q Quph Follow | D Dalet Journey | f Tsade Hook |
The desire to be hooked on a journey that follows God. |
f | The ‘Tsade’ represents a fish hook and means hunter, catch, or desire. |
D | The ‘Dalet’ represents a tent flap or door. It can also mean back and forth movement as in going in and out of a door or a journey. |
q | The ‘Quph’ character appears like the back of man’s head or a sunset and means last, behind, following, revolving or cycle of time. |
q Quph Follow | d Dalet Journey | f Tsade Hook |
The desire to be hooked on a journey that follows God. |
f | The ‘Tsade’ represents a fish hook and means hunter, catch, or desire. |
d | The ‘Dalet’ represents a tent flap or door. It can also mean back and forth movement as in going in and out of a door or a journey. |
q | The ‘Quph’ character appears like the back of man’s head or a sunset and means last, behind, following, revolving or cycle of time. |
t Tau Covenant | n Nun Life | M Mem Water | a Aleph Strong |
The great mystery of life is within the covenant. |
a | The ‘Aleph’ is the picture of an ox head and illustrates the strength of an animal. It can mean strong, power, or leader. |
M | The ‘Mem’ illustrates water or waves. As a nomadic people, the Hebrews feared the waves or waters of the seas, so the letter often meant chaos, mighty, or blood. Large bodies of water hold many unknowns or mysteries for an agrarian society. |
n | The ‘Nun’ represents a seed or sprout and gives us the meaning of continuing to a new generation. It can have the meaning of life, sustaining, offspring, or heir. |
t | The ‘Tau’ is used as a man’s mark, either like a signature on an agreement or even a crossed sticks on the ground to mark a boundary point. Either way, it is associated with an agreement or covenant between two people or between man and God. |
Prints are mounted under white mats (not pictured online) with a backer. Sizes shown are for the outside of the mat and fit common frame sizes. q Quph Follow | d Dalet Journey | f Tsade Hook |
The desire to be hooked on a journey that follows God. |
f | The ‘Tsade’ represents a fish hook and means hunter, catch, or desire. |
d | The ‘Dalet’ represents a tent flap or door. It can also mean back and forth movement as in going in and out of a door or a journey. |
q | The ‘Quph’ character appears like the back of man’s head or a sunset and means last, behind, following, revolving or cycle of time. |
Prints are mounted under white mats (not pictured online) with a backer. Sizes shown are for the outside of the mat and fit common frame sizes.It is interesting that the Hebrew words Aman (Amen/Believe) and Emuwnah (Faith) are linked as Aman is the root of Emuwnah. While Emuwnah is the actions in our life that reveal our relationship with the Life Giver; when we say Amen, we affirm that relationship. “And he (Abraham) believed in the Lord; and He accounted it to him for righteousness.” (Genesis 15:6)
Aman (ah-man’)
nMa
אָמַן
| a | The ‘Aleph’ is the picture of an ox head and illustrates the strength of an animal. It can mean strong, power, or leader. |
| M | The ‘Mem’ illustrates water or waves. As a nomadic people, the Hebrews did not understand the waves or waters of the ocean. So the letter came to mean chaos, mighty, or blood. |
| n | The ‘Nun’ represents a sprout and gives us the meaning of life and continuing to a new generation. It can have the meaning of continuing, perpetuating, sustaining, offspring, or heir. |
I strongly agree with what God has shown me about the mystery of eternal life.
h Hey Behold | E Ayin Look | v Vav Nail | S Shin Separate | y Yud Hand |
| As pictographs, the letters combine to mean ‘Behold, see how a hand will save or separate by a nail.’ But it is actually a compound word consisting of ‘Ya’ (God) and the root word ‘shuah’ (to rescue). In the Armor of God, the Helmet of Salvation is Yeshuah, the one who secures our rescue or salvation. |
| y | The ‘Yud’ in pictograph form shows an arm and a hand. The picture can mean to work, throw, worship, or it can simply mean an arm or hand. |
| sS | The ‘Shin’ may be depicted differently depending on the time period, but represents two front teeth and can mean sharp, eat, consume, separate, or destroy. |
| v | The ‘Vav’ represents a tent peg or nail and means to secure or hook. But it can also simply mean peg or nail. |
| E | The ‘Ayin’ appears as an eye. It relates to the function of the eye, understanding, or knowledge. |
| hH | The ‘Hey’ appears as a man waving his arms. It relates to pay attention, hehold, reveal. |
q Quph Follow | D Dalet Journey | F Tsade Seek |
As part of the Armor of God, the Breastplate of Righteousness represents seeking a journey that follows God. |
F | The ‘Tsade’ represents a man searching or seeking and means hunter, catch, or desire. |
D | The ‘Dalet’ represents a tent flap or door as going in and out of a door or a journey. |
q | The ‘Quph’ character appears like the back of man’s head or a sunset and means last, behind, following, revolving or cycle of time. |
t Tau Covenant | M Mem Water | a Aleph Strong |
The Belt of Truth is an important item in the Armor of God used in spiritual warfare. The Aleph and Mem together create the word “Mother,” the strong water that nurtures and holds a family together. The word “Truth” means to nurture the covenant. |
a | The ‘Aleph’ is the picture of an ox head and illustrates the strength of an animal. It can mean strong, power, or leader. |
