WORD STUDY: FOR YOURSELF Exodus 34:1: “And the Lord God said unto Moses, Hew thee two tablets of stone like unto the first and I will write upon these tablets the words that I wrote on the first tablets which thou breakest.” For Yourself – Hebrew: Leka – combination of the preposition “for or to”
WORD STUDY – NAKED Genesis 3:10: “And he said: I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Naked – Hebrew: ‘aerom from two possible roots: ‘aram – naked, act wisely, prudently, cautiously or ‘eyar – to be in grief, agony as the agony of death
WORD STUDY: GOOD (SHEPHERD) John 10:11: “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.” Good: Greek: kalos – beautiful, fine, excellent, blameless, high moral character. Aramaic: tawa’ – A relationship with someone or something that is harmonious and in sync. Jesus calls himself a good shepherd. There are a
WORD STUDY – Pass Through Exodus 12:23: “For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.” Pass
WORD STUDY – Come Exodus 3:5: “Draw (come) not nigh hither” God said: “Put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place whereupon thou standest is holy ground.” Come (draw) – Hebrew: Karav – to draw near, to come, approach, heart Practically every Christian commentary I’ve read seems to agree (which is unusual for
WORD STUDY – COMFORTER John 14:16: “And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you forever.” Comforter: Greek – paracleton: Counselor, advocate, helper, comforter, guide. Literally from para for alongside of and cleton to summon or call. Comforter: Aramaic – paraqleta: Comforter, one who saves
WORD STUDY – MURMUR Exodus 17:3: “But the people thirsted there for water and they murmured against Moses and said: Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” Murmured: Hebrew: Yalan – to worry, grumble, complain, fret. The people of Israel had just
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
Word Study – Worship Psalms 29:2: “Worship the Lord” Worship – Hebrew Shachah and/or Sachah The Masorites in 700 AD pointed the first letter up as a Shin by putting a dot to the right of the letter. This gives a meaning of bowing down or laying prostrate. The Masorites were not inspired by the
