FIRST-BORN: b’kohr/v'kohr, masculine noun (Strong's 1060); bikkurim, masculine noun (Strong’s 1061); bekorah, feminine noun (Strong’s 1062); bikkurah, feminine noun (Strong’s 1063); bekirah (Strong’s 1067); bakkar, verb “to bear new fruit”, (Strong’s 1069). Root: בָּכַר Sounds like: v'kohr/b’kohr Today is my birthday, and my first as an empty-nester. There’s no party balloons or rousing renditions of… Continue reading B’kohr: The FIRSTBORN Child
Ka’av: PAIN Hurts
PAIN: kaav, verb (Strong’s 3510); k’ev, masculine noun (Strong’s 3511); makov, masculine noun (Strong’s 4341) Root: כָּאַב Sounds like: kah-ahv Every year that passes, the human body seems to experience more pain. Am I alone in this? The back aches, the head aches, the joints are sore, the muscles seem tired. As I walk down… Continue reading Ka’av: PAIN Hurts
Batakh: In God We TRUST
TRUST/RELY: batakh, verb (Strong’s 982); bitakh, feminine noun (Strong's 985); bittakhohn, masculine noun (Strong's 986); mi-v’takh, masculine noun (Strong’s 4009) Root: בָּטח Sounds like: ba-tawk, va-tawk Isaiah 26:4 “Trust [bit’khu בִּטְח֥וּ] in YHWH forever, For in YAH YHWH, we have an everlasting Rock.” Do you ever feel like your life is out of control? I do.… Continue reading Batakh: In God We TRUST
Top WORDS of 2023
HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS! Today is the last day of 2023! Thank you to all who have visited this site and sought to learn and grow as followers of the Creator! I pray that you all have a blessed year to come! This was a momentous year for me and four of my high school… Continue reading Top WORDS of 2023
A Christmas Gift
What a gift to have been given... God, come to earth as a lowly human, not a grand King or a valiant Warrior, but a needy baby born to a poor family. Mary and Joseph were traveling far from home in order to pay taxes to Rome. They headed in Bethlehem, the home of their… Continue reading A Christmas Gift
Revisiting COUNSELLOR
This time of year many of us celebrate the birth of Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah). December is an unlikely time for His actual birth, but regardless of calendar accuracy there's something beautiful about gathering together in the darkness of winter and celebrating His arrival with shimmering lights. The sparkling lights of the Hanukkah candles… Continue reading Revisiting COUNSELLOR
Sheleg: Revisiting SNOW
This week Prince Edward Island has enjoyed some lovely, sunny, snowy days. It's a good time to revisit where and why snow (sheleg in Hebrew) shows up in the Bible. We don't tend to think of the Holy Land as a snowy place, but it did grace the mountains in the North. Today Mount Hermon… Continue reading Sheleg: Revisiting SNOW
Mashal: Telling Stories through PARABLES & PROVERBS
PARABLE/PROVERB: mashal, verb (Strong’s 4911); mashal, masculine noun (Strong’s 4912); m’shol, masculine noun (Strong’s 4914). Root: מָשָׁל Sounds like: m'SHAL (rhymes with hall) According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a PARABLE is a short, simple story that teaches or explains an idea, especially a moral or religious idea. According to the same dictionary, a PROVERB is… Continue reading Mashal: Telling Stories through PARABLES & PROVERBS
Batsa: GREEDY For Gain
GAIN/PROFIT/GREED: batsa, verb (Strong’s 1214); betsa, masculine noun (Strong’s 1215) Root: בָּצַע Sounds like: bah’tsa/beh’tsa Greed: More, More, More Greed is the overwhelming desire to obtain MORE… more money, more possessions, more desirable life experiences, more food, more success. Many lament that the modern world seems very greed oriented, but greed is not a modern problem,… Continue reading Batsa: GREEDY For Gain
P’lish’tim: The Formidable PHILISTINES.
Peleshet, the place known as Philistia (Strong’s 6429) and P’lish’tim, the Philistines people (Strong’s 6430) Peleshet Root: פְלֶשֶׁת P'lish'tim Root: פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים Etymology of Philistines/Palestinians Egypt: Peleset (name of this particular group of Sea Peoples found in Egyptian inscriptions) Hebrew: Peleshet/P’lish’tim Assyrian: Pilistu/Palashtu Greek: Phylistieim Roman: Palaestina/Palestine With what’s going on in Israel these days there’s… Continue reading P’lish’tim: The Formidable PHILISTINES.
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