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Hebrew Word Study – All Alone – Yachid
Hebrew Word Study – All Alone – Yachid – Yod Cheth Yod Daleth Psalms 25:16: “Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am alone and afflicted.” “Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude...
Hebrew Word Study – Unsavory – Tapel
Hebrew Word Study – Unsavory – Tapel - Taw Pei LamedPsalms 65:2: “O you who hear prayer, to you all me will come.” This word for hear is shama and is very difficult to translate as we really do not have an all-purpose English word to convey its intent. If we render...
Hebrew Word Study – Burdened with Pain – ‘Iq
Hebrew Word Study – Burdened with Pain – ‘Iq Ayin Yod Qop Amos 2:12-13: “But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Prophecy not.’ Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” Amos is a...
Hebrew Word Study – Unfaithful Spouse – Zanah
Hebrew Word Study – Unfaithful Spouse – Zanah – Zayin Nun HeiHosea 14:8: “Ephraim shall say, What have I to do anymore with idols, I have heard him and observed him, I am like a green fir tree, from me is thy fruit found. Little is known about Hosea. What we do know...
Hebrew Word Study – Wail – Yalal
Hebrew Word Study – Wail – Yalal – Yod Lamed LamedHosea 7:13-14: “Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. (14) And they have not...
Hebrew Word Study – Passionate Love – Karesh Bo’eret
Hebrew Word Study – Passionate Love – Karesh Bo’eret - Kap Resh Shin Beth Ayin Yod Taw Jeremiah 20:9: “Then I said, I will not make mention of him nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire and shut up in my bones, and I...
Hebrew Word Study – Dancing – Chyil
Hebrew Word Study – Dancing - Chyil – Cheth Yod LamedPsalm 18:32: “It is God that girdeth me with strength, and makes my way perfect.” God girds us with strength. The English word gird means to encircle with a belt or band. Some translations say that the Lord arms...
Hebrew Word Study – Naked – ‘Aerom
Hebrew Word Study – Naked – ‘Aerom – Ayin Yod Resh Mem Genesis 3:10: “And he said: I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself.” The word for naked in Hebrew is ‘aerom from two possible roots: ‘aram which means naked, act...
Hebrew Word Study – Fear – Yara’
Hebrew Word Study – Fear – Yara’ Yod Resh AlephDeuteronomy 25:17-18: “Remember what Amalek did unto you by the way, when you came forth out of Egypt; (18) How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee when...
Hebrew Word Study – A Pruning Praise – Zamar
Hebrew Word Study – A Pruning Praise – Zamar – Zayin Mem Resh 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...
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