HEBREW WORD STUDY – LACHRYMATORY – RAMA’OTHI BANO’DAK עתי בנאדכ Psalms 56:8: “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?” The word for bottle is bn’dk from the root word no’od which was a leather skin that was used as a container. Of course, when we
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEEK – DARESH – דרשׁ Isaiah 55:6: “Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon Him while He is near.” This verse has always mystified me. I mean to seek the Lord while He may be found suggest that there will be a time He cannot be found. Then
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A SONG OF VICTORY – ZAMAR זמר Psalms 118:14: “The Lord is my strength and song and is become my salvation.” It is the word song that really captures my attention in this verse. There are many words for song in Hebrew but the word used for song in this
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SATIATED RAVAH רבה Jeremiah 31:25: “For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.” Do you ever feel like your soul is healing? For years I have tried to understand the difference between a soul and spirit and I still have problems. However, according to Jeremiah
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GIVING UP – MERAPHIM מרפיס Ezra 4:4: “Then the people of the land weakened the hands of Judah and troubled them in building.” This story takes place at the time of the return of Israel from captivity. Judah was taken into captivity by Babylon. During their captivity, Babylon fell to the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FEATHERS AND WINGS – ‘Ebar Kanaph אבר כנף Psalms 91:4: “He shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou trust. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” The word here for feathers is ‘ebar which is often associated with the feathers of a dove, although I have found
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – EXCELLENT SPIRIT – YATARA’ RUCHA רוח יתירא Daniel 6:3: “Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.” The more I read this passage over the more I became fascinated with this idea
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAT AS GREASE – CHALAV חלב Psalms 119:70: “Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in thy law.” “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.” ―
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SPARE THE ROD – TIMENAI SHAVAT תושׁכ שׁבט Proverbs 13:24: “He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early.” Proverbs 23:13: “Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with a rod, he shall not die.” Did the wisest man who ever
HEBREW WORD STUDY – I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES Ani Yodahthi Go’ali Chi אני ידעתי גאלי חי Job 19:25 For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth: Alice was a grandmotherly elderly woman who hails from South Georgia. She comes equipped with a genuine dirt water
