The core answers to the problems we face as individuals, families and in a culture thatis quickly unraveling are found within the pages of Scripture. We hold that the source of these answers is found in the first five books ofthe Bible known as Torah (also known as the Pentateuch, “the Law”). Torah, is aHebrew…
Why God Is Near to Them שׁברshâbar to break, break in pieces, break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench “Yehovah is near to the broken of heart; and He saves the crushed of spirit.” Psa 34:18 LITV In Part 1 we learned that the form of “broken of heart” is a Niphal…
Why God Is Near to Them שׁברshâbar to break, break in pieces, break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench “Yehovah is near to the broken of heart; and He saves the crushed of spirit.” Psa 34:18 LITV The form of “broken of heart” is a niphal or passive stem that is a…
What Is It? חלדcheled age, duration of life, the world “Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, both low and high, rich and poor together!” Psa 49:1-2 ESV At first read most of us would think of inhabitants of the “world” as people all over the planet, no matter where they…
Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh קדשׁ / קדושׁqâdôsh set apart (holy) “One called out to another, and said: “Holy, holy, holy, is Adonai-Tzva’ot! The whole earth is full of His glory.” Isa 6:3 TLV I admire the words of speaker and writer Dwight Pryor in this passage. Regarding the voice of the angels in this passage, he…
Seeing Through Our Circumstances מישׁןyâshên to sleep, be asleep “He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep (yâshên ).” Psa 121:3-4 ESV As part of an early morning prayer meeting, we are praying our way through the Psalms…
When long becomes too long קוהqâvâh to wait, look for, hope, expect, to collect, bind together “Waiting I have waited on Yehovah; and He turned to me and heard my cry.” Psa 40:1 LITV Waiting I have waited is a construct in Hebrew that expresses a certainty of the action. It is in places like…
Living Well as God Designed Well שׁמרshâmar to keep, guard, observe, give heed, have charge of, keep watch “Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!” Deut 5:29 The children of Israel…
It’s not what you think, it’s what you do זכרzâkar to remember, recall, call to mind “I will remember My covenant that is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.” Gen 9:15 TLV In the first part, we learned…
It’s not what you think, it’s what you do זכרzâkar to remember, recall, call to mind “I will remember My covenant that is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.” Gen 9:15 TLV There are two competing ways of…
He sees the sparrow fall ּברךbârak to bless, kneel “Speak to Aaron and to his sons saying: Thus you are to bless Bnei-Yisrael, by saying to them” Numbers 6:23 (be sure to have your Bible open to what follows and read the whole blessing) The entire Bible begins with the Creator, Elohim in Hebrew, blessing…