD STUDY – I ALSO – AF ANI אפ אני Leviticus 26:28: “Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.” KJV Leviticus 26:28: “I will act with furious rage against you, and I Myself will punish you sevenfold for your
