HEBREW WORD STUDY – EVER OF OLD – MA’OLEM   מעולם  Mem Ayin Vav Lamed MemPsalms 25:6b:  “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.” “Ever of old” sounds a bit contradictory.  It is forever and it is old.  Forever...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – JUBILEE - YAVEL   יובל  Yod Vav Beth LamedLeviticus 25:11:  “A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of thy vine undressed.” When I hear the...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE EIGHTH DIMENSION – SHEMONAH  שמונה  Shin Mem Vav Nun HeiLeviticus 25:3-4: “Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; (4) But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest...

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THE WEDDING DANCE – CHADOTHA חדותא  Cheth Daleth Vav Taw Aleph1Kings 19:2-4: “Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, so let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – PLAGUE OF WORDS – MEDEVAR מדבר Mem Daleth Beth ReshPsalms 91:6-7: “Of the plague that stalks in darkness, Or of the destruction that devastates at noon. (7) A thousand shall fall by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; it shall not come...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – EMBRACE – DEVEQUT דבקות  Daleth Beth Qop Vav TawPsalms 63:8: “My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.” ESV Most your modern English translations will render the Hebrew word deveiqut as cling.  Some will say follow close, keep close, stay...

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THE WEDDING DANCE – CHADOTHA חדותא  Cheth Daleth Vav Taw AlephPsalms 14:1: “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth...

HEBREW WORD STUDY -  SWIMMING IN HIS PRESENCE – שחה  Sine  Cheth HeiPsalms 29:2: “Give unto the Lord the glory due His name, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” Oh, how I love to quote this verse as I worship God. I just thrill when I utter the words to God...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – DREAD – PACHAD פחד   Pei Cheth Daleth Isaiah 51:13: “And forgettest the Lord they maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if...