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Intro to Biblical Hebrew

Pastor Trey Graham Lesson 8

Special Guests – Wednesday, November 14

Rabbi Elan and Rivkah Adler Gidon and Devra Ariel Homework – memorize this Bible verse

הֹודּו אֶת־יְהו ֨ ה צְבאֹ ֨ ות כִּֽי־טֹ ֨ וב Homework – memorize this Bible verse

הֹודּו אֶת־יְהו ֨ ה צְבאֹ ֨ ות כִּֽי־טֹ ֨ וב

Howdu et Adonai tz’ba’ot ki tov

“Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good” Jeremiah 33:11b Testimony tonight

Suzanne McElhaney We can represent the Word of God, Ancient meanings of Hebrew letters right down to the letters. • Alef – Yoke yourself to the strength of God • Bet – His spirit dwells in us • Gimel – We are a bridge of God’s loving kindness to this world • Dalet – We can open the door to Christ for others • Hey – How do others behold Christ in us? • Vav – We can nail down God’s teaching for others • Zayin – We must know how to properly use the Sword of the Spirit – the Word of God • Cheth – We hedge others in prayer • Tet – Be aware of the serpent and do not fall to his temptation • Yod – We are the hand of God – do you offer His power to others? • Kaf – We are the serving hand of God • Lamed – We are to teach and lead others

http://www.lthompsonbooks.com/blog/jesus-alef-and-tav/ We can represent the Word of Ancient meanings of Hebrew letters God, right down to the letters. • Mem – We are to offer the Living Waters to others • Nun – We recognize the Life we have in Christ • Samech – We are to support each other • Ayin – We are to look to others without sin and judgment • Pey – Speak His word • Tzade – Do not be hooked and led away; do not cause this for others • Qof – Follow behind Christ, allow Him to lead • Resh – Surrender to God leading as our authority • Shin/Sin – Chew on His Word • Tav – Leave a Cross-shaped mark or sign in your life so others will recognize Jesus

http://www.lthompsonbooks.com/blog/jesus-alef-and-tav/ Teachings about specific Hebrew letters • 14th letter of Hebrew alphabet • Numerical value of 50 • Pictogram is a upright, something straight up and down (seen more in final form) • Nun is one of 5 letters in Hebrew with a final (sofit) form • The first sequence of 11 letters in the alphabet, which together have the meaning of “our rescue” (Jesus rescues us out of darkness), second sequence of 11 letters have meaning of “our race” (to persevere in faith) means to continue to propagate נון The word nun •

https://www.thelivingword.org.au Teachings about specific Hebrew letters

Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch netser from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord נֵצֶר will rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. Isaiah 11:1-2

נ צְרַת Where was Jesus raised? In Nazareth

נצרים The modern Hebrew word for Christians is notzrim branches

https://www.thelivingword.org.au Teachings about specific Hebrew letters (About coming Messiah) May his name endure forever; may his name increase as long as the sun shines; and let men bless themselves by him; let all nations call him blessed. Psalm 72:17

יְהִּ ֨ י שְ מֹ ֨ ו לְֽעֹול ֨ ם לִּפְנֵי־שֶמֶש יִּּנ ֨ יֹן שְ ֨ מֹ ֨ ו וְיִּתְב ֨ רְכּו בֹ ֨ ו כ ל־גֹויִּ ֨ם יְַאשְרּֽוהּו

This underlined phrase is “may his name be magnified” or “increase” נִּין with root word יִּּניֹן The word for “magnified” or “increase” is yanin nuwn https://www.thelivingword.org.au Teachings about specific Hebrew letters • Letter Nun has 2 forms… normative form is “bent over”, final form is elongated • Both forms represent a faithful servant ”ne'emán begins with the “bent-over נֶאֱמן ”Hebrew word for “faithful • (normative) Nun and ends with elongated (final) Nun • Bent-over = submission, humility ne'emán נֶאֱמָן eh·bed עֶבֶד In Numbers 12:7, Moses was called by God • • Numerical value of 50 is related to Jubilee Year – called the Year of Freedom, representing a state of redemption. All indentured servants go free in Jubilee Year. • Torah was given on Mount Sinai on 50th day coming out of Egypt… Counting the Omer. Jews given the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven.

