The verses in the section under the letter Tet in the acrostic Psalm 119 hint at things hidden or covered. Those hints are in line with the traditional meaning of the letter being a basket. However, there is one more meaning to this letter which is related to the meaning 'covered' and is reflected in …
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The posts in this series are intended to follow the post: 'Learn To Read The Hebrew Old Testament In A Single Lesson' as convenient supplemental reading practice. Basic instructions for how to read Hebrew can be found in the above mentioned post. We will use the format of Letter Meaning Chart - followed by the …
Reading Biblical Hebrew is as easy as one, two, and that number between two and four. That's right. Its a matter of logic and applying knowledge commonly found in the scriptures. But more on that later in this post, for now we will jump right in to the first part of the lesson. (A series …
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The letter Chet is a very straight-forward letter. It evolved from a pictograph of a wall which serves to 'separate' things and is also relative to things which are 'separated' from each is other. Therefore, it can be either the noun or the verb form of the word 'separate' as well as literally mean 'wall'. …
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The letter Waw began as a pictograph depicting a tent peg meaning to 'add to' or join things together. Amazingly, it has retained that meaning to this very day as it is also a common prefix that means 'and'. About Waw Waw Original Pictograph: tent peg Psalm 119 Hints: things added Ps. 119 …
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The clues for the meaning of the letter He include: the original pictograph depicted a man with both arms raised as if to be pointing up. The verses in the acrostic Psalm 119 in the section under this letter appeared to hint at divine assistance. When god changed both Abram and Sarai's names to Abraham …
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It has been said that the Hebrew language doesn't have a lot of words but instead gets a lot of mileage out of what it does have. The letter Dalet is a great example the resourcefulness of the language. The traditional meaning, which is what the original pictograph depicted, is simply a door. But from …
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The third letter of the Hebrew alphabet is Gimel. The verses in the acrostic Psalm 119 under this letter hint at things that are moved or removed. This meaning is related to the traditional interpretation of the letter meaning a 'foot'. However, upon reviewing the most frequent Hebrew words in the scriptures that feature this …
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The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet 'Bet' began as a pictograph depicting the floor plan of the common two-room tent. By c. 1000 BC, when the Biblical Hebrew alphabet replaced the pictographs, the new letter shape still strongly resembled the original pictograph though rotated counter-clockwise. Although, the modern form of this letter doesn't portray …
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You don't have to acquire a large vocabulary to read Biblical Hebrew. The language is so logical that you only need to learn basic words and how to think like the Biblical writers. With this series I will share the secrets and insights that I have learned (such as the how the acrostic Psalm 119 …
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