Hebrew Word Study – Banquet – Shatan – שָׁתָה  Shin Taw Nun Esther 5:4, “And Esther answered, If it seems good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.”I have my PhD in Biblical Archaeology and I have spent...

Hebrew Word Study – Grow, Grow and Grow - Yalak Haloke Gadol  -  יֵּ֥לֶךְ הָל֣וֹךְ גָד֑וֹל  Yod Lamed Kap   Hei Lamed Vav Kap Gimmel Daleth Vav Lamed II Samuel 5:10 “And David went on and grew great and the Lord of host was with him.”Obviously, the first thing you...

Hebrew Word Study – Unto Us – Elinu – אֵלֵ֣ינוּ  Alpeh Lamed Yod Nun Vav I Samuel 4:3: “And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us today before the Philistines?  Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of...

Hebrew Word study: Bithiah (Pharaoh's Daughter)- Bithyah בִּתְיָה 1 Chronicles 4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh,...

Hebrew Word Study – Heretofore – Shaleshim – שִׁלְשֹֽׁם Shin Lamed Shin Mem  I Samuel 4:7 “And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God comes into the camp and they said: Woe unto us! For there hath not been such a thing heretofore.”“I’ve regained a little...

Hebrew Word Study – Depart – Sar – סָֽר  Samek Resh  I Samuel 18:12: “And Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him and was departed from Saul.”   Here we have a powerful king afraid of a little shepherd boy.   The word for “fear” here is “yara.”   This...