http://shivimpanim.org Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman Teachings about specific Hebrew letters

https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Nun/nun.html Teachings about specific Hebrew letters

https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Nun/nun.html Teachings about specific Hebrew letters • 15th letter of Hebrew alphabet • The pictogram of this letter has meaning of a circle, one of the basic shapes • All of nature is based on cycles • Pictogram is a circle, indicating to surround or protect • Transcendent nature of God is called sovev kol ha’amim (surrounding all worlds) סובב כל היא’עמים • The aspect of God that fills all worlds is called maale kol מעל כל היא’עמים ha’amim • The pictogram is a circle and everyone in a circle can feel equal, no one greater or lesser http://shivimpanim.org Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman Teachings about specific Hebrew letters

• This letter has numerical value of 60 • Rabbis who wanted to express how one thing is nullified in another would use the number 60 • In dietary laws (like restrictions on mixing milk and meat) something that is 1/60th or less non-kosher is good enough to be kosher (i.e. the taste is nullified) • Sleep is called 1/60th of death • Honey is called 1/60th of manna in desert • Fire is called 1/60th of Gehenna (hell) • Shabbat is called 1/60th of the world to come • Dreams are called 1/60th of prophecy

http://shivimpanim.org Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman Teachings about specific Hebrew letters • Pictogram is a circle, indicating to surround or protect word with same spelling ; סמך Name of letter is spelled • but different vowels means “to sustain or uphold or strengthen” סָבִּיב Hebrew word for “surround” or “encircle” is sabib • סכך Hebrew word for a protective shield is • • Samekh is 15th letter of Hebrew alphabet • In Genesis 15:1, God said He would be a shield for Abraham • Psalm 118:8 is middle verse in the Bible (based on Hebrew word count)… “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.” https://www.thelivingword.org.au Teachings about specific Hebrew letters סביב Hebrew word for “all-around” or “encircling” is • • Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.” • Colossians 1:27 “Christ in you, the hope of glory” • Numerical value of letter Samekh is 60 • Song of Solomon 3:7 “Behold, it is the traveling couch of it, of the mighty men סָבִּיב Solomon; sixty mighty men around of Israel.” • Song of Solomon 6:8 “There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number”

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Teachings about specific Hebrew letters • Shape is a circle; represents all that a circle represents • Represents surrounding energy. Relates to cycles, or repeating cycles; also means to support (like a hug). • When a Rabbi gives a student ordination, he places hands on his head and surrounds with his energy and makes him a representative of all he has learned. • Turning of seasons, yearly cycle of trees and really all of nature. • The soul returns again, as it tries to complete its rectification in this world…process of achieving wholeness. • Psalm 145 is written by David using 22 Hebrew letters (starting point for verses) except for Nun (which means “fallen one”). David didn’t want to include the idea of falling in the Psalm of praise…so David skipped the Nun and went right to Samekh with idea that God supports all who have fallen. http://www.hamishkandavid.org/id133.html Teachings about specific Hebrew letters

https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Samekh/samekh.html Teachings about specific Hebrew letters

• 16th letter of Hebrew alphabet • Numerical value of 70 • The letter AYIN means “eye” • Torah says God “looks” or “sees”… divine providence, His control • Deuteronomy 11:12 “the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it (Land of Israel), from the beginning even to the end of the year”

http://shivimpanim.org Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman Teachings about specific Hebrew letters • Pictogram is two eyes… seeing, watching • Rabbis say this shape is two eyes leading back to a solid foundation for life ”means “eye עין Hebrew word ayin • • God is watching over us, He cares for us The Lord who) יְהוָ ֥ ה רֹ ֥ עִּ ֥ י He is our good shepherd… Psalm 23:1 • sees); see description of Jesus in John 10:11 as Good Shepherd (can also mean “spring” of water (Ein Gedi עין Hebrew word ayin • • Ayin is 16th letter of Hebrew alphabet • First mention of a spring of water is Genesis 16:7 was said by Hagar in אֵ ֥ ל רֳאִּ ֥ י ”First mention of “God who sees • Genesis 16:13

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Teachings about specific Hebrew letters ”means “eye עין Hebrew word ayin • • Jesus said in Matthew 6:22-23 “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” • Proverbs 28:22 “A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not know that want will come upon him.” (See Matthew 6:20-21, 24… verses about giving) • To have a good eye is to be generous (John 3:16, Galatians 1:4) https://www.thelivingword.org.au

