HEBREW WORD STUDY – BURDEN OF PAIN – ‘AVAQ עוק Ayin Vav Qop Amos 2:12-13: “But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Prophecy not.’ Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” Amos is a contemporary of Isaiah, Micah, and Hosea.
HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENGRAVENED – CHAQAQ חקק Cheth Qop Qop “Isaiah 49:15-16: “Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son if her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have engraven thee upon the palm of my hand, thy walls
HEBREW WORD STUDY – REDEMPTION OF THE FIRSTBORN – PIDYON HABEN פדיון הבן Exodus 13:2: “Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, [both] of man and of the beast: it [is] mine.” Luke 2:22-23: “And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were
ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – MERCY SEAT – חוסיא Hebrew 9:5: “And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.” The Greek word for mercy seat is hilasterion and is not a word found in extra-Biblical literature, it appears to be a word that Paul might have coined
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MOUNTAIN – HAR הר Hei Resh Deuteronomy 2:3: “Enough of your circling this mountain, turn yourself north.” Years ago I saw a book in a Christian bookstore which was titled: “One More Lap Around The Mountain.” That title sure can strike home to many of us. The word “mountain” in the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PRIDE & ARROGANCE – GA’OWN גאון Gimmel Aleph Vav Nun Ezekiel 16:9: “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.” NIV If I were to ask the average Christian why God destroyed
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TITHE – ‘ESER עשר Ayin Sine Resh Numbers 18:24: “For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.”
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LET THERE BE LIGHT – YEHI ‘OHR יהי אור Yod Hei Yod Aleph Vav Resh Genesis 1:3: “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” And God said; “Yehi ohr” “Let there be light.” Grammatical this is an antiptosis which is a rhetorical device in which one grammatical
HEBREW WORD STUDY – GOD IS FOR ME – ELOHIM LI Psalm 56:9: “When I cry unto thee shall my enemies turn away. This I know for God is for me.” “Diplomacy is the art of saying: “Nice doggy,” while looking for a big club.” – Will Rodgers “When I cry…” The word “cry” is
HEBREW WORD STUDY – SIN – CHATA’ – חטא Cheth Teth Alelp Psalms 51:4: “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.” I once had a roommate in Bible College who greeted me on
