Hebrew Word Study – Flesh – Basar – בָּשָׂ֥ר – Beth Sine Resh Psalms 65:2: “O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.”  The use of the word shama (hear) has a number of possible English equivalents.  You really need to consider the context...

Hebrew Word Study – Abandon – Ne’ezav  - נֶעֱזָ֑ב  Nun Ayin Zayin Beth  Psalms 37:25: “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”    This is a very popular verse used today to encourage Christians...

Hebrew Word Study – To Belittle – Qalal – Qop Lamed Lamed כלל II Samuel 16:11b-12:  “Let him alone, let him curse for the Lord has bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look upon my affliction and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.” “If a...

Hebrew Word Study – Take Under – Parasta – Pei Resh Shin Taw  פרשׁת Ruth 3:9:  “And he said, Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am] Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou [art] a near kinsman.” Hebrew Word Study – Take Under –...

Hebrew Word Study – Sorrow/Idol – ‘Otsab – Ayin Sade Beth עצב Isaiah 14:3-4: “And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.   I know, God is...

Hebrew Word Study – A Sensitive Nature – Pathah – Pei Taw Hei  פתה Psalms 116:6: “The Lord preserves the simple, I was brought low and He helped me.” Hebrew Word Study – A Sensitive Nature – Pathah – Pei Taw Hei  Psalms 116:6: “The Lord preserves the simple, I was...