Teachings about specific Hebrew letters • Numerical value is 70 • Jacob’s family, total of 70 people, went to Egypt (See Genesis 46:27, Exodus 1:5, Deuteronomy 10:220 • When Jacob died, all of Egypt mourned for 70 days (See Genesis 50:3) • Israel in wilderness of Sinai… Exodus 15:27 “Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.” • There were 70 elders of Israel (See Exodus 24:1, 9) • There were 70 men as members of the Sanhedrin • Judah was 70 years in exile in Babylon (See 2 Chronicles 36:21, Jeremiah 25:11-12, Jeremiah 29:10) • Daniel was given prophecy of 70 “weeks” or “sevens” in Daniel 9:24 • Psalm 90:10 is the 7th reference to the number 70 in the Bible… “As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years” https://www.thelivingword.org.au Teachings about specific Hebrew letters • Letter means “eye” • God looked or God saw…concept of divine providence • Eyes of God are upon Israel all year • 70 = 10 x 7…fullness of 7 • 70 was the number of souls that went down to Egypt • 70 nations… descendants of Noah • Moses and 70 elders in the desert • 70 members of Sanhedrin (and a “prince” or leader) • Always with 1 leader + 70 members/others = 71 total • The letter Ayin is silent and letter Aleph is silent… numerical values of 1 and 70. These letters are sometimes interchanged.

http://www.hamishkandavid.org/id133.html Teachings about specific Hebrew letters

https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Ayin/ayin.html Teachings about specific Hebrew letters

https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Ayin/ayin.html Important Jewish prayer in Hebrew

ב רּוךְ ַאתה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינּו מֶלֶךְה עֹולם Important Jewish prayer in Hebrew

ב רּוךְ ַאתה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינּו מֶלֶךְ ה עֹולם

Start with words we have already learned Important Jewish prayer in Hebrew ב רּוךְ ַאתה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינּו מֶלֶךְה עֹולם

Baruch atah Adonai First line Important Jewish prayer in Hebrew ב רּוךְ ַאתה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינּו מֶלֶךְה עֹולם

First line Baruch atah Adonai Second line Eloheinu melech ha'olam Important Jewish prayer in Hebrew ב רּוךְ ַאתה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינּו מֶלֶךְה עֹולם Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha'olam

“Blessed are you Lord, Our God, King of the universe” Example Bible verse in Hebrew

כְַאי ֨ ל תַעֲרֹג עַל־אֲפִּֽיקֵי־מ יִּם כֵן נַפְשִּ ֨ י תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיך אֱלֹהִּֽים Example Bible verse in Hebrew

כְַאי ֨ ל תַעֲרֹג עַל־אֲפִּֽיקֵי־מ יִּם כֵן נַפְשִּ ֨ י תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיך אֱלֹהִּֽים Start with words we have already learned כְַאי ֨ ל תַעֲרֹג עַל־אֲפִּֽיקֵי־מ יִּם

Ke-ah-yal ta-a-rog al ah-pi-qe mayim

Ke-ah-yal as the deer ta-a-rog pants, longs al for ah-pi-qe the brooks, streams mayim water כֵן נַפְשִּ ֨ י תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיך אֱלֹהִּֽים

Ken napsi ta-a-rog eleka Elohim ken so ( נֶפֶׁש napsi my soul (from root word nefesh ta-a-rog pants, longs eleka for You Elohim God כְַאי ֨ ל תַעֲרֹג עַל־אֲפִּֽיקֵי־מ יִּם כֵן נַפְשִּ ֨ י תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיך אֱלֹהִּֽים

Ke-ah-yal ta-a-rog al ah-pi-qe mayim Ken napsi ta-a-rog eleka Elohim

“As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God.” Psalm 42:1 Richness of the Hebrew language • Numeric patterns can be found when studying the Old Testament • Words or phrases with the same numeric value are usually related Adonai Yahweh” has numeric value of 91“ אדני יהוה ”Phrase “Lord God • Elohim” has numeric value of 91“ הָאֱלֹהִּ ֥ ים Word “God” in Genesis 31:11 • Yahweh Mivtaho” in Jeremiah“ יְהוָ ֥ ה מִּבְטַחֹֽו ”Phrase “The Lord His trust • 17:7 has numeric value of 91 ebed Yahweh” in Joshua 22:5“ עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה ֥ ”Phrase “Servant of the Lord • (about Moses) has numeric value of 91 (without vowels בן יכבד אב) בֵ ֥ ן יְכַבֵ ֥ ד ָא ֥ ב ”Phrase “Son honors Father • “ben yakabed ab” in Malachi 1:6 has numeric value of 91 meaning אֱמּונָה ”from the Hebrew root word “emunah) אמן ”Word “Amen • faith or trust) has numeric value of 91

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Homework – memorize this Bible verse

כֵן נַפְשִּ ֨י תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיך אֱלֹהִּֽים

Ken napsi ta-a-rog eleka Elohim

“so I long for You, God.” Psalm 42:1b