Hebrew Word Study: An Abusive Husband

  WORD STUDY – AN ABUSIVE HUSBAND – BAALI בעלי “Hosea 2:16: And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord that You shall me Ishi (my husband) and shall call me no more Baali (my master).” At this point in the relationship between Hosea and his wife, she is calling...

Hebrew Word Study: Frogs

HEBREW WORD STUDY – FROGS : HATSEPHAREDE’IM Exodus 8:2,7 “And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: (7) And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.” I have always wondered...

Hebrew Word Study: Formed

HEBREW WORD STUDY – FORMED ‘ASTAR NATSAR rca rcn נצר אצר Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” The word for formed is repeated two...

Word Study: Cherish חב

  QUICK WORD STUDY – CHERISH – (ARAMAIC) KAV  חב John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” English has an all purpose word of affection called...

Quick Word Study: Perfection גמרא

QUICK WORD STUDY – PERFECTION גמרא Matthew 5:48: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Jesus is speaking in Aramaic and not Greek. In Aramaic the word for perfect is gmeera. Among the Semitic people there is a fairly common...