HEBREW WORD STUDY: BUILD

HEBREW WORD STUDY: BUILD- BANAH  בנהה Psalm 127:1a  A song of ascents of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain… “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both. And be one traveler”  Robert Frost  The word Unless...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE MINATURE  ALEPH

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE MINATURE  ALEPH  ‘AVATH  ‘A  MINI’ATAVARI    אות. א. מיניאטרי    Leviticus 1:1: “And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,” You basically have two approaches to Bible Study.  The first...

HEBREW WORD STUDY –   THE COCK CROWS

HEBREW WORD STUDY –   THE COCK CROWS   קרא  תרנגלא     Matthew 26:34, “Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.” The Talmud teaches that the third hour is the hour of the rooster’s crow. The...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE JOY OF THE LORD

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE JOY OF THE LORD –  CHADOTH  YHWH   חדות יהוה   Psalms 105:19: “Until the time that his word came, the word of the Lord tried him.” Nehemiah 8:10, “Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!” We assume...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – DRAWING NEAR

HEBREW WORD STUDY – DRAWING NEAR – NAGASH  נגשׁ   Genesis 44:18: “Then Judah came near unto him, and said, ‘Oh, my Lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my Lord’s ears…”   The word for come near is nagash.  This has the idea of drawing near or...