The Hebrew letters convey concepts, images, ideas, symbols and possess numerical value. There is a lot of valuable data packed into each letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet, which translates to a great deal of data in each word, as it is constructed of the letters of the aleph-bet. The Hebrew Letters are treasure houses of information.
Be an Aleph over the Dam, Control the Blood Impulse…. At One Point Adam failed to rule over his inclinations, over his own blood impulses… which brought death into the world.
When we fail to rule over our evil inclinations, or blood impulses, we can bring death and destruction into our own lives and into the lives of others.
Be an Aleph over the Dam…
For More Information on The Meaning of ADAM and the Aleph, References:
For your review, I have attached a copy of the study conducted by Lifeway Research entitled, What Do Americans Believe About God. The attached study released October 26, 2018 polled over 3,000 Americans, Christians and Non-Christians alike.
In addition, you might like to review The 2018 State of Theology Study, conducted every 2 years to assess trends and beliefs among Christian/Evangelicals. Although I find, that both studies contain disturbing results that I intend to explore later, I think that it is important to address one simple point for now.
There is a great deal of information obtained in these surveys that I disagree with, agree with, strongly disagree with, find shocking, outrageous and curious. Nevertheless, these are the findings and as a result, they are an indication of our current state of affairs.
The links to these studies are provided below.
Several of the questions were framed in context to what we believe. It is in this regard that I would like to take exception. Our beliefs are not only in question, but questionable. So, the question I wrestle with is, “When we define belief, what definition are we working with, as Christians?”
The World Can Not Define ‘BELIEF’ for Us. Christian’s definition of belief should be taken from the scriptures, and not from the dictionary, and definitely not from the world.
When the conversation shifts to a question of ‘Spiritual Belief’, Why are we allowing the world’s definition of belief, to dictate and define what we as Christians say, we “believe” in?
Who is best qualified to define our faith and the meaning of belief? The unbelieving world, or we as Christians?
Naturally, our response would be, “We define belief.” But in all actuality, we are working with a Webster’s dictionary definition of belief. (To be fair, even an Oxford’s Dictionary definition of faith).
When we speak of ‘belief’ what are we really talking about here?
A solid portion of the questions presented in these research studies is framed around the question of belief, What do we believe?…
When it comes to belief, It seems that we are operating from two different points of view. How we define belief has a strong bearing on our belief system as a whole, and how we (anyone) relate(s) to the Word of GOD.
There is a secular/worldly definition of ‘belief’ and a sacred/holy definition of ‘belief.’
Americans (Christians and Non-Christians) who responded to either study agree in several points. One that stands out is that both groups agree that scripture is not relevant to todays’ society and when answering questions about belief, it is assumed we are processing the questions on the same level.
If I ask you about belief in a spiritual context, does the concept of trust come to the forefront of your mind?
As Christians, we can not claim to believe in GOD’s Word, in this case, 2 Timothy 3:16 and then turn around and say that the bulk of scripture is not applicable to “modern-day life as a Christian” in today’s society. What do we really believe?
Christians have been asked if the bible is applicable to present day beliefs and a good many are answering, “no or not all of it.” In essence they too, are calling the bible irrelevant and outdated. Is there a new breed of Christianity? Are we Christian-Agnostics? Atheistic-Christians? or just double minded, opposing our own-selves? (James 1:8, 2 Timothy 2:24-25)
That’s what it sounds like in reviewing the attached studies.
A great man said, that belief is concretizing an idea, and as a consequence a person restricts their own growth, their movement, their development as a human being. Strangely enough, I agree with that assessment as long as we are working with the world’s definition of belief.
This dialog can teach us 2 important things:
It is extremely important to know if you are working with the same definition of terms.
The definition of words change over time, they are like a living organism – because they come from a living organism. Words, like people, refuse to remain static. A few KJV Examples:
Matt 6:6, “entering one’s closet to pray” does not mean a literal 2018, 21st century ‘closet’. It is referring to a 1st century concept of an “inner chamber, or secret room”. A private place of any kind that shuts out the world, would be a good way to think about it. A private place of Prayer.
Gen 1:28, the command to “replenish” the world. In 1611, when the Bible was written, replenish meant “to supply fully.” The ‘re’ in replenish is from the intensive form meaning to move forward with a sense of urgency. Today, our understanding of ‘re’, would be to do it again, or to do something over. If we walk away with that understanding, we would take the verse to mean, that GOD is somehow asking us to start over with the world.
Num 6:26, “…the LORD lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace. Peace in English means freedom from disturbance, tranquility. The word for peace is, ‘shalom’, which means to be made whole or complete. Shalom, means more than being free from disturbance, restful or calm. Shalom means to be made whole, in every way. Which would you prefer?
Psalm 37:14, “…to slay such as be of upright conversation.” The word being translated as ‘conversation’ is the Hebrew word derek, which means road or way. derek has to do with your conduct or behavior, how you carry yourself / walk through life, your character. In it’s original use in English, it meant the place where one dwells, or the manner that you conduct yourself in the world. The reason KJV translators chose the English word, ‘conversation’ to represent the Hebrew word, ‘derek’, is because at that time ‘conversation’ used to mean, conduct or behavior.
A large part of our controversies and misunderstandings come from reading a 17th century text (written in thee early 1600’s) as if it was a 21st century document. Which is compounded further by the fact, that we are translating ancient Hebrew and Koine Greek into the Old English of the 1600’s.
For an authentic definition of ‘belief’, I want to walk us back a bit, beyond the 1600’s. To accomplish that, I must show you this from the Hebrew.
REMEMBER: Hebrew is read from Right to Left
In the Hebrew, the word ‘aman’ [Strong’s 539, 540] is translated 111 times as belief, believe, trust, established, faithfulness. [Strong’s 539 = 108x, Strong’s 540 = 3x]
In ‘The Undiscovered Adam and the Unexplained man, Part 2″ I provided information on the 1st letter in the word ‘adam’, which is also the 1st letter in ‘aman’, the aleph, (A).
Please see that article for details on the aleph.
Also, in ‘The Undiscovered Adam and the Unexplained Man, Part 2’, we covered the 3rd letter in ‘adam’, which is the 2nd letter in aman, the mem, (M).
The Hebrew letter nun has 2 forms, the bent form (called a bent vav in Hebrew) which looks a little like a backwards small letter ‘c’ in the English alphabet, with angles instead of curves, and the final form, is called the nun sofit (the elongated form).
The final (3rd) letter in the word aman, is the Hebrew letter nun sofit, (N). Whenever the nun, appears at the end of a word, it takes it’s elongated form and is called ‘sofit’, meaning end.
The nun is bent, at the beginning, middle or any other position in a Hebrew word, in a humbled position depicting faithfulness. In the Ancient Paleo form, the nun originates as movement, offspring, fish, or meaning to multiply.
When the nun appears at the end of a word, the nun reaches below the line (stretching out its height) and becomes straightened or upright, representing “The Righteous One.”
The numerical value of nun is 50. The first appearance of the word ‘nun’ is in Exodus 33:11 in reference to Joshua, the son of nun.
Aman means to be firm, sure, securely fixed in place, to stand firm in the sense of a support. Not subject to change or revision. To Trust and have total confidence in someone or something.
WHOSE REPORT DO WE BELIEVE?
We define ‘belief’ in the English language, as doctrine, ideology, ideal, principle, ethic… When our understanding of belief is formed only from this secular perspective, I completely agree it is restrictive, limiting, and creates a block to our spiritual understanding.
However, If we take our understanding of ‘belief’ from the biblical perspective, from ‘aman’ we free ourselves from the concrete that weighs us down, and discover that belief is having confidence and trust in GOD’s Word. Their is a Trust that creates the Acts 17:38 kind of movement, where we can live and breath, and have our being in Him.
Man has made ‘belief’ common, a base notion of faith. As Christians, we have not countered their criticism correctly. In the world’s hands, belief has become a lower level of faith. The kind that crumbles in a crisis and entertains every doubt when in distress.
A Webster’s Dictionary kind of ‘belief system’ will not sustain us in hard times.
