Month: Oct 2019

SHEOL, GRAVE, HELL: Sheol. Feminine Noun. (Strong’s 7585). Root: שְׁאוֹל Sounds like: sh’ohl After a week of researching Sheol, which often gets translated as “Hell”, I thought I'd be feeling rather grim at the end of it all, but the word has actually given me a great amount of hope and positivity. That may sound… Continue reading Sheol: the GRAVE? Gehenna? Hades? HELL?

POLLUTED/POLLUTION: khaneph. Strong’s 2610 (verb: to be polluted), 2611 (adjective: godless, profane), 2612 (noun masculine: pollution, ungodliness), 2613 (noun feminine: pollution).  Root: חָנֵף Sounds like: kaw-nef Tomorrow is the Canadian Federal election, and one of the top voter issues has been the environment and Canada’s role in climate change. We tend to see this as… Continue reading Khaneph: The POLLUTED Planet

Shakan: to dwell (Strong’s 7931, 7932 (verbs), 7933 (noun)) Root: שָׁכַן Sounds like: shaw-kahn This week begins the Fall Feast of Sukkot. I wrote about the meaning of the word sukkot last year. To review, it is a temporary shelter made as a remembrance of the time when the Jewish people wandered through the desert without a permanent home.… Continue reading Shakan: The DWELLing Place

Kippur: Atonement (3722, 2724 (ransom), 3725) Root: כִּפֻּר Sounds like: kaphar, kopher, kippur Yom Kippur (Yom=Day, Kippur=Atonement) begins Tuesday at sundown this year (2019). It is the most solemn date on the Jewish calendar... a day of fasting and prayer and great confession, when the sins of the people are laid out before God. According… Continue reading Kippur: ATONEMENT, Breaking the Barrier