​Hebrew Word Study – Feign - Shaqar   Shin Qop Resh  Jeremiah 3:10: “And yet for all this  her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.” We have to realize that at the time of this prophecy, Judah was a very...

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 - 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 – 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 – 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 -  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  –  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 – 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...