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 pray
HEBREW WORD STUDY – NUMBER ISRAEL – LAMANUTH ETH YISHRE’L למנתnnאתnישׁראל Hosea 1:10: “Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TO BE RECOGNIZED – NAKAR נכר Nun Kap Resh Jeremiah 24:5-7: “Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their]
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PEACE PEACE – SHALOM SHALOM – שלום שלום Shin Lamed Vav Mem Shin Lamed Vav Mem Isaiah 26:3: “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you.” The presidential elections are over with and I am finding many Christians who are
HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS – ‘AVADAV HANEV’IM עבדיו הנביאים Ayin Beth Daleth Yod Vav Hei Nun Beth Yod Aleph Yod Mem Amos 3:3-7: “Can two walk together unless they are agreed? (4) Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MOVING FORWARD – ‘AVER – עבר Ayin Beth Resh Psalms 51:4: “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.” David is crying out to God confessing his sin with Bathsheba, resulting in the death of
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PERFECT TIMING – ‘ETH עת Ayin Taw Ecclesiastes 3:11: “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” I used to be a chaplain in a nursing home and every Sunday I would hold a service where I would play the keyboard and we would sing many of the old hymns and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE MINIATURE MEM – HAGAVRIM MINI’ATAVARI הגברימ מיניאטרי Leviticus 6:9: “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This [is] the law of the burnt offering: It [is] the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning
HEBREW WORD STUDY – WASTED EFFORT – SHADAM – שדם Shin Daleth Mem Haggai 2:17: “I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to me, saith the Lord?” The Book of Haggai is an often overlooked book of the Bible, probably
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LONELINESS – YACHAD – יחד Yod Cheth Daleth Psalms 25:16,18: “Turn to me and be gracious to me, For I am lonely and afflicted.” (18) Look upon my affliction and my trouble, And forgive all my sin.” In 1889 Vincent Van Gogh entered St. Paulde-Mausole, which was an asylum at St.
