Hebrew & Aramaic  Word Study: "Hope Deferred"  Proverbs 13:12: “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, but when the desire cometh it is the tree of life.”  The most common understanding of the verse is that unfulfilled desired brings pain to the mind, but the...

Hebrew & Aramaic Word Study: Day of Atonement- more than just forgiveness Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment and cast lots. Tomorrow evening at sunset the Jewish people enter the holiest...

Hebrew Word Study – In The Thicket – Basevake – בַּסְּבַ֖ךְ Beth Samek Beth Kap Genesis 22:13:  “And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and beheld behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.”I never really considered the significance of the ram being caught...

Hebrew Word Study – Two Beginnings – Bereishith – בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית  Beth Resh Aleph Shin Yod Taw Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” II Corinthians 12:2: “I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot...

Hebrew Word Study – Burdened with Pain  – ‘Aiq – עִ֖יק  Ayin Yod Qop Amos 2:12-13: “But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.”Amos is a...

Hebrew Word Study- “you shall return” Tashuvu  תשׁב Leviticus 25:10: “…and you shall return every man unto his possession, and you shall return every man unto his family.” The words “you shall return” in Leviticus 25:10 is spelled Taw Shin Beth Vav which is tashuvu....

Aramaic Word Study – Bill of Divorcement  – Sefer Kerith   סֵ֤פֶר כְּרִיתֻת֙ Samek Pei Resh   Kap Resh Yod Taw Taw  Matthew 19:9 “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."  NIVIn...

Hebrew Word Study – It Existed – Yehi – יְהִי֙ Yod Hei Yod  Jonah 1:3 “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”  KJV  I remember as a six year old sitting in Sunday School in the Beginner’s Department listening to my Sunday School...

Hebrew Word Study – Worship – Shachah – שָׁחָה  Shin Cheth Hei Psalms 29:2: “Give unto the Lord the glory due His name, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” This is from Chaim’s Book Chapter 4 – Swimming In His Presence –  A Hebrew Teacher Reflects on Worship...

Hebrew Word Study: Tree of Life- ‘etz hachayyim Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Tomorrow in our...