HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENCHANTED

HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENCHANTED – CHARASH חרשׁ   Zephaniah 3:17: “The Lord your God in the midst of you is mighty.  He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy.  He will rest in his love, He will joy over you with singing.  For me, this verse is the best expression...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIS PLEASURE

HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIS PLEASURE –RATSAH ר צונו Psalms 103:21:  “Bless ye the LORD, all [ye] his hosts; [ye] ministers of his, that do his pleasure.” Rabbis Solomon Hirsch, a linguist and Hebrew master indicated that the word for minister in Hebrew which is sharath is...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – FILTHY RAGS

HEBREW WORD STUDY – FILTHY RAGS – BAGAD ‘IDIM   בגד עדימ   Isaiah 64:6: “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” This is a favorite verse...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – EVERLASTING LOVE

HEBREW WORD STUDY – EVERLASTING LOVE – ‘OLAM  ‘AHAVATH   Jeremiah 31:3  “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” “Never to make a line I have not heard in my own...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – TRAVEL

HEBREW WORD STUDY – TRAVEL – NASA’  נסע   Numbers 33:1: “These are the travels of the Children of Israel.”   “Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled.”  Robert Frost The Jewish sages are well known for their inyans.  An inyan is a spiritual...