Hebrew Word Study – Twirling Wheat – Gol – גּ֣וֹל  Gimmel Vav Lamed  Psalms 37:4-6: “Delight thyself also in the LORD, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. (5) Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. (6) And he...

Hebrew Word Study – Return – Shuvah  - שׁוּבָ֣ה  Shin Vav Beth Hei Numbers 10:35-36: “Whenever the ark set out, Moses said: ‘Arise O’Lord let the enemy be scattered, may your foes flee before you.’ Whenever it came to rest, he said: ‘Return Lord to the countless...

Hebrew Word Study – Garment/Deceit – Begad  בִּגְדֵ֨   Beth Gimmel Daleth   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: 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and...

Hebrew Word Study – Flesh – Basar – בָּשָׂ֥ר – Beth Sine Resh Psalms 65:2: “O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.”  The use of the word shama (hear) has a number of possible English equivalents.  You really need to consider the context...

Hebrew Word Study – Abandon – Ne’ezav  - נֶעֱזָ֑ב  Nun Ayin Zayin Beth  Psalms 37:25: “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”    This is a very popular verse used today to encourage Christians...

Hebrew Word Study – To Belittle – Qalal – Qop Lamed Lamed כלל II Samuel 16:11b-12:  “Let him alone, let him curse for the Lord has bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look upon my affliction and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.” “If a...