אמונה Faith or emunah in Hebrew means ‘faithfulness’ and ‘certainty.’ The word ‘faith’ is found 122 times in the Old Testament; 115 times in the new. “Faith is being confident in what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1, Complete Jewish Bible). “Now faith is being sure of what we…
Category: Hebrew Lexicon
These articles give insight into the meaning of Hebrew words.
Covenant – Hebrew: B’rit
Breet or b’rit in Hebrew means “covenant, league, confederacy” ברית Used with the most common verb, karat כרת meaning ‘to cut “But I will establish (cut) my covenant with you (Noah)” (Genesis 6:18, Complete Jewish Bible). “But with you (Noah) will I establish (cut) covenant (b’rit)” (Genesis 6:18, New International Bible). “That day ADONAI made (cut) a covenant with…
Adam – Hebrew: Adom
Adam is found 20 times in the Scriptures; 13 times in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word Edom comes from the word adom and is where the descendants of Esau live. Edom is found 119 times in the Old Testament. אדום Adam or Adom in Hebrew means ‘red’. The smaller word within Adam is dam and means ‘blood’. …
Sign of Yeshua – Hebrew: Alef Tav
As a Jew who spoke Hebrew, Yeshua would never have used Greek or English letters to describe himself. A more correct translation would be: “I am the alef and the tav, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” as the alef and the tav are the first and last letters of the Hebrew alef-bet; not the ‘alpha’ and ‘omega’.