Aramaic Word Study – Break – Qatsa’קצע    Qop Sade Ayin I Corinthians 11:24: “And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.” Leviticus 14:34: “When you come into the land of...

Hebrew Word Study – Profane – Chalal – חִלְּל֙  Cheth Lamed Lamed  Ezekiel 36:21: “Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus says the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake which you have profaned among the heather,...

Hebrew Word Study – Plain Path  בְּאֹ֣רַח מִישׁ֑וֹר  Beth Aleph Resh Cheth    Mem Yod Shin Vav Resh Psalms 27:11: “Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.”I recall many years ago praying the following prayer: Oh Lord: I am...

Hebrew Word Study – A Quiet Place - Qadesh  קְדְּשֵׁ    Qop Daleth Shin Psalms 73:17: “Until I went into the sanctuary of God. Then I understood their end.”Asaph was a close friend of King David and collaborated with him on much of his poetry and music.  Asaph was...

Hebrew Word Study – Search – Dresh – דִּרְשׁ֥ Daleth Resh Shin Isaiah 55:6: Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.”If you are a Baptist, you most likely grew up with this verse. An invitation for salvation would not be complete without...

Hebrew Word Study – Inside – tavek – תָּוֶךְ Taw Beth Kap  Exodus 25:8: “And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.Tomorrow, in our Torah study online class on Zoom, we will address an interesting question. This is a question asked by Rabbi...

Hebrew Word Study – Search – Dresh – דִּרְשׁ֥ Daleth Resh Shin Isaiah 55:6: Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.”If you are a Baptist, you most likely grew up with this verse. An invitation for salvation would not be complete without...

Hebrew Word Study – Presence – Pani פְנֵ֖י Pei Nun Yod Jonah 1:3 “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”  KJV Jonah 1:3: “But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish.”  NIVI remember as a six year old sitting in Sunday...

Aramaic Word Study – Lawyer – Saphra  סָפרֵא      Samek Pei Resh Aleph Luke 11:52: “Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and they that were entering in ye hindered.” Some translations say: “Woe to you...

Hebrew Word Study – Ignore – Shakach – שְׁכָּחֵ֣ – Shin Kap Chet Psalms 13:1  “How long Oh Lord will thou forget me forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?”We added two brand-new buses to our disability bus fleet.  I asked one of the lucky drivers who was...