HEBREW WORD STUDY – LACHRYMATORY

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LACHRYMATORY –    RAMA’OTHI  BANO’DAK  עתי בנאדכ   Psalms 56:8: “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?” The word for bottle is bn’dk from the root word no’od which was a leather skin that...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEEK

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SEEK  – DARESH – דרשׁ   Isaiah 55:6: “Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon Him while He is near.” This verse has always mystified me.  I mean to seek the Lord while He may be found suggest that there will be a time He cannot be...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – A SONG OF VICTORY

HEBREW WORD STUDY – A SONG OF VICTORY – ZAMAR   זמר   Psalms 118:14: “The Lord is my strength and song and is become my salvation.” It is the word song that really captures my attention in this verse.  There are many words for song in Hebrew but the word used for song...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SATIATED

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SATIATED   RAVAH  רבה Jeremiah  31:25:  “For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.” Do you ever feel like your soul is healing?  For years I  have tried to understand the difference between a soul and spirit...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – GIVING UP

HEBREW WORD STUDY – GIVING UP  –   MERAPHIM  מרפיס Ezra 4:4: “Then the people of the land weakened the hands of Judah and troubled them in building.”  This story takes place at the time of the return of Israel from captivity.  Judah was taken into captivity by...