Shema Messianic Apostolic Ministry

09/03/2026

Hebrew, Aramaic, Word Of The Day

Part 2

Bereshiyth (Genesis) 1:26

Elohim/God

09/03/2026

Hebrew, Aramaic, Word Of The Day

Part 1e

Strong’s

Hebrew Number H610

‎אָסוּךְ

09/03/2026

Hebrew, Aramaic, Word Of The Day

Part 1d

Strong’s

Hebrew Number H609

‎אָסָא

09/03/2026

Hebrew, Aramaic, Word Of The Day

Part 1c

Strong’s

Hebrew Number H608

‎אַנְתּוּן

09/03/2026

Hebrew, Aramaic, Word Of The Day

Part 1b

Strong’s

Hebrew Number H607

‎אַנְתָּה

09/03/2026

Hebrew, Aramaic, Word Of The Day

Part 1a

Strong’s

Hebrew Number H606

‎אֵנֶשׁ

09/02/2026

Hebrew, Aramaic, Lessons Of The Day

Metheg Rules

A Metheg (also Gaʿyā) is a small vertical line placed to the left of a vowel (often under a consonant) in Biblical Hebrew, acting as a secondary accent to indicate a slight pause, ensure proper vocalization, or separate syllables. It tells the reader to hold the syllable slightly longer, ensuring vowels are not reduced and distinguishing Kamatz (a) from Kamatz Chatuf (o).

Key Metheg Rules & Usage:

* Pretonic Full Vowels: A Metheg is placed on a long vowel (like Qamets or Tseri) in an open syllable before the main accented syllable (e.g., לָֽמָּה - lā-māh), indicating it should not be reduced to a Sheva.
* With Sheva Mobile: It is used to mark a Sheva (:) as a mobile Sheva (short vowel sound) rather than a resting Shva (silent).
* After Short Vowels (Ga'yā): It emphasizes short vowels (a or e) before a Shva or in open syllables, such as the Pathach in prefixes (e.g., הַֽמְסִלָּה - ham-sil-lāh).
* With Pronominal Suffixes: It appears in certain segolate nouns with suffixes to maintain the full vowel, distinguishing it from regular reduction patterns.
* Distinguishing Kamatz: It often helps identify a Kamatz (See Image) as a long 'a' sound, preventing it from being misread as a Kamatz Chatuf (short 'o').
* Avoidance Rules: It is typically not used directly before a Sheva that is under a letter with Dagesh Forte, or with the Vav conjunctive (except in specific poetic contexts like וַֽיְהִי).

Note: The Metheg is often confused with the Silluq, which looks identical but only appears on the very last word of a verse.

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Metheg

09/02/2026

Hebrew, Aramaic, Lessons Of The Day

It is my prayer that you have been following the lessons daily.

Please feel free to save and print them as needed; to review them at your leisure.

I will also be sharing Hebrew Vocabulary List to aid you in learning the language.

We started off with transliteration and evolved to the Alef Bet. I will be giving you a Hebrew Transliteration Vocabulary List as well as a Vocabulary List of the Alef Bet.

In the Hebrew word of the day Part 2, we are still in Bereshiyth, Hebrew, Genesis, Chapter 1.

Once we finish Chapter 1, I will go back and give you an updated vocabulary list for Chapter 1; then we will cover verse by verse, reading the actual text in Hebrew. To practice reading Hebrew.

We will continue with the word of the day part 2 and give the vocabulary list at the end of each chapter, then go back verse by verse and read the actual text in Hebrew.

We will be doing this for the entire Old Testament.

When it is time to start on The New Testament, we will be learning Greek and Hebrew.

09/02/2026

Our Daily Bread

Before our trip to Switzerland, my mental snapshot was of snowy Alps, goats grazing, and mountain farmers blowing alpine horns. However, as we drove south from ...

09/02/2026

Daily Devotional Reading

Tehilliym, Aramaic, (Hebrew), Psalm 2

1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.