Hebrew Word Study – Goodly Garments -  Bigad Chamadath    בִּגְדֵ֨ חֲמֻדֹ֔ת  Beth Gimmel Resh  Cheth Mem Daleth Taw Genesis 27:15,27: “And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:...

Hebrew Word Study – A Tender Bond – Mizpah – מִּצְפָּה֙  Mem Sade Pei Hei  Genesis 31:49:  It was also called Mizpah, because he said, "May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. I remember watching an old movie made during World War...

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...