HARSH/RUTHLESS/SEVERE: perek, masculine noun (Strong’s 6531); qashah, verb (Strong’s 7185); qasheh, adjective (Strong’s 7186). Root: קָשָׁה & פֶרֶךְ Sounds like: pair-ek & ka-shaw Today we’re going to explore two Hebrew words that denote harshness, ruthlessness and severity. They are parek and qashah. Severity, harshness, ruthlessness, these are descriptor words that were never used to describe… Continue reading Perek & Qashah: HARSH/RUTHLESS/SEVERE
Tag: Tanakh
Khesed- LOYAL LOVE in Action
LOVINGKINDNESS/ LOVING LOYALTY: khesed (Strong's 2617) Root: חסד Sounds like: khess'ed [kh is a guttural, back of the throat, sound like the “ch” in name of the composer, Bach] Khesed has a complicated translation history. It has confounded a lot of scholars and English translators and because of that, it has a wide range of… Continue reading Khesed- LOYAL LOVE in Action
Hebrew Word Lessons 