Hebrew Word Study – Lips – Saphah שפה Sine Pei Hei Genesis 11:4: “And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” Most of us are familiar
Hebrew Word Study – Ark – Tevah תבה Taw Beth Hei Genesis 6:14: “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.” Isaiah 54:9: “For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should
Hebrew Word Study – Eve – Chavah חוה Cheth Vav Hei Genesis 3:20: “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.” Most linguists will tell you that translation by definition is really just commentary. Words have more than just a meaning, it also has emotion. I remember in
Hebrew Word Study – Synchronicity – Ta’am תאם Taw Aleph Mem Song of Solomon 7:3: “Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes [that are] twins.” Genesis 50:20: “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save
Hebrew Word Study – Despise – Bazah בזה Beth Zayin Hei Numbers 15:31: “Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.” Today I have a gentleman on my disability bus that I drove to the
Hebrew Word Study – Wisdom – Shakal שכל Shin Kap Lamed Proverbs 8:1 “Does not wisdom call and understanding lift up her voice?” Genesis 3:6 “When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise,
Hebrew Word Study – Waters of Rest – Me Menuchot – מי מנחות Mem Yod Men Nun Cheth Vav Taw Psalms 23:2: “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” God causes David to lie down in green pastures but He leads him beside
Hebrew Word Study – Reward – Shillumath שלומת Shin Lamed Vav Mem Taw Psalms 91:8: “Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.” Leave it to the KJV to come up with a word which in the twenty-first century sounds like an absurdity. The wicked are going to get
Hebrew Word Study – Investigate – Chaqar – חקר Cheth Qop Resh Psalms 139:23: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: David gives this statement in Psalms 139:23 right after telling the Lord he hates those who hate God. I did a study on this passage a few
Hebrew Word Study – Curdle – Qapha’קפא Qop Pei Aleph Zephaniah 1:12: “And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled on their lees, they will say in their heart that the Lord will not do good neither will He do
