Hebrew Word Study – Investment – Lavah  לוה   Lamed Vav Hei Isaiah 56:6-7  “Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and...

Hebrew Word Study: Enosh -mortal  אֱנוֹשׁ Genesis 37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?   I find this story really curious. Joseph was searching for his brothers to deliver...

Hebrew Word Study – If Only – Im – אִם  Aleph Mem   Leviticus 26:3:  “If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;  (4) Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their...

Hebrew Word Study – Strange Fire -  Beqarevatam -  בְּקָרְבָתָ֥ם  Beth Qop Resh Beth Taw Mem   Leviticus 16:1: “And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;”  Different translations say...

Hebrew Word Study – Teach Me -  Horani   ה֤וֹרֵ֥נִי  Hei Vav Resh Nun Yod 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 trying to pick up the pieces...

Hebrew Word Study – Broken Heart – Lev Shavur - לב שבור  Lamed Beth   Shin Beth Vav Resh   Genesis 1:26: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:” Mark 12:30-31: “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,...

Hebrew Word Study – May Be Consumed – Tammu – תַּ֤מּוּ  Taw Mem Vav Psalm 104:35:  “Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.” I Corinthians 14:34-35: “Let your women keep silence...

Hebrew Word Study – Refresh - Ravah   רָוָה Resh Vav Hei  Jeremiah 31:25:  “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”Jeremiah is speaking of the future restoration of Judah after going through captivity.   The word refresh in the Hebrew is ravah which is very...

Hebrew Word Study – My Beloved – Dodi   דוֹדִ֔י  Daleth Vav Daleth Yod Song of Solomon 7:11 – “I am my beloved’s and his desire is toward me.”Now keeping in mind that this is a metaphor of our relationship with God, what does that mean “I am my beloved?”  Does that...

Hebrew Word Study – My Beloved – Dodi   דוֹדִ֔י  Daleth Vav Daleth Yod Song of Solomon 7:11 – “I am my beloved’s and his desire is toward me.”Now keeping in mind that this is a metaphor of our relationship with God, what does that mean “I am my beloved?”  Does that...