A Study Of
Some Basic Ancient Hebrew
A
A Aleph is the head of an ox and represents strength.
L
L Lamed is a shepherd’s staff and represents leadership.
GOD - Strong Leader
Hebrew is read from right to
left.
AT TA TA Aleph Taw
T
T Taw represents crossed sticks or a target.
Aleph is the first letter of
the aleph-bet and taw is the last letter of the aleph-bet. The aleph bet is the
ABC’s in Hebrew. Bet is the second letter in Hebrew.
Jesus called himself the
first and last, the alpha and the omega in Greek, the aleph
taw in Hebrew.
A taw, T, would be set at the end of a field as a target for
the ox to aim for as it pulled a plow or did his work.
TA represents the spiritual path of righteousness or
doing the work of God.
GL LG Lo Gayin Lamed
G o
Ayin or gayin, depending on who
is translating the text. There is
disagreement among the scholars.
The shepherd’s staff at eye
level represents a yoke. A staff set across the shoulders could be used to
carry water by hooking a vessel at each end. A staff set across the shoulders
of a team on oxen was at eye level, either the ox’s eye or the farmer’s eye,
and would be part of a yoke.
YOKE – Eye, shepherd’s staff
ZMD Dmy DMY Tsadey Mem Dalet
y
Y Tsadey is a path with a destination as in a hunt or a
journey.
m
M Mem is a symbol for water and blood.
D
D Dalet is a door to a tent or house and can mean enter.
This word can be read to mean
something like a path of the spirit that leads to a door. We know that Christ
stands at the door, the door to eternal life. However most translations render
this word as a YOKE OF OXEN.
So lets look at this yoke of
oxen for a moment. Oxen were often teamed together an older one with a younger
one. The older ox would teach the younger ox. The older would set the pace and
hold the path toward the target or end and the younger would follow the lead.
That is the TA,, aleph taw, the beginning and the end. I and the
Father are one, Jesus told us. Jesus said I do the work of my Father and I do
what I see my Father do. They work together. The older ox, the Father, sets the
pace and sets the direction or path toward the taw, t, at the end of the field. So a yoke of oxen
represents the spiritual work on a path to the end. At the end of our spiritual
walk in life Jesus stands at the door waiting. So you can see the similar meaning
of the two concepts, the word and the translation.
ELOHIM Miela miela
a
A Aleph is the head of an ox and represents strength.
l
L Lamed is a shepherd’s staff and represents leadership.
e
e Hey is a man with hands raised. It means to look, reveal or
breath. I think it shows excitement.
i
i Yud is a forearm and means to work or worship.
M
m Mem is a symbol for water and blood.
m andvM are the same letter, mem,
but M is used at the end of a word.
We know that life is in the
blood and that God is life. So I think that a realistic explanation of this
word is the Strong Leader is exited about the work of giving life.
The water the blood and the
spirit are closely related. At baptism we are immersed in water. The water,
which is a symbol of God’s spirit, completely covers us. The old man dies and
the spirit takes over as a new man lives when we come up out of the water.
The new man is renewed every
years through the drinking of Christ’s blood for the forgiveness of sin and
because life is in the blood, that is eternal life is in the blood of Christ.
The transformation is not yet
complete as we are destined to become spirit beings like God the Father and
Jesus His first begotten Son. At the transformation, in the twinkling of an eye
we will be transformed and become Spirit.
So you see that the water the
blood and the spirit are closely related in that they all represent God giving
life.
Water Mim mim Mem Yud Mem
water works water
Blood Md md Dalet Mem
Dam – door of water
Spirit hfr hfr Resh Vav Hhet
r
r Resh is the head of a man. It means first or beginning or
top.
f f Vav is a tent peg. It means to add or secure or hook.
h
h Hhet is a tent wall. It means to divide or separate.
Pronounced (roo-agh) according to the book.
man – tent peg – wall,
which could be translated the first man is securely separated, that is
separated from death. This is likely a reference to Jesus. It represents His
attitude, His behavior, His characteristics, His demeanor, His efforts, His
communication, but most of all His attaining eternal life as a Spirit being.
As we search for the
righteousness of God and as we are lead by the Spirit of Jesus as an example
for us to follow, there is much to be learned from the word of God. This brief lesson give us an insight into the mind of God as
it was revealed before the confusion of the languages at Bable
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