Word Study: Sleep “Yishenah”

Sleep – Hebrew:  yishenah – sleep, to repeat, to change, to understand, divine revelation. Song of Solomon 5:2 “I sleep but my heart is awake, it is the voice of my beloved that knocks.” The word Yishenah comes from two possible root words.  The first is...

Word Study: Eat “Alakam”

Word Study – Eat Eat – Hebrew: alakam – eat, consume, kidney, inward parts, (as a metonymy  inward secret parts of the soul) Jeremiah 15:16: “Your words were found and I ate them and your words became for me a joy, and the delight of my heart, for I have been...

Word Study: Feet Swell “Regal” “Basak”

WORD STUDY – FEET SWELL Feet – Hebrew: Regal – foot, to go about, to spy. Swell – Hebrew: Basak – to swell, soft, doughy Deuteronomy 8:4:”Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee.  Neither did thy feet swell these forty years.” For forty years Israel wandered...

Word Study: Liberty “Darar”

WORD STUDY – LIBERTY Liberty – Hebrew : darar – to flow freely, to fly away, freedom, liberty Isaiah 61:1: The spirit of the Lord is upon me; because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to...

Word Study: Remember “Zacar”

Word Study – Remember Zacar – Keep in mind, mention, remember Genesis 40:14:  “Only keep me in mind when it goes well with you, and please do me a kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get out of this house.” For 15 years Joseph  kept Jehovah on his...

Word Study: Fulfill “Gala”

WORD STUDY – FULFILL FULFILL – Hebrew: gala – to make complete, to fill up to completion Psalms 20:5: “The Lord  fulfill all your petitions.” The word “gala” (fulfill)  raises an issue that no one seems to question.  “gala” does not...