Month: Mar 2024

Hearing and Seeing YHWH In the past we’ve looked at the Hebrew verb “to hear” (shama), but we haven’t looked at the Hebrew verb “to see” (ra’ah), partly because it’s so prolific, occurring over 1300 times in the Tanakh (Old Testament). We will look at ra’ah soon, but in the meantime, we’re going to deconstruct… Continue reading Proverbs 20:12 Eyes & Ears, YHWH Made Two

WAVE: gal, masculine noun (Strong’s 1530) & mishbar, masculine noun (Strong’s 4867) Root: גַּל Sounds like: gal Root: מִשְׁבָּר Sounds like: meesh'bar I live on an Island with the Northumberland Strait on one side, and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. My house is next to the DeSable River where the tides continually roll out… Continue reading Gal/Mishbar: WAVE after WAVE

GREEN: yereq, masculine noun (Strong’s 3418); yaroq, masculine noun (Strong’s 3387). Root: ירק Sounds like: yeh’rek & yaw’rohk I love diving into family history and I’ve been obsessed with it since I was a young teen. My income is provided by being a library technician; my ministry is HebrewWordLessons; but my hobby is genealogy. Today… Continue reading Yereq: Refreshing the GREEN

Naphakh: to blow out, verb (Strong’s 5301); Nasham: to breathe in, verb (Strong’s 5395); N’shamah/Nishmat: breath/inhalation, feminine noun  (Strong’s 5397). Naphakh root: נָפַח    Sounds like: na-fawk Nasham/N'shamah/Nishmat root: נָשַׁם    Sounds like: na-shawm For the most part we take our breath for granted. Rarely do we see it, except on a very cold day.… Continue reading Naphakh & Nish’mat: Exhaling & Inhaling BREATH

On the morning of Tuesday February 27th this “not so little anymore” blog hit ONE MILLION views. In the grand scheme of internet views that's only a tiny droplet in the big worldwide bucket… but that little droplet is the ministry I’ve been assigned to do, and I’m immensely delighted at the success this project… Continue reading One Million Thank Yous!