Hebrew Word Lessons

To Appear (or, to be seen) comes from the root verb, to see, ra'ah (Strong’s 7200). The root meaning of this word shows up over 1300 times in the Tanakh (Old Testament). To narrow things down, we're going to explore what it means to appear before YHWH. This is our final week exploring words from… Continue reading Era’eh: APPEARing Before God

Elohim Khayim: אֱלֹהִ֥ים חַיִּ֖ים El Khai: אֵ֥ל חַ֖י We've looked into the word LIFE a lot on this blog. One of the earliest postings was on LIFE (khai) and we revisited life four years later.  We've looked at numerous LIFE phrases, including the Tree of Life (ets khayim), the Path of Life (orakh khayim), the… Continue reading Elohim Khayim: Dwelling with the LIVING GOD

Thirst: Tsame, verb (Strong’s 6770); Tsame, adjective (Strong’s 6771); Tsama, masculine noun (Strong’s 6772); Tsima, feminine noun (Strong’s 6773); Tsimmaon (thirsty ground), masculine mount (Strong’s 6774). Root: צָמֵא Sounds like: tsaw-meh Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, God. My soul thirsts [tsam’ah צָמְאָ֬ה] for God,… Continue reading Tsame: The THIRSTY Soul

This week I had planned to look into the word thirst, and we will look at that word next week, but considering what is happening in Israel, I think the time you would normally take to read this blog would better be spent in prayer. We should take some time to pray for civilians on… Continue reading Revisiting WAR. Praying for Peace.

This weekend, in Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving... a beautiful, food-filled, celebration of gratitude.  At my place of employment I'm responsible for producing our weekly internal newsletter. This week I wrote on the etymology of the English word THANKS which I thought I'd share with you. Although this blog is all about Hebrew words, it's also… Continue reading TODAH: Revisiting Thanks!

BROOKS/STREAMS: aphiq, Masculine noun (Strong’s 650). Root: אָפִיק Sounds like: aw-feek Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the water brooks [a’fiqey mayim אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָ֑יִם], so my soul pants for You, God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God? We have been taking some time to… Continue reading Afiq: STREAMS of Living Water

The PANTING DEER: Arag, verb to pant, (Strong’s 6165). Ayyal, masculine noun deer (Strong’s 354). Arag, sounds like: aw'rag. Root: עָרַג Ayyal, sounds like: ah'yawl. Root: אַיָּל Yesterday I took a lovely trip to visit family in New Brunswick. On my way home I saw three deer grazing in a field. This is not an… Continue reading Arag/Ayyal: The PANTING DEER

We are in the midst of Rosh Hashanah... the head of a new year. It's a good time for new beginnings! Last week I began something new. I went back to school!. I'm now a doctoral student in Biblical Studies at the Colorado Theological Seminary. It’s been a long time coming. I completed my Master’s… Continue reading Hoh’reni, Lamm’deni, Hoh’dieni: TEACH ME, Learn me, Knowledge me up!

Today is Grandparents’ Day in Canada, and many other countries in the world. It’s a particularly special one for me. After years of searching I finally found my biological grandfather with the help of DNA. Unfortunately my Grampa Charlie died in 1992. I didn’t get a chance to meet him, but I have met and… Continue reading B’ney banim: CHILDREN of CHILDREN. Biblical Grandparents & Grandkids.

To LACK/To DECREASE- khaser, verb (Strong’s 2637); LACKING- khaser, adjective (Strong’s 2638); POVERTY- makhsor, masculine noun (Strong’s 4270) Root: חָסֵר Sounds like: kha’sehr & makh’sohr We're looking at a word, this week, that describes my current state of being. I'm taking my two children to their perspective Universities in two different provinces (New Brunswick and… Continue reading Khaser: To Lack, to Decrease, to be in Poverty