"You Drew Near" Qarab קָרַב - qof, resh, bet Lamentations 3:57 You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, “Do not fear!”Chaim Bentorah Ministries has a Learning Channel. It is membership only as Chaim Bentorah and his ministry and study partner Laura share...

Hebrew Word Study – Scarcity – Ra’av – רָעָ֖ב - Resh Ayin Beth     Genesis 12:10 “There was famine in the land.” Habakkuk 2:4: “The just shall live by his faith.”  “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.”  Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Rime of the Ancient...

  Hebrew Word Study – Abandon – Ya’zov – יַעֲזֹ֤ב Yod Ayin Zayin Beth Isaiah 55:7: “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly...

Aramaic Word Study – Nurturing Love – Kasa – כִ֣סַאֹ Kap Samek Aleph Matthew 26:39:  “And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”...

Hebrew Word Study – Crazy – Halal – הֹלֵ֖ל - Hei Lamed Lamed 1 Samuel 21:14:  “And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.”If you are like me and...

Hebrew Word Study – A Child’s Cry – Qol - קול   Qop Vav Lamed Psalms 3:4: “I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.”This cry came during one of the lowest most trying and sorrowful times of David’s life.  His own beloved son,...

Hebrew Word Study – Hate – Sane - שנא  - Sene Nun Aleph Rom. 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Malachi 1:2: “I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I...

Hebrew Word Study – From Old – Marachaq -  מֵרָח֕וֹק Mem Resh Cheth Vav Qop  Jeremiah 31:3: “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.  Every English...

Hebrew Word Hayah- "and came"- and it existed ויהי Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,   My manuscript on the Divine Kiss is now in the hands of my publisher and the book should be out by Christmas. I am now working on...

Hebrew Word Study – Follow – Radaph – רֹ֥דְפֵ  Resh Daleth Pei  Isaiah 51:1: “Harken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord, look unto the rock from whence you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit when you are dug.”  “If you want to...