In this episode of Hebrew Voices #186 - The Hamas Prophecy: Part 1, Nehemia and Lynell explore the prophetic meaning of the word Hamas in the Hebrew Bible with striking comparisons between modern headlines and the words of the ancient Hebrew prophets.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #185 - A Biblical Understanding of Passover Leaven (Chametz), Nehemia does a deep-dive into what exactly is or isn’t prohibited during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. He distinguishes the 3 Hebrew words all translated into English as “leaven”, describes how drastically different modern food production is from ancient times, and cuts through the controversy about alcohol.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #175, Thanksgiving to Yehovah for He is Good, Nehemia Gordon discusses whether Thanksgiving is a pagan holiday, looks at the Hebrew words for "turkey" and “thanks”, and what the Tanach teaches us about gratitude in excerpts from the Support Team Study, "Thanksgiving to Yehovah".
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #168- “Israelite Archaeology at the Israel Museum,” Nehemia takes us on a tour tracing archaeological history from ancient Israel all the way through the Roman Exile. Pieces include the oldest surviving texts of the Hebrew Bible, the earliest surviving inscription of Jerusalem, and depictions of the Assyrians besieging the Northern Israelites.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #162, Writing the Name of God in Torah Scrolls, Nehemia shows how blank spaces were left for Yehovah's holy name, which were then filled in during a second stage of writing. Nehemia presented this research last week to the world's top scholars at the European Association for Jewish Studies in Frankfurt, Germany.
In this Support Team Study, The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet: Part 2, Dr. Scott Stripling, the archeologist responsible for the most important discovery of 2022, explains how he deciphered an ancient Hebrew inscription using state of the art technology, an archaic form of God’s holy name, and how early Hebrew may have been written left-to-right.
In this episode of Prophet Pearls, Toldot (Malachi 1:1-2:7), if context is key, Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson have opened the door. We learn the exact historical context of Malachi’s message, a specific event at Sinai to which he referred, and the current events on the Temple Mount that prove the Prophet’s words to be as relevant as ever. Gordon tracks down a lost root to clarify the job description of a “messenger” and sets the record straight on “Levites,” “priests” and “cohanim.” Regarding Malachi’s prophecy, “my name is great among the nations,” Gordon tells of Icelanders and Filipinos who have gathered themselves with Yehovah and encourages listeners to be ready to do likewise. Continue reading
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, What is the Sacred Name of God?, Bible Scholar Dr. Nehemia Gordon gives an interview at the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Nehemia answers the most common questions about the sacred name of God, the available Hebrew evidence regarding the Name and its meaning, and the linguistic connection between “Yehovah” and the name “Yeshua.”
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Why it's YEhovah, but HalleluYAh, I explain why the vowel in "Yehovah" changes in "Yah" and why people who don't understand this Hebrew rule are pronouncing Yeshua's name wrong. Kiruv wrote: "Thank you for this clear explanation!" Continue reading
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, How a Yehovah Coin became Official Currency in the United States, Nehemia Gordon explains why a king in Denmark in the 1640s put the name of God with full vowels on his coin, shows the hand-written document by Thomas Jefferson to the Continental Congress which approved this coin as one of the official currencies in the United States, and points out how all of this is an incredible fulfillment of prophecy. Continue reading