HEBREW WORD STUDY – DILIGENCE – MISHAMAR – משמר Mem Shin Mem Resh Proverbs 4:23: “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” The word English word diligence is used throughout the Bible in various contexts. There are really four words in Hebrew that carry the English word diligence
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE LORD’S POSSESSION – LAYHWH ליהוה Lamed Yod Hei Vav Hei Psalms 24:1: “A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” Every translation I read has a possessive at the end of the word Lord. Hence the earth is not
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DEMAND TO RETURN – DRESH דרש Daleth Resh Shin I Chronicles16:11: “Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his presence continually. It was a long day driving my disability bus. My body grew weary pushing wheel chairs, helping elderly on and off my bus. Fighting heavy Chicago traffic, discourteous drivers, pedestrians
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A PURE HEART – LEV TAHOR לב טהור Lamed Beth Teth Hei Vav Resh Psalm 51:10: “Create in me a clean heart, O’God and renew a right spirit within me.” I remember years ago an orthodox Jewish rabbi, showed me a special room in his house. It was filled with
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIS WORD – DEVARO דברו Daleth Beth Resh Vav Psalms 56:4: “In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.” The first verse of this Psalm seems to suggest it was written by David during the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – VISITATION – PAQAD פקד Pei Qop Daleth Psalms119:93: “I will never forget thy precepts for with them thou hast quickened me.” It is one of those days, I just got home from work. Due to the old arthritis acting up I did not sleep well last night. After a day of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – DELIVERED – NATSAL נצל Nun Sade Lamed Psalms 34:17: “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.” When I was twelve years old Billy Graham held a two week crusade in Chicago. My family and I attended every one of the meetings. That was almost
HEBREW WORD STUDY – RIGHEOUS CRY – TSA’AQ צעק Sade Ayin Qop Psalms 34:17-18: “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. (18) The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.” I would like to examine verse 17
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – BUT ONLY – ‘ELA’ EN אלא אן Aleph Lamed Aleph Aleph Nun Mark 13:31-32: “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. (32) But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOOK UP – TISA’ ETH ROSH תשא את רשה Taw Shin Aleph Aleph Taw Resh Shin Hei Exodus 30:12 “When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, that
