WORD STUDY – SIN Job 1:22: “In all this Job sinned not, nor charge God foolishly.” Sin: Hebrew – chata: To stumble or fall short of the mark We tend to think that Job did not sin by not blaming God. Yet, when you look at the syntax in the Hebrew, it is clearly indicating
WORD STUDY – CURSE Jeremiah 17:5: “Thus said the Lord; ‘Curse be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm whose heart, departeth from the Lord.” Curse – Hebrew: ‘aror – Curse, to remove the influence of God. Thank goodness this verse was written in Hebrew and not English. Just because some
WORD STUDY – CROWN Revelations 2:17: “To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receives it.” Crown – Hebrew: nezer – gemstones of a diadem, to make unique,
WORD STUDY – PLACE Genesis 28:16 “When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said surely the Lord is in this place and I was not aware of it.” Place – Hebrew: qom – awaken, arise, place of awakening or arising The word for “place” is “qom” which has a Beth and Mem in front of
WORD STUDY – CUP Psalms 16:5 “The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup, thou maintains my lot.” Psalms 23: 5b “Thou anoints my head with oil, my cup runneth over.” Cup – Hebrew: kavas – cup, pelican or stork The word “cup” in Hebrew is “kavas,” which has a double meaning,
WORD STUDY – HISS Hiss – Hebrew: sharak – hiss, whistle, signal. Zechariah 10:8: “I will hiss for them and gather them for I have redeemed them.” This is really a curious passage. The word “hiss” is “sharak” in Hebrew. You may find it translated as “whistle” or “signal”. Sharak is used about 7 times
WORD STUDY – ZEBULON Isaiah 9:1 “Nevertheless her dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.” KJV
Sleep – Hebrew: yishenah – sleep, to repeat, to change, to understand, divine revelation. Song of Solomon 5:2 “I sleep but my heart is awake, it is the voice of my beloved that knocks.” The word Yishenah comes from two possible root words. The first is Yishen which simply means to sleep. The second is often overlooked
Word Study – Eat Eat – Hebrew: alakam – eat, consume, kidney, inward parts, (as a metonymy inward secret parts of the soul) Jeremiah 15:16: “Your words were found and I ate them and your words became for me a joy, and the delight of my heart, for I have been called by your name,
WORD STUDY – FEET SWELL Feet – Hebrew: Regal – foot, to go about, to spy. Swell – Hebrew: Basak – to swell, soft, doughy Deuteronomy 8:4:”Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee. Neither did thy feet swell these forty years.” For forty years Israel wandered in the wilderness, not allowed to enter the Promised
