Hebrew Word Studies

A Pure Language I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food  — Job 23:12  "God's sacred Word ... is that inestimable treasure that excels all the riches of the earth"  — Translators of the King James Bible The Hebrew language is fascinating in so many ways, and it is the central learning tool I use in most of my articles. It is a symbolic language that uses letters as pictographs to define its words, which will be used and described in future writings. This article is an overview of this miraculous historical undying tongue. Hebrew is one of the oldest living languages and is thought by some to be the language from which all other readable words stem. It is the language Moses used in writing the Torah, which records the beginning of all things and is, according to the text, the language God speaks.  The miraculous part of the story of this language is that 2000 years ago, the Jewish people were dispersed from their homeland of Israel, and they...

  A Word Puzzle Application Word puzzles are a great American pastime for many people. I recall one from elementary school, where we were asked to see how many words we could make from another word's letters. Today's lesson will be very much like that; only the words discovered will not be random or meaningless. The discoveries will reveal a confirming, checking, and balancing system built right into the Word of God. The Gospel In the Beginning While researching another topic, I stumbled across a YouTube teaching that discussed in its entirety the first Hebrew word of the Bible, "bereishit" בראשית) In the beginning. I was surprised to discover that this single Hebrew word contains the entire Gospel message. So I sat down with the Hebrew word "bereishit" (בראשית) and began making all the Hebrew words I could find in it. The only rule I followed was not to rearrange the letters randomly; instead, I would read them from right to left and see how many letter com...

  The Word Satan Defined The word "Satan" in the Bible is often thought of as the personal name of the evil one. However, the Hebrew definition of the word suggests that it is most commonly used in the Old Testament to describe an accusatory adversary of any kind. King David uses this word to describe his false accusers in Psalm 109. In return for my love, they are my accusers (satan שטן).  Thus, they have rewarded me evil for good,  And hatred for my love.  Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser (satan שטן). stand at his right hand ...  ... Let this be the Lord’s reward to my accusers (satan שטן), and to those who speak evil against my person.  — Psalm 109:4-6,20 The New Testament additionally describes the adversarial role of the spiritual entity, Satan, depicting him as the accuser in the book of Revelation. Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, f...