It is this kind of belief, that I feel is responsible for saying, “I believe in GOD, I just don’t think that the bible is relevant to everyday life. I call that, a Webster’s Dictionary kind of faith.
How Man Defines Belief and How GOD Defines Belief…
When the scripture say’s, “and Abraham believed GOD.” This is not the mediocre belief that we engage with in “plain English”. Abraham trusted GOD, all his confidence was in Him. Abraham was operating at a higher level of faith. Belief in our Dictionary sense of the Word, is a watered down version of Abraham’s faith.
When GOD speaks of belief in Scripture, He uses the word ‘aman’.
Genesis 15:6, “and he [Abraham] believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.”
Exodus 14:31, says that the people“believed the Lord, and his servant Moses”.
Exodus 19:9, “that the people may hear when I speak with thee and believe thee forever”. NOTE: Forever, is a “No Matter What“ kind of faith.
Numbers 14:11, “How long will this people provoke me? How long will it be before they believe me?”
Numbers 20:12, “Because you believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel…”
Jonah 3:5,“So the people of Nineveh believed God…” Notice: When it came down to it, even the one time enemies of GOD and Israel, declared their Trust in GOD.
“aman” or faith/belief means: to be certain about God and His character, unlimited power, wisdom and promises, to trust GOD, to have confidence in Him.
Trust is our testimony toward the Character of GOD.
OVERTIME, WORDS HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF THEIR HOLINESS
Language is like a living organism. It contracts, expands, changes over time, some for the good, some for the bad. 2000 years after Christ, our understanding of ‘belief/faith’ has become compromised, flawed, weakened. Words don’t only evolve, they devolve.
Until we replace our understanding of ‘belief’, back into it’s original context; emphasizing the stronger and more fortified concepts of trust, confidence and establishing ourselves in GOD, Christian’s will continue to be under the influence of a faulty understanding of what belief is.
When we say we believe GOD, we are bearing witness to the Character and Nature of GOD. Lukewarm equivocation on this, is not faith.
Our definition of belief, must line up with the WORD’s definition of belief. Until then, we are not qualified to answer questions on surveys that represent the Body of Christ.
LANGUAGES CHANGE OVER TIME... which we have to be cognizant of as we study.
It is our responsibility in study, to ensure we know the meanings of GOD’s Words, from the past to the present. Especially, we should focus our attention on gaining an awareness of words, that convey Holiness.
Life and Death Resides in the Power of the Tongue. Even Words have died…
silly ~ in the 1200’s used to mean, innocent, blessed, happy, fortunate. It’s clear this word has suffered severe damage.
Awful ~ used to mean awesome, full of awe, commanding profound respect or fear.
Doubt ~ used to express the idea, “I’m afraid that might be so”, or that, “I am uncertain whether it is so”. Overtime, it’s use in the latter sense became dominant.
Moody ~ used to mean, brave, high-spirited, willful, proud (in the 16th century) now it means, unpredictable, volatile, unsteady.
Resentment – originally meant gratitude.
Success ~ originally in the 1530’s, success referred to results or outcome, whether good or bad. the root, ‘cedere’ means to go or move. Success had more to do with moving forward, whether your results were good or bad. Even bad results are educational, right?
The more materialistic we became, the more materialistic our words become. The world has stripped faith, beauty, passion, even spirit from our words.
Point being, the definitions we are working with today may not have been the definitions originally applied in the past. The definitions we had in the past, while they have transitioned through time, they connect us to the original conversation, and shed greater light.
Look at what we can discover about our words in the English language. Imagine what we have yet to discover from the Hebrew.
Tracing words back to their Hebrew origins, gives us the LORDS definition, which is what we wanted the entire time.
God Bless You,
To The Future of Faith
This teaching is dedicated to the Grandchildren… who will surpass belief and arise into the excellency of trust and confidence in GOD.
Questions from conversations that I had after writing this blog, seemed worthy to incorporate into the message for the benefit of all. These updates I have highlighted for you in blue font.
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14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2Timothy 3:14-15
Why does this matter and how can this help our spiritual condition?
If we are going to learn anything from the Book of Genesis at all, one of the first things we want to understand is that:
The Spiritual Realm is always created 1st, even in our actions, and especially in our words. Our strategy / tactics must be patterned after the strategy / tactics of GOD.
Reasons for Why We Study From the Hebrew Perspective
What we miss in our English translations, we recover in our reading of the Scriptures from the Hebrew language.
Acquire the tools we need to pull down the man made barriers erected between us, GOD and His WORD.
Dismantle Falsehoods.
Fall in Love with the Language of GOD, the native language of mankind.
Insert GOD back into our understanding of HIS Language.
Make God’s language our 1stlanguage.
Identify Key Words that are common to Christian thought and relearn them from their Hebraic Roots.
Look at word origins further back than our customary Christian thinking.
Train our minds to understand a detailed and mathematically perfect language – that exist in no other language or form.
Torah Teaches us the secrets of how to separate Good from evil, and the sacred from the secular.
There is man’s technology (the secular), and God’s technology (the sacred). Our assignment is to separate the sacred (Holy, clean) from the secular (profane, unclean).
Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ezekiel 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
Starting from Part 5 of the Message in the Letters of torah, you were provided with an example of the application of gematria in scripture. The 611 of torah, will extend this example by providing insight into three words that connect numerically to torah; daw’ber’rath, daw’ber and dah’ber’rah.
We have leanred that, the letters of torah; tav – vav – reish – hei, equals 611. What other words equal 611 in torah, that you would have not been able to see, without looking at gematria?
For now, let’s see what information we can unlock in the scriptures by connecting the dots in the word for torah itself.
What does torah teach us about the connective fabric that exist between GOD’s Words torah; daw’ber’rath, daw’ber and dah’ber’rah, that shed more light on His Teachings?
Remember: Hebrew Letters are read from Right to Left.
The first word we will look at is ‘daw’bear’rath
dalet (4) beit (2) reish (200) tav (400) =606
dalet – beit – reish – tav; spells daw’bear’rath
daw’bear’rath (Strong’s #1705) appears in the scripture ONLY 3 times. Joshua 19:12, 21:28, and 1 chronicles 6:72.
Jos 19:12 = The demarcation points of the Territory of Zebulun are being outlined in detail.
D’bear’rath, a Levitical City
Jos 21:28, 1 Chron. 6:72, daberath, a Levitical City that bordered the City of Refuge at Kedesh, out of the Tribe of Issachar. The City of Refuge was a place the children of Israel, or the stranger that dwelt among them, could go for safe haven, in the event of causing the accidental death of another person.
In the event of causing the accidental death of someone, you would dwell in the City of Refuge until the death of the High Priest, which made atonement for your sin. This is a prefiguring of the atonement our High Priest, Yeshua has made for us.
A BRIEF INSIGHT:Kedesh means to sanctify, set apart, or to consecrate, which makes someone or something holy. kuf – dalet – shin;
kuf bears a strong resemblance to the English letter, P. Kuf is the Hebrew letter that represents Holiness of GOD and man. kuf is formed by combining 2 other Hebrew letters, the vav and the kaf; which also equate to 26, the same as the 4 letter name of GOD, YHVH [yud (10) -hei (5) -vav (6)-hei(5)].
There were a total of 6 Cities of Refuge, 3 on each side of the Jordan, 3 East and 3 West, surrounded by 42 Levitical Cities. Each City of Refuge bears a Characteristic of Christ, the Messiach. Kedesh, (holiness), Shechem (burden bearer), Hebron (to Join/Fellowship), Ramoth (to be High/Exalted, Golan (Remove, Deliver).
History tells us that the surrounding Levitical cities became cities of refuge in their own right, more so, in a supporting role.
Daberath was one of those Levitical cities.
Today, we will focus on it’s name and discover another layer of truth and purpose symbolized by the torah.
dalet (4)
dah-let = Door, path, pathway, access, The WORD,
dat (dalet/tav) in Hebrew means religion/decree. Read in it’s Hebrew Pictograph form, it reads, “door to the cross”. The Levitical city of d’ber’rath, begins with the dalet and ends with the tav, which shows us a path from, “the door to the cross”.
