Hebrew

By jtolman • January 3rd, 2010

Anciently, the number 13 was a very sacred and signification number. It represented Christ and his Twelve Apostles, or the 12 Tribes of Israel. Unfortunately, in our modern world it now has such a negative connotation and association with bad luck and evil that few people, including members of the Church, would ever associate it [...]

Torah in Hebrew means instruction, law, direction, five books of Moses, etc. and looks like this:  תורה The first letter is a Tav, ת , which is the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet and represents our final destination, the Holy of Holies or the Celestial Kingdom. The next letter is a Vav, ו , [...]

Let’s examine the word stone or rock in Hebrew, it is eben and looks like this: אבן The Aleph, א , is the first character in the Hebrew alphabet and represents God or Heavenly Father. The Bet, ב , combined with the Nun, ן , means Son in Hebrew or Jesus Christ. Hence, stone in [...]

In past posts we have looked at the symbolic meaning of the number ten: The Word for the Number Ten in Hebrew, and the number five: The Number 5 in Hebrew. To review, the number 10 represents the Hand of God and the number 5, means to save or rescue, using one of the Hands [...]

Let’s discuss the importance and symbolism of the number 5 in Hebrew. The word is Hamesh, and looks like this:  חמש The number 5 symbolizes the idea of saving, to be saved, or to be rescued. Starting with the middle letter Mem, מ , which represents the world. It is God that saves or rescues [...]

The letter Ayin ע and the letter Aleph א are both silent letters when pronounced in Hebrew. The Aleph which is the first Hebrew character represents God. Ayin means eye or sight in Hebrew. There is a very important message that these two Hebrew letters symbolically give because they are silent. In Psalm 46:10 it [...]

The word PEACE in Hebrew is the well known SHALOM and it looks like this:   שלום   I will do this in reverse order from left to right. The first character is a Mem, ם , which means water or the world because the world is mostly covered by water.   The next character [...]

  MELECH in Hebrew is KING and looks like this:  םלך The first character is a Mem, ם , and symbolically represents the world. The second character is a Lamed, ל , and symbolically represents the staff or rod, even the rod of iron, which is the word of God. The most important words of [...]

The word for mercy in Hebrew is pronounced hesed and looks like this: חסד This word can also mean kindness or goodness. The first character is the Het, ח , which symbolically means the House of God, Holy of Holies, Temple, doorway, and reminds us of the lamb’s blood spread on the door posts and [...]

Let’s examine the word covenant in Hebrew, which looks like this: ברית This is pronounced berit in English. Looking at the characters from right to left, we begin with Bet, ב , which symbolically means House of God or blessing in Hebrew. Next, the Resh, ר , which means a humble, or poor in spirit, [...]