Isaiah 6:5

  • One or Two

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    I sought Your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your word.  Psalm 119:58  NASB Sought – The Hebrew verb here is ḥālâ.  Fairly straightforward.  Except – except that ḥālâ has two different semantic domains.  ḥālâ I means “to become sick, weak, diseased,” while ḥālâ II means “to beseech, entreat, pray.”  How can we tell the…

  • Whatever It Takes

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Make me understand the way of Your precepts, and I will meditate on Your wonders.  Psalm 119:27  NASB Make me – Not many of us would willingly ask God to do what the psalmist asks.  He uses the Hebrew bîn which means“understand, consider, perceive, prudent, regard.”[1]  That seems pretty tame. The verb and its derivatives are…