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Friday, November 7, 2008

What Does Aleph Means?

The English alphabet begins with an "a". What does "a" means? Nothing! The word "alphabet" is etymologically Greek which means alpha & beta, and what does "alpha" means? Nothing! But the Greek writing symbols were derived from the Hebraic system of writing which they call aleph beth, and what does "aleph" means? Something.

In one of the discourses of Yahshua the Messiah, commonly known Jesus, he asked the elders "what does aleph means?" This is a very profound question for us now, although the elders, in their own Hebraic culture, can provide an equally profound answer.

Aleph itself is profound, and the answer to the question will lead us into the profoundness of the rest of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet which consists of 22 symbols. All these symbols were taught by the Almighty Himself to the children of Israel via two tablets of stones. Aleph leads us to the wisdom of the Creator.

The first man was called by the name Adam (peace be upon him). The Almighty thought that was appropriate. In Hebrew writings, his name consisted of three letters: Aleph, Daleth, & Mem. By Hebrew hieroglyphics, aleph means first or beginning, as in the aleph and the tau (the beginning and the perfection). Daleth is symbolized by a door. And mem is water which is sometimes used to represent people or multitude. The letters in the name of Adam would collectively mean as the first door of the multitude. He was the first person commonly called man, the first woman was pulled out from him, and the children of men begun with the fragmentation of Adam's soul into seeds through the woman. Indeed, it was profoundly appropriate that the Creator should call him ADAM, and the Almighty's wisdom was first revealed in "Aleph."

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