Hebrew Word Study – Grumble – Lavan – Lamed Beth Nun Numbers 14:27: “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me?  I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel which they murmur against me.”The NIV says the children of Israel...

Hebrew Word Study – In, On – Beth  “Exodus 20:4: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image in the likeness that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the sea.” Matthew 22:20-21: “And He said unto them, whose is this image and...

Hebrew Word Study – Wasted Vineyard – Shadam – Shin Daleth Mem Haggai 2:17: “I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to me, saith the Lord?”  The Book of Haggai is an often overlooked Book of the...

Hebrew Word Study – Tasteless – Tiphelah תִּפְלָה– Taw Pei Lamed Hei Jeremiah 23:13: “And I have seen the unseemliness in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.”  I grew up in a fundamentalist Baptist church which...

Hebrew Word Study – Like His Heart – Kilevavo כִּלְבָב֗וֹ - Kap Lamed Beth Beth Vav I Samuel 13:14: “But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou...

Hebrew Word Study – Directed – Kon – Kap Vav Nun Psalms 108:1: “O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise even with my glory.”  Author’s Note:  This study is found in Chaim Bentorah’s book: A Hebrew Teacher Looks at Worship and Praise.  This book may be...

Hebrew Word Study – Apostasy – Mashuvah מְשׁוּבָה- Mem Shin Vav Beth  Hei Hosea 11:7: “And my people are bent to backsliding from me though they call them to the most high, none at all will exalt him.”The syntax at the end of this verse is highly disputed.  The KJV...

Hebrew Word Study – Apostasy – Mashuvah - מְשׁוּבָה Mem Shin Vav Beth  Hei  Hosea 11:7: “And my people are bent to backsliding from me though they call them to the most high, none at all will exalt him.”  The syntax at the end of this verse is highly disputed. ...

Hebrew Word Study – Wordly Love – Chessed Olam – Cheth Samek Daleth   Ayin Lam Mem  John 13:35:  “By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another.”  In the Aramaic the word used in this verse for love is chava’  which means to...

Hebrew Word Study – Sustain – Laqlaqlaq – Lamed Kap Lamed Kap Lamed Kap I Kings 17:10; “So he arose and went to Zarephath, and then he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, ‘Fetch me, I...