Hebrew words

[theseed]

Hi everbody

I would like to hear what your favorite Hebrew word(s) are/is and words that you think are often misunderstood. For example, many people think that Shalom simply means peace, but from my OT studies, I know that it means alot more, but I can't remember what. Can you help me with this too?

 

[simchat_torah]

my favorite two words (when combined ) are: Simchat Torah

Simchat (rejoice) Torah (*in the* torah)

Simchat Torah = Rejoice in the Torah


One thing that we must learn from the start is that whatever we see in the Brit Chadasha (new test.) must be viewed through the eyes of the Tenach (old test.). The Tenach is the dictionary for the Brit Chadasha.

Torah.

What is it? What does it mean? How was it used?

These are just some of the questions we need in order to get started on our journey of discovery.

Torah is most commonly seen in the christian view as "Law". This, however while true, is not the best definition of Torah. Torah, in Hebrew is derived from the word meaning "To teach".
Simply looking up the word Torah in a Hebrew dictionary you will find the following definitions in order of importance:

1)Teaching
2)Instruction
3)Wisdom
4)Revelation
5) and finally, yes Law

So, while the Torah DOES contain Laws, that is not the primary value or association of the term Torah. Now, whenever you see the word "Law" in the Tenach (that is the old test., and for all intensive purposes I will use the word Tenach from now on) the Hebrew has the word Torah. As well, many times that the following words are used in the English Tenach you will find that Torah is the word behind it in Hebrew:

Revelation, Wisdom, Teachings, Instruction, Light, and in some translations the word Righteousness is also derived from Torah.

Literally, the first five books of the Bible, or also called Moshe (moses), IS the Torah. This must also be kept in the back of one's thoughts as they discern the meaning of Torah.

What does HaShem (G-d) have to say about the Torah? How do the Jews view the Torah?


Life.

"My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments: for the length of days and years of LIFE, and peace they will add to you."
Mishle (Proverbs) 3:1-2

"My covenant with him was one of LIFE and peace..."
Malachai 2:5

(*Moshe to Yisra'el) "Take to your heart all the wordsd which I am warning you today, which you shall command your sons to observe carefully, even the words of this Law (Torah). It is not an idle word for you, indeed it is your LIFE."
D'varim (Duet.) 32:46-47a


Truth.

"They righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy Law (Torah) is TRUTH."
Tehillim (psalms) 119:142

"Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Thy Law. Thou art near, O L-rd, and all thy commandments are TRUTH."
Tehillim 119:150:151

"The sum of thy words is TRUTH, and every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting."
Tehillim 119:160


Righteousness

"It will be RIGHTEOUSNESS for us if we are careful to observe all the commandments before the L-rd our G-d, just as He has commanded us."
Devarim 6:25

".. if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully--he is RIGHTEOUS and will surely live."
Yechezkiel (Ezekiel) 18:9

"Yet they seek me day by day, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that has done RIGHTEOUSNESS, and has not forsaken the ordinance of their G-d."
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 58:1-2

This is how HaShem described the Torah to the people, and this is how the Jews view the Torah...
It is:
Life
Truth
Righteousness

It must also be noted that the Jews never viewed salvation as coming THROUGH the Torah.


Eternal? Perpetual? Forever?

"Be careful to listen to these words which I command you, in order that it may be well with you and your sons after you FOREVER, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the L-RD your G-d."
Devarim 12:28

"The secret things belong to the YHVH our G-d, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons FOREVER, that we may observe the words of this law (Torah)."
Devarim 29:29

"Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me, and keep all My commandments (the mitzvot [laws] of the Torah) ALWAYS, that it may be well with them and with their sons FOREVER!"
Devarim 5:29


Was the Moshiach (messiah) to come and destroy the lifestyle of Torah? Was he to come and abolish it from the lives of His people?
How about this "new covenant" in Jeremiah 31? Was this to over-rule the "old covenant"? Was it to abolish the Torah?

The Moshiach was prophesied to:
"I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him."
Devarim 18:18

Thus it was understood by the Jews that this Moshiach to come was to not only speak the words of the Father, but also to be in total and 100% agreement with the Father's will and words.