However, before you can arrive at the door of the cross, you have to pass through the tabernacle, (the beit) to become a Leader (the reish), only then can you access the cross/covenant.
beit (2)
Tent, Tabernacle, House, Sanctuary. The tabernacle is the dwelling place of GOD requested, the meeting place between GOD and man.
reish (200)
Headship, First, Head, Leader. The reish conquers their passions. Should reish reject their birthright, they become like the wicked who turns away from GOD and abandons the torah, an intentional non-believer. It is our faithful devotion to GOD, that makes You the rosh, i.e. the Head (Deut 28:13). However, Our disobedience to GOD’s Word, will have the devastating effect of making our enemies the rosh, instead (Deut. 28:44).
REPEAT: Our disobedience to GOD, will elevate our enemies above us. Our behavior elevates the enemy. Obedience is our most powerful weapon of choice.
tav (400)
Covenant, Cross, Truth (emet, as in Truth stands firm and prevails), Mark, Sign, Seal of GOD, is a guarantee that can never be nullified. Malachi 2:6, Torah is Truth. tav is the symbol of repentance and perfection.
Let’s put all the letters together again…
Remember: Hebrew Letters are read from Right to Left.
dalet, beit, reish, tav = d’ber’rath = 606
d’ber’rath is a Levitical City, bordering a city of Refuge, whose name is equivalent to ….torah
Let’s read Joshua 19:12 while inserting the meaning of each cities name…
12 And turned from Sarid (survivor), eastward toward the sun rise unto the border of Chislothtabor (foolishness), and then goeth out to Daberath (Word of torah), and goeth up to Japhia (to shine forth, or cause to shine).
12 And turned from being a survivor, eastward toward the sun rise unto the border of mountains of foolishness, and then goeth out to receive the Word of torah (ha d’bear’rath), and goeth up to shine forth, or to cause someone else to shine.
POINT BEING: The Names of these cities and places have meaning…
Remember: Hebrew Letters are read from Right to Left.
With hei, added before the word daber, you have…
The letter hei, when prefixed to a Hebrew word, means “the’. When the letter hei, “the” is added before the word, ‘d-bear-reth’ we have “The d-bear-rath” meaning, The WORD of the Covenant.
Jos 19:12 And turned from being a survivor, eastward toward the sun rise unto the border of mountains of foolishness, and then goeth out to receive the Word of torah or the WORD of the Covenant (ha d’bear’rath), and goeth up to shine forth, or to cause someone else to shine.
What message are you seeing between the lines?
There’s More…
the ROOT word in daberath, is d-b-r, daw-ber.
Remember: Hebrew Letters are read from Right to Left.
dalet (4) beit (2) reish (200)
Every word in Hebrew is formed from a 3 or 4 letter root word. The root word in d’ber’rath is d’ber; and dalet – beit – reish, which means, ‘WORD’ in Hebrew.
In order to say, ‘WORD’ in Hebrew, (d-b-r, da’ber [1696]) – it must be formed with, and begin at, the Door (Messiach), lead to – the tabernacle (the Sanctuary, Dwelling Place of GOD & His People) and produce/develop the reish(Christ our High Priest and You).
ha daw’bear or ha daw’bar means, ‘The WORD’
Remember: Hebrew Letters are read from Right to Left.
The Word
hei (5) –dalet (4) beit (2) reish (200)
ha daw’bear’rath means, ‘The WORD of The Covenant’
hei (The) dalet-beit-reish (WORD) tav (Covenant)
Remember: Hebrew Letters are read from Right to Left.
When hei, added to and precedes, d’ber’rath, it’s numerical equivalency shifts/moves from 606 to 611, torah.
ha daw’bear’rath reads, The WORD of the Covenant. It’s not just an innocuous name of a city. In Hebrew, names convey messages about the character and nature of a place, person, or a thing. Names reveal a great deal of information about the spiritual condition of the people and places identified in scripture. We have been reading over this type of information forever, almost as if we didn’t need any further revelation or information.
(The) ha
(WORD) dalet, beit, reish
(COVENANT) tav
ha d’ber’rath, is a place where the WORD of GOD Dwells.
The WORD, begins with recognition of Messiach, who stands at the Door. Anything that we say, repeat or honor in the WORD of GOD, begins with Messiach.
Look at the scripture again…
Plot out the boundaries / borders of the territory of Zebulun…
Jos 19:12 And turned from being a survivor, eastward toward the sun rise unto the border of mountains of foolishness, and then goeth out to receive the Word of torah or the WORD of the Covenant (ha d’bear’rath), and goeth up to shine forth, or to cause someone else to shine.
Between Survival and Foolishness and the Covenant and the Light.
Summary:
Every letter in torah has a corresponding numerical value. You have seen that torah is equivalent to 611.
611 is also the numerical value of ha d’ber’rath, one of the Levitical cities that lies between the borders of Zebulun and Issachar.
ha d’ber’rath is not just a physical place, it is a spiritual place. A place of torah, a place where the WORD of the Covenant resides. ha d’ber’rath is the alternative, between two destinations; survival and foolishness, a place that allows you to shine or to cause someone else to shine.
The root of d’ber’rath is da’ber, meaning WORD. ha d’ber’rath is founded upon the WORD. ha ‘ber’rath is a place where the WORD of GOD can be found. A place of Covenantal relationship.
There are no superfluous words in scripture. Every word, letter, jot, title, oilve, fish, tent, jar of wine, and piece of bread, is divinely placed into the torah. GOD was not writing a fairy tale, bedtime story, nor sprinkling words around like abstract decoupage. Every word has purpose and intention and deserves more than anyone’s literal and superficial focus and attention.
Torah teachings are not about learning a bible story. torah contains the meat of the Word of GOD.
“And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us…full of Grace and Truth.” John 1:14
“In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with GOD and the WORD was GOD.” John 1:1
(Word in Greek is Logos. Word in Hebrew is da’ber).
BRIEF TORAH INSIGHT:
Deborah, is spelled dalet-beit-reish-hei
Deborah, a Prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth (Judges 4-5), is one way to read the preface to this teaching. There is another translation from the Hebrew.
Judges 4:4 Deborah, a woman, a seer (a prophetess), a woman of fire!
ish’shah appears twice in this verse; once as woman and the second time as wife.
For consistency sake, let’s translate it with the same each time; We could read this as, Deborah was a woman, a seer, a woman of lappidoth or, Deborah was a wife, a seer, a wife of Lappidoth.
Which sounds more reasonable?
Lapidoth is from the root word, lappid meaning torches. Some versions report that Deborah was married to a man that provided torches/candles for the sanctuary and was called by the name of her husbands trade.
Alternatively, we have the option of reading the text to understand that Deborah was a woman on fire for GOD. The actual letters of her name read, ‘what comes out of the Word”, ‘What comes out of torah!’, [hei = ‘what comes out of’]. Ref: The Message In The Letters of Torah, Part 4 for information on the letter hei.
Deborah has become a common name in the English language. So when we hear, Deborah, we think of a woman. However, being that deber means WORD, and deberah means, ‘What comes out of the WORD’, the scripture might be placing greater emphasis on the fact that Deborah is a woman, more so, than her marital status.
It is my personal belief, that what comes out of torah, is Fire for the WORD of GOD!
What came out of a life spent in the WORD, was a woman, a seer, a prophetess, a woman of fire.
Deborah’s name means WORD, which she taught and judged the land and people of Israel with. She is the living embodiment of what comes out of a life of torah… Deborah is a Judge of Israel, a teacher, leader, the spiritual guide to the Children of Israel. She is what comes out of the WORD, she is a product of the WORD.
Deborah’s name is prophetically and intentionally given. On the pages of scripture, GOD is doing more than just calling her Deborah (d-b-r-h). He could have called her by any other name. Even with GOD providing such a huge distinction, to provide us with clear evidence of her importance in scripture, we still miss this crucial piece of information, because we do not know that GOD is even calling her the WORD.
In addition, notice that Barak refused to go to battle unless Deborah went with him/them. Barak, God’s General, was not like-minded with the world, i.e., as the world is about women standing in the place of authority/leadership in the Church. Barak understood the dangers inherent of going into battle without a WORD (Deborah). He took his Word with him… Barak took da’ber, and da’ber was a woman.
