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Deuteronomy - Lesson 4 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4
4 Moses begins by exhorting the people to obey God’s Laws and then goes on to explain The Hebrew word that is being translated is Shema . Shema is an instruction to DO something. It is a call to action. That is not at all, or ever was, the sense of the word […] -
Malachi - Lesson 12 – Malachi Ch 3 cont 3
He used tangible, physical things of common familiarity to explain the inward spiritual It modifies and explains the situation of the words being said. God listened (qashab), then He heard (shema). But, shema means to act upon what one hears. So, how did God act? spend the time to dig into each Hebrew word that […] -
2 Samuel - Lesson 30 Ch19 Ch20
I explained in our last lesson that this event of David returning to Jerusalem to And last week I used one of several elements of David’s return from exile to explain As much as this Sheba wanted a Civil War it never actually materialized. Verse 1 explains that “there” was a scoundrel name Sheva […] -
Revelation - Lesson 2 Ch1
Let me explain what I mean. in John’s Jewish mind the hear-obey connection is expressed in the Hebrew word shema This is why in Jewish thought the Hebrew word shema is one of the most important Do not ask me to explain it. it to happen just has he says it […] -
Joshua - Lesson 14 Ch10
people of Jebus (the Jebusites) were a branch of the Amorites, that would easily explain The reason I even went there is to explain that we see the king of Jerusalem put The Hebrew word that is usually translated as hearken or listen is shema. And shema does NOT mean listen. To shema is to […] -
Deuteronomy - Lesson 8 Ch6
The Shema goes by another name as well: Hear O Israel . Yeshua was of course quoting the Shema; He was quoting the Torah. Then Moses goes on to explain (in what eventually came to be called the Shema) that In Hebrew “hear” is shema . Shema is an instruction […] -
2 Kings - Lesson 27 Ch18
Then in verse 9, the narrative takes a step back to explain that the siege of Assyria Twice in this verse the Hebrew word shema was used to describe what it is that We’ve discussed this import principle that is contained in the word shema on numerous Recall that this passage […] -
Deuteronomy - Lesson 5 Ch4
DEUTERONOMY Lesson 5 – Chapter 4 Last week we ended by studying the Shema, which The Shema (which is a combination of a prayer and a statement of fact and faith) actually occurs a couple of chapters ahead of where we are right now (the Shema begins Inherent in the word shema is […] -
2 Samuel - Lesson 16 Ch11
discuss the rather lack-of-in-depth approach that Christianity usually has taken to explain The name Bath-Sheva is not as certain in its meaning as the name of her husband bath ( bat ) means daughter (no, it is not a wordplay that she got the name Bath sheba Sheva can be used […] -
Zephaniah - Lesson 06 – Zephaniah Ch 3
I’ll briefly pause to explain that Oholivah is a figurative name that Ezekiel used And it better explains God’s harsh action against His own people and even His own The Hebrew is shema, which means to obey as a result of hearing. Take the concept of obedience out, and it misses the meaning of shema. […]
