•   Habakkuk 3:17-18: “Although the fig tree does not blossom neither shall fruit be on the vine, the labor of the olive shall fail and the field shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls, yet I will  rejoice (Alaz עלז) in

  •   Isaiah 55:12: “For you shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace.  The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you with singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”   Summer and winter, springtime and harvest Sun moon and stars in their courses above Join

  •   Isaiah 52:9-10: “Break forth in joy, sing together ye waste places in Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.  The Lord has made bare his arm in the eyes of the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of the Lord.”   “Do you

  • Habakkuk 3:17-18: “Although the fig tree does not blossom neither shall fruit be on the vine, the labor of the olive shall fail and the field shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joyin the

  • Habakkuk 3:17-18: “Although the fig tree does not blossom neither shall fruit be on the vine, the labor of the olive shall fail and the field shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord,

  • Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 88:1 (verse 1 in the Hebrew text) “A song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Herman the Ezrahite.” I often challenge my Hebrew students to pick out any passage in the Old Testament, no matter

  • 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 – Gird Gird – Hebrew: “azar” – To bind, to gird, girdle, belt Psalm 18:32: “It is God that girdeth me with strength, and makes my way perfect.” If you are following my “cliff hanger” adventure series: Through the Daleth on the Chaim Bentorah Facebook page, this word study  may make more sense