Hebrew Word Study – One – ‘Echad – Aleph Cheth DalethLeviticus 19:18: “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of the people, but thou shalt love they neighbor as thyself: I am the Lord.” It is curious that this verse ends with “I am the...

Hebrew Word Study – Be Still – Harephu  Hei Resh Pei VavPsalms 46:10:  “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” “In silence, your ears will hear nothing, but your heart will hear the world weep.”  Rabbi...

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...

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 – Speak to Her Heart – Divaeti al Livah – Daleth Beth Resh Taw Yod  Ayin Lamed   Lamed Beth HeiHosea 2:14: “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.”  I remember as a child I was so...

Hebrew Word Study – The Life – Ticheyeh – Hei Cheth Yod Yod MemDeuteronomy 30:3,19: “That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee....

Hebrew Word Study – Brother’s Keeper?   Heshomer    Hei Shin Mem Resh Genesis 4:9: “And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?” This Biblical phrase “Am I my brother’s keeper?” has become an idiom in our...

Hebrew Word Study – Way – Derek – Daleth Resh KapPsalms 25:4a “Show me your ways,”  This seems to be a common heart felt cry for many Christians. We really just want to be sure we are in the center of God’s will, and like the Psalmist, we are crying out to God to just...

Hebrew Word Study – Confide – Sod – Samek Vav Daleth Psalms 25:14: “The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.”  KJV Psalms 25:14: “The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.” Many years...

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...