GOD calls her Deborah, intentionally. But, without the benefit of any knowledge of Hebrew, we will miss the message, completely and be unable to connects the dots as we should.
Deborah is one of those rare individuals on the pages of scripture, whose name prefigures Christ. The character and nature of Deborah bears a clear connection to the Messiach, by virtue of her name.
Who has ever pointed out the women in scripture who were a prefiguring of Christ? To date, ONLY GOD.
Her name clearly identifies her as personification of the WORD. (As mankind should exemplify themselves to strive to become, to this very day). She is called the WORD. More specifically, she is what comes out of a life in the WORD. Deborah is a product of the WORD of GOD.
By any other name, her role would be and has been questionable. As a spiritual leader of Israel, as a Judge, Counselor or Teacher, even warrior of GOD, her role bearing the headship and leadership of the House of GOD has been diminished.
For generations, we have taught that Deborah was just a small once in a lifetime, exception to the role of women in the Church. The entire time, being oblivious to the force, effect and import of her name, Deborah, which places her at the forefront of the list of all those whose ministry and service to GOD was a prefiguring of Christ, the Messiach.
In no uncertain terms, GOD calls her the WORD. A foreshadowing that GOD knew of the entire time, but man has yet to perceive, acknowledge, address, respond, and per his usual customs and traditions, attempt to refute.
In Hebrew, the meaning is obvious. In English, we can’t even see it.
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness“–2 Tim 3:16
All scripture, down to the shapes and forms of the letters, to the letters used to form words, phrases, including the very words and names themselves, are designed to tell us something.
If all scripture is given by inspiration of GOD, then ALL scripture is profitable… end of story. Everything in the scripture is relevant and pertinent for our teaching and instruction, reproof and correction.
“I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now” John 16:12
So my original question stands…When will we be able to bear the meat of the Word?
It’s very true that the women of GOD do not dominate the pages of scripture. GOD lifts up the names of the women sparingly. This has caused people for centuries to teach, preach or even feel, that women are insignificant or ignored in the totality of scripture.
But that is not the case. I hope to demonstrate this to my readers numerous times through our studies together, that Women are like a secret weapon of Heaven. Arguably, women appear to be kept on the backside of the mountain, but their entrance is decisively powerful whenever GOD calls them forth to intervene on the stage of human destiny.
GOD has never watered down the role of women in scripture. The role of women has been critical to divine history, legacy and prophecy.
The information we are accustomed to reading right past, contains manna we need. But even if we aren’t there yet, and can’t see Deborah as a WORD carrying Prophetess who judged the people of Israel, and who was a spiritual and military leader, just remember this… Understanding will come. In the meantime…
Never go to battle, without the WORD.
Notation:
Spiritual Notation: tav is the 22nd Letter in the Hebrew Alephbet, The Last and Final Letter of the Hebrew Alephbet. “Esther is the last of 22 GODLY Women in Scripture who took decisive steps to heighten the spiritual level of the Jewish People”. Talmud, Yoma 29a. The WORD of GOD is connecting One Woman, One Matriarch for every letter in the aleph-bet.
God Bless You,
This teaching is dedicated to Adrian “The Tzaddik”… who knows that GOD’s plans for us are revealed to us by the spirit…and covets earnestly the best gifts… 1 Cor 12:10, 14).
NOTE: There is NO WRONG WAY TO SPELL A HEBREW WORD IN ENGLISH. By that I mean, the process of transliteration requires that we use one of our English letters to represent the sound that a letter/word makes in Hebrew. Example: The Hebrew letter tav for instance, is equivalent to the sound that the letter ‘T’ makes in English.
Because we are using the English letters to substitute for the Hebrew letters as we transition from Hebrew to English, the goal is to convey the sound that the letters make. The primary goal is to reproduce the sound corectly.
For instance, stated another way, let’s say the word pony was a Hebrew word. If I wanted the English speaking world to say, ‘pony’ properly in Hebrew, I would attempt to reproduce the sound using English letters by spelling it out, ‘poe – knee’. In this way, the English speaking community would know how to best replicate the sound of the word ‘pony’ in Hebrew.
It is understood, that ‘poe-knee’ is not an English word, so it is not possible to spell it wrong in English. The object is to convey the proper pronunication.
As you continue learning a little Hebrew, remember this important point. You will see slightly differing spellings/transliterations of the words as you read and research further in your studies.
It is OK to Spell the Hebrew word using English letters, how ever you want to, as long as your goal is to duplicate the sound, it is fine. There are nuances in how we each will transmit the spelling, and that is alright. Our primary goal, is to ensure that you can say the word properly when speaking out loud!
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3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Isaiah 35:3-4
Today, we will continue with our exploration of the meaning of the letters that form the word, torah.
Today we examine the spiritual meaning of the reish, (pronounced ray’sh).
We are getting into the deeper things of GOD. At the deeper end of the pool you have to let go and float. If you start thinking too hard and begin to struggle with the physicality of it all, you will drown yourself. Nobody has to drown you. You can do it all by yourself.
I need to give you a disclosure here, before we continue…
The Bible is not directed to our physical nature. It was never meant to communicate with the flesh. The flesh can’t comprehend it anyway. For all intents and purposes, the only help we need with the flesh, is to tame it with the spirit.
The Bible was NOT given for the purpose of helping us to figure out, how to maneuver in the physical realm.
The Bible/torah was given to teach us how to maneuver in the spiritual realm, to teach us spiritual matters.
The Bible/torah was given to strengthen the weak hands. To teach us torah. Isaiah 35:3-4
3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
We are studying torah, so that we can wield both hands with equal strength and power, in the spirit. The power of what we learned from our Christian Heritage and what we are learning from our Hebrew Heritage, will make us a triple threat!
I pray that you become Mightier Men and Women of Valor through your torah heritage!
RECAP:
Above are the 4 Hebrew consonants that create the word, torah. The modern Hebrew letters lay directly beneath the Paleo Hebrew Letters that give the impression of a halo above.
Torah is spelled with the, tav (t), vav (v), reish (r), hei (h).
THE VAV FUNCTIONS AS A CONSONANT AND A VOWEL:
The vav represents a consonant and the sound of 2 vowels in Hebrew, the ‘o’ as in doe, and the ‘u’ as in blue. The vav in torah has the ‘o’ sound. That little dot above the vav is our indication that the vav is pronounced with the ‘o’ sound as well. That little dot is called a nikkud.
The 3rd letter in Torah, is the reish, (pronounced ray’sh –roll the ‘r’ a little)
In the Ancient Paleo Hebrew , the letter reish takes the shape of the head, the back of a man’s head. It is acceptable to pronounce it reish or rosh. Both pronunciations refer to the ‘R’ in Hebrew. But, why does the Hebrew Language use the back of a man’s head to express the ‘R’ sound?
There are many ways to see this. The curve at the back of the head symbolizes turning your back to the word of GOD, fighting against the things of GOD. With your back to GOD, there’s a willingness to accommodate the world, allowing one’s evil inclinations to run rampant and unrestrained. In this mode, man bends toward idolatrous values, he becomes a reish – dalet. (Remember: dalet is a Door, and the Door represents access in and out /in or out).
Seeing RED in Scripture
The reish – dalet (pronounced ‘red’) is an actual word in Hebrew. (Ref: Strongs #3381, yaw-rad). ‘red’ in Hebrew means, to go down, to descend.
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves“
“Get thee down” is the word, ‘red’ in Hebrew. Red, is when your evil inclinations have taken over and man has succumbed to his baser instincts. Red, is a spiritual descent into a lower level. A descent from greatness.
Turning Your Back to GOD
Do you remember when Orpah showed Naomi the “back of her head”? (Ruth 1:14, 16) [This has also been referred to as ‘the back of her neck’]. Verse 16 employs the word, shuv, which means to turn back, or return. Orpah returned back to her country, her kindred and her fathers house, back to the ways of Moab. Ruth, on the other hand, implored Naomi to let her stay with her. Ruth attached herself to GOD and rejected the ways of Moab.
