The Hebrew Meaning of the Word Angel: With Whom Did Jacob Wrestle?
Yesterday’s Parasha {פרשה} (weekly Torah portion) was ‘Va-Yishlach’ {וישלח} (Hebrew for ‘and he sent’). This is the eighth weekly Torah portion
Biblical Hebrew and Hebrew Bible Studies Program
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The Hebrew Origins of Adam’s Name and its Connection to the Ground
At the beginning of the second chapter of Genesis, the Bible gives us a short review of the creation: “These
The Mysterious ‘Great Sea Creatures’ of Genesis – What Are They?
Today we will talk about one of the most intriguing mysteries of ‘Ma’ase Bereshit’ {מעשה בראשית} – Hebrew for ‘the act
The Mysterious ‘Great Sea Creatures’ of Genesis: What Are They? (Part II )
Yesterday we started talking about the mysterious ‘great sea creatures’ of Genesis. We had a closer look at the different Bible
The Original Hebrew Meaning of ‘Man’ and ‘Woman’ – When Romance and Linguistics Meet…
After God created the woman in the Garden of Eden, the Bible tells us the following well-known story: “So the LORD
The Deeper Hebrew Meaning of the First Day of Creation
The first day of the Creation ends with the following words: “God called the light Day, and the darkness he
The Deeper Hebrew Meaning of the Biblical ‘Tree of Knowledge’
Yesterday we discussed the first out of the two special trees that were planted in the Garden of Eden: the
The Deeper Hebrew Meaning of the ‘Garden of Eden’
In the second chapter of the Book of Genesis, there appears for the first time a reference about the ‘Garden
The Angels of God and Abraham’s Hebrew
Today’s Parasha {פרשה} (weekly Torah portion) is’Va-Yera’ {וירא} (Hebrew for ‘and He appeared’). This is the fourth weekly Torah portion from
The ‘Double Blessing’ of Tuesday –Origins of a Hebrew Idiom
When one takes a closer look at what is written in the Bible about the second day of Creation, an