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Aramaic Word Study – Be Joyful Always – Chavav Chada’ Kulzevan
Aramaic Word Study – Be Joyful Always – Chavav Chada’ Kulzevan – Cheth Vav Vav Cheth Daleth Aleph Kap Lamed Zayin Beth Nun I Thessalonians 5:16: “Rejoice evermore.”Author’s Note: This study is found in my Aramaic Word Study book which has many more such word...
Hebrew Word Study – An Appendage – Zanav
Hebrew Word Study – An Appendage – Zanav – Zayin Nun Beth Deuteronomy 28:13: “And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I...
Hebrew Word Study – He Called – Vayikra
Hebrew Word Study – He Called – Vayikra – Vav Yod Qop Resh Aleph Leviticus 1:1, “The lord called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying…” Rabbi Ysroel Ben Eliezer lived in the early 18th century in the area which is now know as the...
Hebrew Word Study – Distasteful – Marim
Hebrew Word Study – Distasteful – Marim – Mem Resh Mem Exodus 15:23: “And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter, therefore the name of it was Marah.” There is the story of a woman who did everything to try and...
Hebrew Word Study – First of the First – Res’shith Bikure
Hebrew Word Study – First of the First – Res’shith BikureExodus 23:19: “The first of the first fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God, Thou shalt not seethe a yearling in his mother’s milk.” The word fruit is thrown around a lot. “By...
Hebrew Word Study – Sojourner – Gur
Hebrew Word Study – Sojourner – GurGenesis 23:4: “I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” Hebrews 11:9: “By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange...
Hebrew Word Study – Eyes Opened – Galah’ Ayin
Hebrew Word Study – Eyes Opened – Galah’ AyinPsalms 119:18: “Open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things from your law.” The word used in this verse for law is Torah. During David’s time, this was a reference to the first five books of the Bible which we call the...
Aramaic Word Study – To Consume – ‘Ackal
Aramaic Word Study – To Consume – ‘AckalJohn 6:54: “Whosoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” The word in Aramaic that Jesus spoke for the word eat was ‘akal. This word means your inward physical...
Hebrew Word Study – Restrain – Ga’ar
Hebrew Word Study – Restrain – Ga’ar Genesis 37:2a, 3a: “These are the generations of Jacob… (3a) Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age:” In this passage on the story of Jacob and Joseph, we find in verse 2 of...
Hebrew Word Study – From the Rising Sun – Mizarch
Hebrew Word Study – From the Rising Sun – MizarchPs 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us. I have always wondered about this verse. How far is the East from the West? I mean, when does East become West? If...
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