Hebrew Word Study – Famine – Ra’av Habakkah 2:4: “The just shall live by his faith.” “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Most of us in the United States do not know or understand what a famine is like. This verse has little interest
Hebrew Word Study – Return – Shuv – Shin Beth Taw Deuteronomy 30:2-3: “And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will
Hebrew Word Study – Face – Panah – Pei Nu Hei Exodus 33:11: “And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.” Exodus 33:22:
Hebrew Word Study – For The Lord – LaYHVH Lamed Yod Vav Hei Exodus 32:26: “Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.” If you grew up in an evangelical or fundamentalist
Aramaic Word Study – Fragile Vessel – Bamana Beth Mem Aleph Nun Aleph II Corinthians 4:7: “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” Author’s note: This study as many others is found in Chaim’s books Aramaic Word
Hebrew Word Study – Assigning Numerical Values – Gematria(h) – Gimmel Yod Mem Teth Resh Hei. Deuteronomy 26:7: “And we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cries and saw our affliction.” When I was teaching in an academic setting, I never referred to the Gematria because it
Hebrew Word Study – People Who Lick Blood – Amalek – Ayin Mem Lamed Qop Deuteronomy 25:17: “Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as you came forth out of Egypt.” We are all aware of the war in Israel against Hamas. We read of the atrocities committed in the murder of
Aramaic Word Study – Almost – Baqalil – Beth Qop Lamed Yod Lamed Acts 26:28: “Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.” Note this study, as many others from the New Testament Aramaic, is found in Chaim’s book: Aramaic Word Study. I always loved this story of King Agrippa
Hebrew Word Study – Taking Pleasure – Chaphets – Chet Pei Sade Micah 7:18-19: “Who is a God like unto thee that pardoned iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retained not his anger forever because he delighted in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon
Hebrew Word Study – Marvel – ‘Athadamar – Ayin Taw Daleth Mem Resh Isaiah 56:7: “For my house will be called a house of prayer for all the people.” Luke 2:37: “And she (Anna) never left the temple, serving God night and day with fastings and prayers.” As Christians there are two things we
