Introduction to finding ‘gems’ in the Hebrew language
Paleo-Hebrew
Notice that each letter is a pictograph with a specific meaning.
What we call the Old Testament ( first testament/covenant) was written in the Hebrew language. Some passages, such as sections of Daniel and Ezra, are written in Aramaic; this is due to the change in the language during the Babylonian exile of the Jews.
The Aramaic square script replaced the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet.
The letter called ‘aleph’ is an ox (reference to the Paleo-Hebrew chart) – the strong one/leader.
The ‘beyt’ is a tent with an open door – a house/home.
The word for ‘Father’ is ‘aleph beyt’ (Av) the strong leader of the home.
The same intrinsic meanings for the letters are carried over to the modern script.
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