Hebrew Word Study – Enlarge – Rachav – רָחַב  Resh Cheth Beth  Ps 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. We are not sure just what the occasion was for this Psalm.  He is obviously speaking of deliverance from his enemies. I was reading...

Hebrew Word Study – Touch – Naga` נָגַע  nun gimmel ayin 1 Samuel 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. Yesterday I drove an elderly man and his equally elderly wife to the doctor. He was a large...

Hebrew Word Study –  My People – ‘Ami  עַמִּ֖י  Ayin Mem Yod  Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject you, thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also...

Hebrew Word Study - Be Open - Ethpatch   Aleph Taw Pei Taw Hei   Mark 7:34 - And he looked up to heaven, and sighed, and he said to him, Ethpatakh, which means, Be openedThe word in the Aramaic or be open is  ephphatha in the Greek manuscript.  Why does the Greek...

Aramaic Word Study – Fragile Jar -  Bamana -  בּמָאנָא – Beth Mem Aleph Nun Aleph II Corinthians 4:7: “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” ​The Apostle Paul was suffering from some physical...

Hebrew Word Study: Whole Heart- Levava Shalom - לבב שׁלומ 2Kings 20:2-3 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which...

Hebrew Word Study – Lev Tahor : Lamed Bet  Tech Hei Resh לב טהר Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Tomorrow in our Torah Study and continued on Monday in our weekly Hebrew/Aramaic Bible Study and Discussion our major...

Hebrew Word Study – Even – Aph – אַף  Aleph Pei  Psalms 108:1: “O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise even with my glory.” Ever have one of those times when you carry a burden that just so overwhelms you that you can’t even pray.  You try to pray, but...

Hebrew Word Study – Crown – Nezer – נֵ֔זֶר  Nun Zayin Resh Zechariah 9:16: “And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.”  I have read reports of...

Hebrew Word Study – Cling – Deveq – דְבָּ֔ק Daleth Beth Qop Deuteronomy 10:20: “You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name.”I would like to focus on just one word in this verse.  It is the word “cling.”   In...