Hebrew Word Study – Introspection – Pelilah Pei Lamed Lamed Hei Isaiah 16:3: “Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.” The context of this verse is where the ambassadors of Moab have presented themselves before the
Aramaic Word Study – Boast שבח Shavach Shin Beth Cheth Psalm 34:2: “My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.” I recently thought I really had my pride under control until someone told me I was self-absorbed. After much soul searching, I found
Hebrew Word Study – The Key – Qalad קלד Qop Lamed Daleth Luke 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. I find it strange that Jesus always talks about the Pharisees and the Scribes, but
Hebrew Word Study – Seduce – Patah פתה Pei Taw Hei Isaiah 50:1: “Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother
Hebrew Word Study – Travel – Nasa’ נסע Nun Samek Ayin Numbers 33:1: “These are the travels of the Children of Israel.” “Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled.” Robert Frost The Jewish sages are well known for their inyans. An inyan is a spiritual concept, A
HEBREW WORD STUDY – YOUR GOD – ELOHEKEM – אלהיכם Aleph Lamed Hei Yod Kap Mem Jeremiah 42:3-4: “That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. (4) Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will
Hebrew Word Study – Egypt – Mitsrayim מצאים Mem Sade Resh Yod Mem Hebrew Word Study – Egypt – Mitsrayim מצאים Mem Sade Resh Yod Mem Exodus 6:7: “And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD
Hebrew Word Study – Discouragement – Pug Pei Vav Gimmel Psalms 38:8 “I am feeble and sore broken, I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.” This appears to be written at a time when David is really getting serious about his relationship with God. He is very aware of his
Hebrew Word Study – Up Righteous – Yashar Yod Shin Resh Deuteronomy 9:5: “Not for the righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart do you go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations and that he may perform the word which the Lord confirmed unto thy fathers Abraham,
Quick Word Study – An Ally – ‘Ezer עזר Ayin Zayin Resh Psalms 68:11-12: “The Lord gave the word, great was the company (women) of those that published it. Kings of armies did flee apace and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.” This passage is felt by many Bible scholars to be a
