Lesson 5 - Prayers

debareka adonai woqir miza'ab
Your word, O Lord, is more precious than gold.

Lesson 5 - Key Verses

zahab
hanneḥĕmāḏîm mizzâāḇ (Ps.19:10) (read)
They are to be more desired than gold ...

hokmah
wayhwâ nāṯan ḥāḵəmâ lišəlōmōh (1 Kings 5:12/26) (read)
And God gave wisdom to Solomon ...

rē’šîṯ ḥāḵəmâ| yirə’aṯ yəhwâ (Ps.111:10) (read)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom ...

keseph
wayyiməkərû ’eṯ-ywōsēf layyišəmə‘ē’lîm bə‘eśərîm kāsef (Gen. 37:28) (read)
... and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver ...

yaqar
yāqarətā ḇə‘ênay (Isa 43:4) (read)
You are precious in my sight.

Lesson 5 - Hebrew today

•The Avodah Institute in Florida, which is dedicated to issues of faith in the workplace, chose its name on the basis of the fact that "abodah" can mean both "worship" and "work."



• see this sign for a Chabad House in Israel: "Chabad" is a word formed from the first letters of the three Hebrew words for wisdom, understanding, and knowledge—beginning with the letter he for "hokmah"

Lesson 5 - Word Studies

hokmah, Turner p.55-59
abod, Tverberg p.21
etsah, Bierma
etsah, Went
rasha, Went
tsaddiq, Went
tsaddiq, Parsons

Lesson 5 - Vocab

(L p.24-25)

zahab (VPF 127, Strong's H2091, Davar 301)
hokmah (VPF 271, Strong's H2451, Davar 461)
keseph (VPF 123, Strong's H3701, Davar 300)
abodah (VPF 284, [cf. Strong's H5467], Davar 310)
etsah (VPF 422, Strong's H6098)
yaqar (VPF 843, Strong's H3368)
yashar (VPF 336, Strong's H3477)
tsaddiq (VPF 219, Strong's H6662, Davar 225)
qasheh (VPF 856, Strong's H7186)
rasha' (VPF 177)
Dawid
Samu'el
Yerushalaim
min- (VPF 6)
asher