Going back to Moab was a spiritual descent. Staying connected to the GOD of Heaven, The GOD of Ruth, was a spiritual ascent. The word ‘red’ in Hebrew indicates that spiritual descent.
While speaking of this, I can’t help but think of that expression we have , “He/She was seeing red.” It just connects with what is going on spiritually with an angry person...seeing red. I think most of us have known this place, and for the most part, nothing good is happening spiritually! Clearly, seeing red, is a spiritual descent into darkness.
ROSH is the Head
Symbolically, Rosh represents the head, a person, being first. Reish is the Highest, the Repentant Man, The Beginning, a moral choice, Right or Wrong/ or Wickedness.
Remember, the word is a 2 edged sword. We make choices. Reish is a choice between greatness or degradation. Between, standing before GOD as the Head, the Leader, or being comfortable in compromise.
In the Ancient Hebrew, the reish asks the question, “What is the Highest?, What is the Most Important?” The scripture asks, that we do more than it is our duty to do! “If it is in your power to do good, do it!” (Ref: Eph 3:20, behavior in the image and likeness of GOD, Micah 6:8, Prov 3:27). This is the duty of the reish. Lead.
When reish is operating in it’s authority and headship, the reish draws strength from the covenant. The covenant has your back! (look at the word picture). The reish is the 20th letter of the aleph-bet and as you are learning, the letters carry numerical value, i.e., in this case, a gematria of 20.
Earlier, I said that the reish means beginning. Reish understands and thrives in beginnings and knows how to begin again. The reish is going to bring torah to the world. The 1st word in scripture is beh’rey’sheet, Genesis 1:1, In the Beginning. The word ‘Rey-sheet’ contains the reish. (reish is the root word in rey-sheet).
TORAH BEGINS WITH THE LETTER BEIT –b
Look closely and see, that GOD began the torah with the letter beit (B), which is the Hebrew word for ‘In’. (In (beh) – rey-sheet, = in the beginning).
GOD could have begun the torah with any word He wanted, any letter. He could have began the torah with an Aleph, representing who He is. Nevertheless, He chose a beit and GOD stands outside of the beit, before it, but hidden. In Hebrew, the beit represents the tabernacle. Let’s see what GOD is doing here behind the scenes.
GOD begins the very 1st teaching with the letter beit, with the tabernacle. If we are looking at this with our spiritual eyes, we see all of torah beginning with the tabernacle. And the beginnings of everything, the rey-sheet, flowing out of the tabernacle. (In (beh) – rey-sheet, = in the beginning).
GOD, THE TABERNACLE AND THE REISH
The rey-sheet is born by the Tabernacle. The rey-sheet is formed by the tabernacle. Only a reish can step out of the tabernacle. When we look back at the word torah, we see a similar pattern.
tav – vav- reish – hei
THE COVENANT, THE MESSIAH AND THE REISH
The vav is symbolic of the man, who steps out into the earth, in covenant with GOD and becomes the reish, the leader, the Head and not the tail, the Repentant Man, who is no longer willing to accommodate the world or his/her evil inclinations. The reish takes his/her position of authority and headship, and the reish leads us to…. the hei.
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Today, we will continue with our exploration of the meaning of the letters that form the word, torah. Today we examine the spiritual meaning of the vav.
RECAP:
Above are the 4 Hebrew consonants that create the word, torah. The modern Hebrew letters lay directly beneath the Paleo Hebrew Letters that give the impression of a halo above.
Torah is spelled with the, tav (t), vav (v), reish (r), hei (h).
THE VAV FUNCTIONS AS A CONSONANT AND A VOWEL:
The vav represents a consonant and the sound of 2 vowels in Hebrew, the ‘o’ as in doe, and the ‘u’ as in blue. The vav in torah has the ‘o’ sound. That little dot above the vav is our indication that the vav is pronounced with the ‘o’ sound as well. That little dot is called a nikkud.
The 2nd letter in Torah, is the vav (V). In this instance, in the word ‘torah’, the vav carries the ‘O’ sound.
The Hebrew letter vav takes the shape of the tent peg or hook. In it’s Ancient Paleo Hebrew form, it resembles our letter Y. Although, I believe it is more accurate to say, that our letter ‘Y’, took the form of the Ancient Hebrew Letter vav.
If you were to visually, connect the two upper stems of the Y with a straight horizontal line, you would create a very nice picture of an ancient tent peg!
Symbolic Meaning of the vav
Vav is the word, ‘AND’ in Hebrew. The vav is a symbol of connection, a nail used to join something together. The vav means continuation; to add, to secure. The vav connects Divinity to Humanity, and our connection to God and each other.
The vav is a symbol of conjunction, completeness and timelessness. As you learn more about each Hebrew letter, you will see that the vav unites opposing concepts, people and ideas.
You will recall, the Aleph, the first letter in Adam is made of a vav (the slanted bar in the center with two yod’s on either side). Both yod’s are connected to the vav. One yod reaches upward toward the Heavens, and the other reaches downward towards the earth.
In the picture of the aleph, you see the work of the vav, connecting Heaven and Earth, the spiritual realm to the physical realm.
The vav connects the upper heavens to the lower heavens, connecting Heaven to Earth. In the aleph, we can see that the vav connects the spiritual realm to the physical realm.
Vav is the 6th letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet…
…and carries the Gematria of 6, (numerical equivalency of 6). Man’s connection to the number 6 is very important in the Hebrew. (See the list below)
God ceased His work of creation on the 6th day
Man was created on the 6th day.
When the Children of Israel left Egypt, they were six hundred thousand in number (Ex 12:37)
Christ hung on the cross for 6 hours (Mark 15:25, Luke 23:44)
The 600 thousand letters in the torah equivalent to the 600K children of Israel leaving Egypt. A letter of torah for each person delivered out of bondage.
The above examples reveal physical completion, redemption and transformation.
Many Infallible Proofs of the Significance of vav
The absence or presence of the vav determines the meaning of the verse. Ref Ex 18:1, Jether becomes Jethro when a vav is added at the end of his name, creating the ‘o’ sound.
Absence of the vav can signify a lack of virtue, character faults, etc.
The Addition of the vav can indicate pleasing character traits, indicate virtue and overcoming personal trials/tests.
There are 5 times in scripture when Jacob’s name is spelled with an extra vav. (Lev 26:42, Jer 30:18, 33:25-26, 46:27, 51:19) In each instance, Israel/Jacob is being redeemed.
In the Hebrew Bible (written in All Hebrew Letters) at the very center of the torah, called the belly (gachon), there is an enlarged vav. Lev 11:42. Appropriately enough, the word found in the very center of the torah is the word, gachon, (which means belly). The vav, which translates to our ‘o’ in English, is the letter in the center of the torah. Let me repeat that another way: At the belly of the torah, is the word gachon, which means belly and the ‘o’ in gachon marks the center of torah.
i.e. the first half and the last half of the torah is connected by a vav!
tav – vav- reish – hei
Torah begins with the tav, covenant. The 2nd letter, vav stands for connection.
The covenant which is connected to man by the nail. The man who bears the nail, He is the One that connects Heaven to Earth, the spiritual realm to the physical realm.
The vav is the symbol of the man that connects Heaven to Earth, whether that be Christ, by Himself… or Christ in you, the Hope of Glory!
Every believer, has the power to bring God’s Glory down into the Earth Realm. The vav is the symbol of mankind’s power to draw what we need from the Heavens and deposit it into the Earth. That’s torah.
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In English, our letters have no meaning beyond the role they play to indicate the specific sounds that we apply to our language and to build and form our words. In Hebrew, the letters retain a history and legacy of sound, ideas, concepts, thoughts and symbols, even number.
Today, we will explore the meaning of the letters that form the word, torah.
Above are the 4 Hebrew consonants that create the word, torah. The modern Hebrew letters lay directly beneath the Paleo Hebrew Letters that give the impression of a halo above.
Remember, we move from right to left when reading in Hebrew.
