HEBREW WORD STUDY – THOU SHALT LOVE – VA’HAVETH ואהבת Deuteronomy 6:4-5 “Hear, Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is one. (5) Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might.” “Love is a canvass furnished by Nature and embroidered by
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – LITTLE (ONES) ZEORA – צערא Matthew 10:42: “And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.” We hear little ones and we automatically
NOTE: THESE SHORT WORD STUDIES ARE ONLY PART OF A LONGER VERSION. FOLLOW OUR WEBSITE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN RECEIVE THE LONGER VERSIONS. HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE HALAKAH Isaiah 30:21: “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it,
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – GLEANING – PA’EL – פאל Matthew 15:26-27: “But he said: It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs. And she said truth Lord, but the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from the master’s table.” Does something about this story bother you. A poor
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – CAST OUT – (ARAMAIC) NEPHAQ – נפק John 6:37: “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” Casting out sounds so harsh and scary. I sure do not want to be cast out by God. So
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HOLY LAUGHTER – TSACHAQ – צחק Genesis18:12,14: “Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? (14) Is anything too hard for the Lord?” When Sarah overheard God telling Abraham that she was going to have a child at the
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – VERILY, VERILY – Amen Amen אסנ אסנ John 12:24: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” Verily, Verily many sound a bit archaic but we say pretty much the same
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – GROUND UP – PALAK פלכ Daniel 6:16: “The king spake and said unto Daniel: “Thy God whom thou serves continually, He will deliver you.” This portion of the Book of Daniel was written in Aramaic which is very difficult to translate into another language. There are many variations we can use
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TENDER MERCIES – RACHAM רחמ Psalms 25:6: “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.” What are tender mercies? It sounds good but I really have no idea what that means. The NIV says Great Mercy, NLT Compassion unfailing love, ESV Steadfast love, NASB
