HEBREW WORD STUDY: ALMOND (TREE) שָׁקֵד shaqedJeremiah 1:11-12 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – SILENCE – DAMAM – דמם  Daleth Mem MemLeviticus 10:3: “Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.” In...

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – EVERYTHING - KUL כול  Kap Vav LamedRomans 11:36: “For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.” Amen. Colossians 1:16: “For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and...

HEBREW WORD STUDY - ASHES AND FAT - DESHEN  דשן Daleth Shin NunLeviticus 6:10-11: “And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the...

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – UMBILICAL CORD – SHERARA’  שררא   Shin Resh Resh AlephJohn 4:24: “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”  Jesus is speaking to a Samaritan woman.  The Samaritans were from the Northern district of...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – DILIGENCE – MISHAMAR – משמר  Mem Shin Mem ReshProverbs 4:23: “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”   The word English word diligence is used throughout the Bible in various contexts. There are really four...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE LORD’S POSSESSION – LAYHWH  ליהוה  Lamed Yod Hei Vav Hei ​Psalms 24:1: “A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” Every translation I read has a possessive at the end of the...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – DEMAND TO RETURN – DRESH  דרש Daleth Resh ShinI Chronicles16:11: “Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his presence continually. It was a long day driving my disability bus. My body grew weary pushing wheel chairs, helping elderly on and off my...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – A PURE HEART – LEV TAHOR לב טהור  Lamed Beth   Teth Hei Vav ReshPsalm 51:10: “Create in me a clean heart, O’God and renew a right spirit within me.” I remember years ago an orthodox Jewish rabbi, showed me a special room in his house. It was filled...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – HIS WORD – DEVARO  דברו Daleth Beth Resh VavPsalms 56:4: “In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.” The first verse of this Psalm seems to suggest it was written by David during the time...