Torah is spelled with the, tav (t), vav (v), reish (r), hei (h). The vav is represents the sound of 2 vowels in Hebrew, the ‘o’ as in doe, and the ‘u’ as in blue. The vav in torah of course, takes the ‘o’ sound. That little dot above the vav is our indication that the vav is pronounced with the ‘o’ sound as well. That little dot is called a nikkud.
For those that are a bit more curious about the Hebrew letters, you may be asking yourself what that little dot is inside the letter tav. That dot is called a dagesh and it tells us that the tav is to be pronounced with a hard ‘T’ sound. Yes! tav has 2 sounds, one hard and one soft. The soft ‘T’ is similar to our ‘Th’ in English. The little dash underneath the reish is also a nikkud, which represents the ‘a’ sound.
IMPORTANT: You don’t need to memorize any of the rules of grammar/diacritics, and I am being very generic in transmitting them because I feel it’s more important to reveal the concepts about the letters themselves, than it is right now, to speak in terms of rules of grammar. You will hear me repeat this type of information so often, that you will absorb it by relationship rather than rigid teaching methods. Let’s just have fun learning about the letters!
The slide below, has been adapted to retain the names of the letters, to make it easier for those who are new to Hebrew to follow along.
Let’s begin with the letter tav on the far right. As you can see, the tav originated in the form of a cross. The tav in Hebrew represents the covenant and the cross.
The cross you see there above the modern Hebrew letter for tav, also carries the meaning of,mark, sign, and seal. Torah begins with a ‘tav’, because torah is about keeping covenant with GOD. Even the word in Hebrew for truth, emet (which we must examine as well), begins with the aleph and ends with the tav.
There is your truth, my truth and GOD’s Truth. If the truth we tell, does not begin and end with GOD, and His Covenant, then that truth is incomplete, imperfect and flawed, like us. So, you see the truth as we define it in our dictionary and how GOD even spells it with His aleph-bet, are 2 completely different things.
I Am the Aleph and the Tav…
The tav is also the LAST Letter in the Hebrew aleph-bet. You will recall, the Aleph is the FIRST.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.–Rev 22:13
When Christ made this statement He was bearing witness/testifying that He was indeed, the messiah. This is one of the primary reasons a great majority of the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes, so vehemently came against Him. He was claiming to be the one spoken of in the torah, in the Book of Isaiah.
The Book of Isaiah:
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.–Isaiah 41:4
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.–Isaiah 44:6
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. –Isaiah 48:12
Additional Testimony Recorded by John
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. –Rev 1:11
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last.–Rev 1:17
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;–Rev 2:8
Also Note:That the acts of the Kings as listed in the book of Chronicles, are listed from first to last.
A Greek/Western Mindset vs. Torah Mindset
From reading our KJV Bibles, naturally, we have learned this verse from the Greek perspective. Although I am aware that we have been taught for generations, that the New Testament was written only in Greek, I want you to bear with me a moment. I am also completely aware, that we were also taught for generations, that the Jews had lost their native language by the first century. This has been proven false as well, but I know the understanding is still out there, and that it is very difficult to shed false teachings.
With that in mind, let us just acknowledge and agree with documented history, which confirms that Jesus was a Jew. I have no doubt that He spoke both Aramaic and Hebrew. That being the case, it is not logical to assume that He abandoned His native language completely when He spoke. After all, He is born to Jewish parents, lived as a Jew, His ministry was to the Jews and He taught the torah from torah scrolls. He was not Roman or Greek, this we know as well.
I have studied and spoke many different languages over the years, but I still think in English. It is natural and instinctive to speak in your native language, even when you are in the presence of those who speak another language. It is particularly natural, to speak English when you are with the English, and Hebrew when you are with Hebrews.
Shifting from Alpha/Omega to aleph and tav
Jesus is speaking to His own people here, so it’s important for us to know, that He did not say that He was the, “Alpha and Omega”. Jesus was Jewish. What He said was, “I am the aleph and the tav, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”
What we wrote down was the opposite, or rather a piece of the truth of what He said.
Our Alphabet runs from A to Z. The Hebrew Aleph-Bet runs from aleph to tav. Allow me to pause a moment and explain, why I have a tendency NOT TO capitalize when transliterating the Hebrew. There are no capital letters in Biblical/Modern Hebrew. All the letters are written in block format and there are no form of the letters that would be considered capital. In Modern Hebrew script, the same situation exist.
I like to think, that since the entire foundation of the Biblical Hebrew Language that was given to us by GOD, that every letter has equal footing and significance. Considering that character refinement, i.e., humility, is one of the foundational principles of GOD’s message, I don’t think that I am far off. Character is key and humility is the Essence of GOD.
Having said that, let’s add to the understanding that, the Hebrew language flows from aleph (ELOHIM) to tav (the CROSS). Every letter in between, reveals our prophetic journey that begins with GOD and ends at the Cross, by way of the Covenant. So, when Christ says, He is the aleph and the tav… He is identifying Himself (in the first century)as He is identified throughout the pages of the scriptures (Book of Isaiah), as the beginning and the end, the aleph and the tav.
To say, torah… the word must begin with a tav, as the covenant is the beginning and end of the torah. Torah is about Covenant. Torah is teaching us how to gain access to the Covenant. Torah must begin with the tav, because there is no access to GOD, His Thoughts, His Ways, His Wisdom, His Knowledge, His Son, without the Covenant.
Acceptance of the Covenant is our sign and seal that GOD is with us. “And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you…” –Gen 9:9
Suffice it to say, the even the word covenant in Hebrew (ber-eeth; 1285), begins with the letter beit (B) and ends with the tav (T). You can’t even say the word ‘covenant’ in Hebrew, the Language of GOD, without ending with the tav on the tip of your tongue!,
There are 2 simple letters, mem(m) and hei (h) in Hebrew, that when put together, they spell the word MAH! (pronounced, maw).
Naturally, when studying any language, you will come across the word, “What?” I’ve studied many languages over the years, but I must say this word captured my attention because “What” in Hebrew is, Mah! I thought, “that is so sweet!”
As I learned more about the word “What” in Hebrew, this is what I found… Mah is the root of the word, mayim (mah-yeem) which in Hebrew means water/waters. You can imagine in ancient times, the seas were such a great mystery, even as they can be today. The waters represented the unknown, or unknown elements, and through time ‘mah’ became a way of asking, “Who?, What?, Where, When?, Why?, How?”
What I find so amazing about this little Hebrew word, is that it describes exactly what mom’s do. We answer, Who, What, When, Why, and How for all of our children as they grow up in the world. Mom’s are charged with the singular task of untangling the world for their children! Helping them understand why things are, the way they are… Answering the endless trains of, Why?’s, When?’s, Where?’s and What?’s
LORD, you really outdid yourself with that one! The entire time our sons and daughters were shouting through the house, “Mom!, Ma!, Maw!” There was always a, “Who?, What?, Where?, When?, Why?, or How?”, right behind it!
We’ve All Been Speaking A Little Hebrew…
Imagine my surprise to discover that my son, and practically every child on earth has a remnant of GOD’s original language that has remained in all of us, this entire time!
Because I love language so much, I happened across a website that provides a brief list of the many different ways ‘mom’ is said in several different languages. I think you will find it interesting and fun! It’s called, ‘Mother’s Day in Different Languages’.
From their list you can see that the majority of names for ‘mom’ begin with the letter ‘M’. That can’t be a coincidence, right? There’s a certain sound attached to the call for one’s ‘mom’, that translates and transmits across cultures, languages and time.
What else do we know about the letter Mem in Hebrew?
The mem represents the seas, their power, the chaos and storms created by the oceans and the atmosphere. Just as the Word is a 2 edged sword, the ‘waters’ of mem have another side; the waters of torah, living waters, knowledge and wisdom. The open mem appears at the beginning or middle of a word, (any place but at the end of a Hebrew word). In the picture below, you can see a small opening at the bottom left hand side of the mem. This opening represents knowledge/wisdom that is revealed. Likewise, a closed mem indicates knowledge that is concealed.
Mah, begins with an open mem. In context with the word itself, ‘What’ is something that can be answered?… Mah answers with ‘Knowledge’ that can be revealed.
