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Hosanna!, please save us!

Ho•sha na, Hosanna, is a liturgical word in Judaism and Christianity. It means: ‘save us (or someone’s name) please.’ ‘Hosanna,’ which is a supplication for God’s salvation, was the shout of praise or adoration made in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus, Yeshua,...

Sing to the Lord!

Praising God by singing is a beautiful and heart-lifting way of worship. The call to do so is: shi•ru la•do•nai, sing to the Lord. We witness this call at least 20 times in the Bible; most of these mentions are in Psalms, but not only. Here is a call by Miriam the...

Repentance, reply, penitence

It is surprising that although the concept of ‘te•shu•va’ is identical in both the Old and the New Testaments, the word is not mentioned even once in the Old Testament, but 13 times in the New Testament. The root of this word is the verb ‘shuv,’ which means ‘to...

Word, thing, essence

Mi•la (a word) is a biblical word that, with a slight addition that does not change its pronunciation, gets a different meaning. As ‘word’ it is spelled with ‘Mem,’ ‘Lamed,’ and ‘Hey,’ and if you write it with a ‘Yood’ after the ‘Mem,’ it means circumcision, but still...

Modesty, humbleness, temperance

About a week ago we began a new series that has a connection to the previous series, ‘fruit,’ in its metaphorical manifestation. It consists of the qualities noted in Galatians 5:22-23 as the fruits of the Spirit. If you missed the Hebrew Word from the Lord titled...