This, we will come back to later (in a future post) and what precisely this means.
Suffice it to say that the role of the Moshiach was not only to come and live a perfect righteous lifestyle, but to teach others to do the same. One of the greatest expectations of the Jews was that the Moshiach was to teach Torah from Mt. Zion during the Messianic Kingdom, or the 1,000 year reign of the Messiah.

But let us now examine the "new" covenant in Jer. 31.
This is the specific passage the the rites of the entire Brit Chadasha (new test.) are based upon.

"Behold, the days come, saith the L-RD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Yisra'el, and with the house of Judah. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the L-RD. But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisra'el; After those days, saith the L-RD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their G-d, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the L-RD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the L-RD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
Yermiyahu (jeremiah) 31:31-34

The first thing that we MUST notice is that in Hewbrew it does NOT say "new" covenant. It says "Brit Chadasha" which would literally translate to: "REnewed covenant".

However, this is exactly what this thread is designed for, to discuss what it means to have the covenant renewed upon the heart, for no one teaching his neighbor (for they shall ALL know the L-RD), ect. ect. ect.

HAHAHA... I guess I'm starting to preach now.

Torah comes from the Hebrew root: "To Aim Straight"
It aims straight towards the target, the goal.

Oy how horribly misundestood this word has become.





Simchat Torah




Shalom,
yafet

 

[theseed]

HAHAHA... I guess I'm starting to preach now.

Thank your for your post, and if it helps any, I really believe there is only One Covenant and One Testament, and we see this in The Bible. It started with Adam, but was not and will not be fully revealed until it is complete with Christ.

 

[Yeshuaismine1985]

MY FAVORITE HEBREW WORD IS OR WORDS ARE A'M SEGULAH BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SAY IT THEY MAKE IT SOUND LIKE I'M A SEAGULL AND I JUST LAUGH BEACAUSE WE ARE A TREASURED PEOPLE!!

 

[Multi-Elis]

There are so many words...

 

[Henaynei]

Henaynei - usually transliterated differently - means "here am I" - prayer of submission to G-d.

 

[theseed]

I would like to add that Yeshua did not destroy the Torah, but came to fullfil it.

 

[theseed]

Henaynei, where is this name found in the bible? It makes me think of Hannah, but I look that up and "Hannah" means grace.

(Channah in Hebrew).

 

[theseed]

Shalom means much more than peace.

1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace


a) completeness (in number)

b) safety, soundness (in body)

c) welfare, health, prosperity

d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment

e) peace, friendship

1) of human relationships

2) with God especially in covenant relationship

f) peace (from war) g) peace (as adjective)

 

[Andrew]

Hi folks,

I was in Israel recently. My wife and I made a new set of wedding bands with Hebrew inscriptions on it. We chose the verse "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Heb 13:5). I checked with a Hebrew Bible and the symbols match exactly what is in Heb 13:5.

A Jewish sales assistant taught us briefly how to say it in Hebrew. She said something like: "Lor arh-pear-ha vair-lor as-vair-ha"

I'm writing it as phonetically as I can.

can someone plse tell me if that's how you say it? help appreciated. thanks!

 

[Multi-Elis]

Lo Ar'p'khà, ve lo E-e-zvékha

לא ארפך ולא אעזבך
I even put the accents.

 

[theseed]

Hi folks,

I was in Israel recently. My wife and I made a new set of wedding bands with Hebrew inscriptions on it. We chose the verse "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Heb 13:5). I checked with a Hebrew Bible and the symbols match exactly what is in Heb 13:5.

A Jewish sales assistant taught us briefly how to say it in Hebrew. She said something like: "Lor arh-pear-ha vair-lor as-vair-ha"

I'm writing it as phonetically as I can.

can someone plse tell me if that's how you say it? help appreciated. thanks!

Yeah, apparently it's a quote from Deut. 31.6,8 and Joshua 1.5, someone can double check if they want.

 

[Andrew]

thanks Multi-Elis!

 

[JewishHeart]

My two favorite Hebrew words are " Stam" שתם which is a multi-purposed word that I sometimes use in English because there is no word in English like it.

My other favorite is "Nitzachon" נצחון which means victory. It comes from the root "netzach" נצח which means eternity.

Then there is also "lshtakheveh" which means to worship or to bow down