by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
This is the Hebrew expression for discrimination or treating people with double standards. ‘Ey•fa’ is the biblical volume or capacity measuring tool for dry substances. A dishonest practice was to use two ‘ey•fa’ measuring utensils: a large one for purchasing goods...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
This biblical and modern word has almost identical meanings from then to today. Perhaps this is because we haven’t changed that much in our emotional structure since the biblical era. What we mean here is deeper than how it sounds. Do you notice, much to the dismay of...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
This is the basic human food of all times. Besides meaning ‘bread’ in the form that we know today, biblical Hebrew is using the word ‘le•chem’ as a general name for food. The biblical bread, according to several researchers, was not made from the wheat grain that we...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
Because the Sabbath is holy, there has been an historical need to separate it from ordinary days. In Judaism, the ‘hav•da•lah’ (Havdalah) is the ceremony that marks the end of Shabbat or Yom Tov (holidays) and Yom Kippur, and serves as the transition to weekdays....
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
This is the literal translation of this beautiful Hebrew idiom that was actually originated in the New Testament: ‘ein’ (there isn’t); ‘na•vi’ (a prophet); ‘be•ee•ro’ (in his own town). In its wide definition it means that a person who is original, innovative in...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
This word may also be pronounced as ‘ra•kia,’ without separating the last syllable. It is first mentioned in the book of Genesis: “And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the...
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