The mem has a gematria (numerical equivalency) of 40. Forty has a great deal of spiritual significance in scripture. Primarily, 40 represents time, transition and change. A few examples; Noah – 40 days and 40 nights, Moses – 40 days on Mt. Sinai, 40 days for embryo to form in the womb, 40 weeks to full pregnancy, 40 years in the wilderness to reach full understanding… “God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day” (Deut. 29:3-4), etc.; A few torah examples of transitioning from one level of reality/understanding to the next level.
The Hebrew Letter Hei – h
The letter hei means to behold! In ancient paleo Hebrew, the symbol for hei looks like a stick man with his hands held up in surrender!
In the hei, we find another example of torah. In the hei, this represents divine revelation, the breath of GOD (Ps 33:6), insight.
By the breath of GOD, His Holy Utterances, the world and all life was created, and by His breath we are sustained.
Mem and Hei, say What?
Considering that both letters, mem and hei convey the concepts of torah, and that once they are combined they express the meaning of, “What?” We see that only wisdom, knowledge and understanding can respond to the What, Where, When, Why and How’s of Life! …and the best and most complete answers, will contain the Word of GOD in them, i.e., torah will be in them.
That beautiful sound, Mah, Maw, Mama, is echoed across the globe. When our children call us on the phone, or yell “Maw” across the room, it’s not a country form of slang or merely a term of endearment. They are calling us by our motherly purpose…it’s what we do! We answer their questions and we untangle the world!
What other word combinations and meanings do you see in the combination of letters, mem – hei?
It need not be stated, but just in case….Dad’s as well field a multitude of questions from their children. It goes without saying. I just get a kick out of the fact that, the word “mah’ in Hebrew, sounds so much like a child calling it’s mother! I thought someone else out there might get a kick out of knowing this too!
Happy Mother’s Day! –Now Go Forth and Untangle the World! 🙂
I hope you hear a new thing, when you hear your name called, “Maw”
NOTE: The ‘T’ looking symbol that you see beneath the letter mem is called a ‘gamets’. It comes to us courtesy of the Masoretes, a 9th century group of scribes and scholars who invented a vowel system for the Hebrew Language. They took these steps out of concern, that over time, the ability to accurately pronounce the Hebrew words could potentially be lost. —Remember, the 22 Letters of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet are consonants, with no vowels.
“He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.” —Daniel 2:22
Shalom,
We are 45 minutes into this series and as promised, today I am going to bring you a few highlights regarding the Hebrew word ‘adam’.
Since the series began entitled, “Where There Is No Man, Be A Man” Parts 1-4, I have reiterated the quote many times…”In the place where there are no men, be a man.” Would you be surprised to know that this statement has it’s roots in scripture?
What else can we learn from this message? The objective is to discover not only, what character and nature of ‘man’ is required when a tough situation presents itself, but also, Who is this elect man among men? Plus our original question still remains on the table, “Why are there so many different Hebrew words for ‘man’?”
Below, we will discover that there is more information to be known about the Hebrew word, ‘adam’, and that the information is kept within the Hebrew letters themselves!
First, Adam…is a Human Being…
In Part 3 of “Where There Is No Man, Be A Man”, we saw ‘adam’ applied first in recognition of ‘man’ as a human being; a messenger of GOD and representative of mankind. In Gen 5:2, we saw the transition and evolution of ‘adam’ to his name.
‘adam’, is written with 3 Hebrew letters; aleph (A) – dalet (D) – closed mem (M).
Let’s begin by exploring one letter at a time.
The Aleph is Silent…
The Hebrew Aleph-Bet contains 22 letters; 5 of the 22 letters are written in what is known as a ‘Final Form’. The Final Form is a way of writing the letter differently, when it appears at the ‘end’ of a word.
All of the Hebrew Letters are Consonants (with few exceptions of letters that are now used as vowels since the time of the Masoretes).
Aleph is silent in Hebrew.
You may recall from previous teachings, that the Hebrew letters convey; concepts, images, ideas, symbols and possess numerical values. As a result, there is a lot of valuable data packed into every single letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet, which translates to a great deal of data in each word. In short, the Hebrew Letters are treasure houses of information; a.k.a. the Hebrew letters are said to possess ‘inner meanings’; literally, spiritually, and numerically. Meanings that exist beyond words.
The Hebrew Letter Aleph – a
The Hebrew Letter Aleph, is the 1st letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet. The Gematria of the letter aleph, i.e., the numerical value of aleph is 1.One is unique and Indivisible. The Aleph is formed by the combination of 2 Hebrew letters, the vav (V) and 2 yods, (Y). Referring to the handout on the right, the vav is the vertical line which is slanted in the aleph, representing the partition between the upper firmament and the lower firmament. The yod’s are connected to the vav, positioned on either sides of the stem. One facing up (toward the Heavens), and the other facing down (toward earth). The Gematria of the vav is 6, and each yod has a numerical value of 10, for a total of 26.
Why Is The Number 26 Important?
The aleph is equivalent to the 4 Letter Name of GOD, Y-H-V-H, which also equals 26. (Y=10, H=2×5, V=6). A clear connection between GOD’s Name, Y-H-V-H and the Aleph is visible in their numerical equivalencies. Concepts and Connections in the Hebrew that would otherwise be invisible to us, can readily be seen in their numerical equivalencies. We will continue to keep an eye open to these connections as we continue to study from the Hebrew perspective.
In Paleo Hebrew, i.e., The Ancient Hebrew Script, The letter aleph was shaped in the form of an Ox head, representing strength, leadership, power. Aleph became the symbol representing God. Aleph symbolizesthe Oneness of GOD, and His Sovereignty. Aleph represents Divinity, The Father, The Strong Leader of the House. Aleph is torah, the very thought of GOD. All of creation is a product of torah, Genesis 1. Which is why, even the letters are called, “the raw materials of creation.“
God spoke His Word into the atmosphere and the Word took physical form. Before GOD ever asked adam to look into the essence of every creature and call out their name, their true essence, GOD looked into the essence of His crowning achievementand called him adam, a human being.
It is only fitting that the human beings are given a name that begins with the the 1st letter of GOD’s Name, Elohim(spelled – aleph (A) – lamed (L) – hei (H) – closed mem (M). Mankind’s name begins, with its origins and reflection in GOD. The image and likeness of GOD is embedded in the very name He gave for mankind, and it begins with the aleph. Adam is God-Like in being and will be GOD’s representative and messenger on earth. God signed off on His Creation by adding His Name to our name.
Mankind, was created to be an aleph in the earth. Even our name carries our assignment.
The Hebrew Letter Dalet – d
The Dalet, connects us to the four stages of deliverance as outlined by GOD in The Book of Exodus 6:6-7. “I will Bring You Forth, Save You, Redeem You and Take You.” Amen.
The dalet (D) is the 4th letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet and carries a gematria of 4. Dalet is the door, and it’s name carries it’s designation. The doorpost reaches up and down and the lintel reaches right to left. The 4 directions of dalet extend north, south, east and west.
The root word of Dalet, (dal) alludes to the poor, with the gimel – the 3rd letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet pursuing the dalet in order to provide care, generosity and kindness.
Consider Abraham, whose name by the way, also begins with the aleph – the 1st letter of GOD’s Name. Abraham was called the Chariot of GOD, who brought GOD’s character and Nature down to Earth. Abraham pursued the poor. His tent doors were always open to provide hospitality, supplies, comfort and care. His deeds of righteousness were always carried out expeditiously and his kindness to others is legendary. Abraham exemplifies chessed to the poor… the kindness of GOD.
The dalet is the symbol of the door, the path, the way. Once we, as those reared up on New Testament teachings, hear these words, we definitely connect the dots and immediately recognize the parallels to Christ, Who is The Way, The Truth and The Life. The dalet symbolizes movement, the pathway, access in and out, because it is the door.
