Deuteronomy 1:13, “Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.” Matthew 5:18. “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
Genesis 2:4: “This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.” There is the story in the Talmud of a king who received two very fine pieces of glassware. They were so fragile that the king despaired and said:
WORD STUDY – AFRAID Job 9:28: “I am afraid of all my sorrow, I know thou wilt not hold me innocent.” Afraid – Hebrew: yagar – To fear for one’s own safety or wellbeing. First let me point out that this word for fear is not the fear used for “fearing the Lord.” That word
WORD STUDY: TITTLE Luke 16:17; “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle to the law to fall.” Greek: Keras – Tittle, stroke Most of our modern translations translate the word “tittle” as either “stroke of the pen,” “a comma” “a pronunciation mark (which it is not),” “the smallest letter (which
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 – WEEPING Weep – bakah: Weep, mourn, lament. II Kings 8:11: “And the man of God wept.” John 11:35: “Jesus wept” The Hebrew word bakah has its origins in the picture of dropping or dripping of water as in tears flowing from one’s eyes. What made Elijah and Jesus weep was the knowledge
I Samuel 17:49: “And David put his hand into his bag, and took thence a stone and slang (it) and smote the Philistine in his forehead that the stone sunk into his forehead and he fell upon his face to the earth.” Original Hebrew had no vowels. The vav was sometimes used for “u” and
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: I Samuel 18:9: “And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.” I remember hearing an evangelist tell of a time he went to a church in some back water town. He was asked to conduct a two week revival. After the first few days he
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Exodus 15:1: “They sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake saying, I will sing unto the Lord.” Vs. 2: “The Lord is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation.” This is a very curious passage of
WORD STUDY – SING Exodus 15:1: “Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord.” Vs. 2: “The Lord is my strength and my song, He has become my salvation.” Sing – Sur – to sing, n. song The lexicon and Hebrew dictionaries are of little help as it tells