In the Ancient Paleo Hebrew symbol of the dalet, you can also see the representation of the curtain hanging from the rods in the tabernacle. The veil stands between the Holy place and the Holy of Holies. The dalet is the door (Christ, that stands between us and The Father). To accept the FAther, you must accept the Son. Once again, Every New Testament Bible Student/disciple beholds the image of the dalet and hears the scripture saying, “No one cometh unto the Father, but by me”. John 14:6
IN THE REPRESENTATION OF THE ALEPH (A) AND THE DALET (D) WE CAN ALREADY BEGIN TO SEE THE IMAGE OF CHRIST AS THE DOOR, STANDING AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF GOD, THE FATHER. DALET BEING THE DOOR, OUR PATHWAY TO GOD.
The Hebrew Letter Mem – m
The letter mem, (M) is the 13th letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet and has the same sound as our English letter, M.
In it’s ancient form, the letter mem was written in much the same way we would write it today, to represent waves of water. In fact, it carries the meaning of water (mayim), waves, liquid, or sea.
Notions of the sea carry with it the ideas of power, chaos and massiveness. These are concepts that are connected to the letter mem as well. The numerical equivalency of the Hebrew letter mem is 40. Traditionally, the letter mem represents water, nations, people, languages, and tongues. The letter mem has 2 forms, the open form and the closed form. The open form is said to represent the revealed truth and the closed mem represents what is concealed by GOD. In that context, the mem also symbolizes knowledge and wisdom.
Notice then, that ‘adam’ ends with a closed mem. —some truths remain concealed.
GOD, CHRIST AND THE NATIONS…
Adam
And the Door, standing squarely between GOD and the nations, a.k.a., GOD and the People.
You can also read the letters from aleph to mem as, The Father, who gave us His Son, the Door/Pathway from which all the nations have access to Him. The mem, the nations…none of which shall come to the Father, but by Christ, the Door! Whether we view it backwards or forwards, Christ is the Key to the Door!
DAM means BLOOD
Embedded in the word ‘adam’, is the word ‘dam’, which in English means blood. “The life is in the blood”, Lev 17:11.
GOD is attached, connected to the Blood. You can’t even spell the word for blood in Hebrew, without the concept of Christ as the door and the nations, as the people. You also see the message of the blood being applied to the doorpost to protect the people. Of course, our spilled blood cries out to GOD. GOD is attached to us, through the Blood.
Dam means life.
GOD (A) is Life… and the Life is in the Blood (D-M).
What Happens When You Remove the dalet?
Aleph – Mem (eem or eem-ma) spells Mother
If we remove the dalet from the middle of the word ‘adam’, we have a new word, ‘aleph-mem, which spells, ‘mother’ (517), pronounced ‘eem’ or ‘eemah’.
One more important thing that we don’t want to miss is that, in order to spell the word ‘mother’ in Hebrew, you have to include the 1st letter in GOD’s Name, aleph.
Aleph vs. Ayin
Ayin – Mem (ah’m) spells People
There are 2 Letter ‘A’s in Hebrew, the aleph which is a symbol of GOD and the ayin, which symbolizes the eye, sight, or insight. Ayin – mem forms another Hebrew word, ‘people’ (5971), which is also translated as flock, nation, men or folk; with 1868 occurrences in scripture.
People and Mankind are two different words (concepts) in Hebrew. In English, we use them interchangeably. In Hebrew they are completely separate words with distinct applications. Making distinctions of this sort is not one of the strengths of the Concordances, as terms and interpretations are lumped together.
To say people in Hebrew, you remove the dalet from ‘adam’ and the aleph becomes ayin. This indicates a different connection. One that lacks GOD and the Doorway.
When we follow the pattern in GOD’s language and you remove the dalet from adam, you either spell the word ‘am’, (eem) which means ‘mother’ or you create another word, ‘am’ (ah’m) which means people.
Mankind becomes People, with the removal of the dalet from the word adam.
When GOD is removed from the equation of Mankind, Hebrew doesn’t retain the Aleph, the symbol of GOD.
People have to choose GOD, they have to choose sight, or no sight. Insight or blind-sight. Mankind without the Door, without the Aleph (GOD)… we become, a people without GOD.
No wonder GOD’s word says, “My people perish for lack of knowledge”. When we sever the connection at the Door, there is no access to GOD, No Access to Knowledge, Wisdom or Understanding. No Torah, No Access.
The People Are One…
The Hebrew letters form the words of GOD’s message and they have much to teach us beyond the literal reading of the text. The Hebrew Aleph-Bet is able to transmit spiritual values, priorities, as well as another vision and level of the plan of GOD.
When we go back to the beginning and look at Genesis 11:6, When the People became One, without GOD...now we have a little more insight as to perhaps why this was such a dangerous thing.
GOD created us to be mankind. Mankind, are human beings who carry the image and likeness of GOD. Creating mankind, was the crowning achievement in the LORD’s creation masterpiece. If we lower ourselves to the level of a people without GOD, then we miss the mark and become a people who perish for lack of knowledge.
ADAM, embodies the Strength of GOD, The Power of GOD the Father, He is the First, The Beginning of Mankind. Adam carries the Name of GOD, The Image and likeness of GOD, The Word of GOD. ADAM’s name is a prophecy of the Messiah, Christ the Door, without whom, there is no access to GOD. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Through ADAM, the nations have access to the Door. All People, All Tribes, All Nations. Living Waters reside at the Door. If we drink of the Living Waters that He provides, we, the nations, shall never thirst again!
In the name ADAM, we see the legacy of mankind, The connection of GOD, The Aleph, David and Messiach. So much revelation and beauty in every word of Torah.
Every jot and tittle of the Word, carries the messages of GOD.
The messages of Heaven are conveyed down to the letters. Every word formed from the Letters of Fire, carries the teachings of GOD and is in line with the Word of GOD.
As you gain greater exposure to the messages conveyed in the letters, this knowledge will be at the forefront of your thoughts, even as you pray.
I pray that Your Words become infused with the evidence of things unseen and the substance of things hoped for, the products of another level of wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
My Pastor has always called the Hebrew Aleph-Bet, the Letters of Fire. I’m glad to know and share why.
Catch the Fire!
If you are following along in this series, please review the above material extensively and be prepared for the next teaching in this series. I will be building upon the information already presented in the series.
One of the most important concepts our torah’s studies provide to us is the realization that our words provide us access into the realms and dimensions that would be closed to us in the natural. Words have a very strong impact on all of our interactions. Therefore, we must measure our words carefully for the impact they have on others.
Our words allow us to draw forth something supernatural, from the natural world. Let’s repeat that:What we need most of all, is for our words to draw forth something supernatural, from the natural world/realm.
Quick Links to Teachings in this Series: The Undiscovered Adam….
++Vocabulary: Our elevated understanding of Gods terminology.
Adam ~ human being, the crowning achievement of God; mankind, man.
Zakar ~ male, man, belonging to and in covenant with the GOD of Heaven.
ish ~ (Make note of the patterns you see in how GOD uses this word in scripture).
nephesh ~ (Make note of the patters you see in how GOD uses this word in scripture)
gul-go-leth ~ every man counted in the omer of manna, or for the 1/2 shekel of the sanctuary. The counting of heads for the poll.
ba’al ~ rulers, elders, lords who shall not defile themselves with the dead, other than immediate family.
Note to Students: Over the years my re-quoting of this saying has shortened to, “Where there is no man, be a man.” I apologize for any incoveneience this may have caused any of you. The actual full quote is as stated above in each teaching connected with this series. “In a place where there are no men, be a man.”
Thank You for your forgiveness for my adpatation of the saying.
God Bless You,
COPYRIGHT 2019, Rev. S. Madison, torahisteaching.blog
Republished September 2020, for The Month Elul
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kuf bears a strong resemblance to the English letter, P. Kuf is the Hebrew letter that represents Holiness of GOD and man. kuf is formed by combining 2 other Hebrew letters, the vav and the kaf; which also equate to 26, the same as the 4 letter name of GOD, YHVH [yud (10) -hei (5) -vav (6)-hei(5)]. 
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This teaching is dedicated to Adrian “The Tzaddik”… who knows that GOD’s plans for us are revealed to us by the spirit…and covets earnestly the best gifts… 1 Cor 12:10, 14).
Naturally, when studying any language, you will come across the word, “What?” I’ve studied many languages over the years, but I must say this word captured my attention because “What” in Hebrew is, Mah! I thought, “that is so sweet!”