M | The ‘Mem’ illustrates water or waves. As a nomadic people, the Hebrews feared the waves or waters of the seas, so the letter often meant chaos, mighty, or blood. On the other hand, water sustained life and in this instance, it carries that meaning. |
t | The ‘Tau’ is used as a man’s mark, either like a signature on an agreement or even a crossed sticks on the ground to mark a boundary point. Either way, it is associated with an agreement or covenant between two people or between man and God. |
M Mem Chaos | v Vav Establish | l Lamed Authority | s Shin Destroy |
Destroy the authority that establishes chaos. In this illustration as part of the Armor of God, the Shoes of Peace indicate we need to to be walking or pursuing. If we do the walking, God will destroy the chaos ahead of us. |
sS | The ‘Shin’ represents two front teeth and can mean sharp, eat, consume, separate, or destroy. |
l | The ‘Lamed’ is a picture of a shepherd’s staff. The shepherd used the staff to exercise authority over the sheep to direct or lead them. It can mean teach, lead, yoke, move forward, or authority. |
v | The ‘Vav’ represents a tent peg or nail and means to secure or hook. But it can also simply mean peg or nail. |
M | The ‘Mem’ illustrates water or waves. As a nomadic people, the Hebrews did not understand the waves or waters of the ocean. So the letter came to mean chaos, mighty, or blood. |
H Hey Behold | n Nun Life/Heir | v Vav Secure | M Mem Water | a Aleph Strong |
The pictograph portrays getting our attention, ‘Behold’, the root of Em (mother or giver of life) who seeks to establish continual life or activity in us. Faith is the actions of our life that reveal our relationship with the life giver. Our faith brings a life that has purpose. When our actions come into agreement with the Lord, the enemy’s weapons cannot penetrate the Shield of Faith. |
a | The ‘Aleph’ is the picture of an ox head and illustrates the strength of an animal. It can mean strong, power, or leader. |
M | The ‘Mem’ illustrates water or waves. As a nomadic people, the Hebrews feared the waves or waters of the ocean. So the letter came to mean chaos, mighty, or blood. |
v | The ‘Vav’ pictures a tent peg or nail. It means to secure, connect, or establish. |
n | The ‘Nun’ represents a seed or sprout and gives us the meaning of continuing to a new generation. It can have the meaning of continuing, perpetuating, sustaining, offspring, or heir. |
hH | The ‘Hey’ pictograph represents a man with his hands in the air trying to get someone’s attention. It suggests look, reveal, behold. |
r Resh Man | B Beyt Home | D Dalet Door |
The only offensive weapon is the Sword of the Spirit, which is The Word of God (Debar). Words, in the ancient thought process, had substance. Sentences were an ordered arrangement of ideas that ordered lives. The Word of God makes the enemy back down. The more a person is in command of the Word, the more effective soldier he will be. |
D | The ‘Dalet’ represents a tent flap or door. It can also mean back and forth movement as in going in and out of a door or a journey. |
B | The ‘Beyt’ depicts the floor plan of a tent. It means home, inside, or family. |
r | The ‘Resh’ symbolizes a head, man, chief, highest, top, beginning, or first. |
Salvation → Yeshuah → hEvSy
Righteous → Tsedeq → qDF
Truth → Emet → tMa
Peace → Shalom → Mvls
Faith → Emunah → HnvMa
Word → Debar → rBD
h Hey Behold | E Ayin Look | v Vav Nail | S Shin Separate | y Yud Hand |
| As pictographs, the letters combine to mean ‘Behold, see how a hand will save or separate by a nail.’ But it is actually a compound word consisting of ‘Ya’ (God) and the root word ‘shuah’ (to rescue). In the Armor of God, the Helmet of Salvation is Yeshuah, the one who secures our rescue or salvation. |
| y | The ‘Yud’ in pictograph form shows an arm and a hand. The picture can mean to work, throw, worship, or it can simply mean an arm or hand. |
| sS | The ‘Shin’ may be depicted differently depending on the time period, but represents two front teeth and can mean sharp, eat, consume, separate, or destroy. |
| v | The ‘Vav’ represents a tent peg or nail and means to secure or hook. But it can also simply mean peg or nail. |
| E | The ‘Ayin’ appears as an eye. It relates to the function of the eye, understanding, or knowledge. |
| hH | The ‘Hey’ appears as a man waving his arms. It relates to pay attention, hehold, reveal. |
q Quph Follow | D Dalet Journey | F Tsade Seek |
As part of the Armor of God, the Breastplate of Righteousness represents seeking a journey that follows God. |
F | The ‘Tsade’ represents a man searching or seeking and means hunter, catch, or desire. |
D | The ‘Dalet’ represents a tent flap or door as going in and out of a door or a journey. |
q | The ‘Quph’ character appears like the back of man’s head or a sunset and means last, behind, following, revolving or cycle of time. |
t Tau Covenant | M Mem Water | a Aleph Strong |
The Belt of Truth is an important item in the Armor of God used in spiritual warfare. The Aleph and Mem together create the word “Mother,” the strong water that nurtures and holds a family together. The word “Truth” means to nurture the covenant. |
a | The ‘Aleph’ is the picture of an ox head and illustrates the strength of an animal. It can mean strong, power, or leader. |
M | The ‘Mem’ illustrates water or waves. As a nomadic people, the Hebrews feared the waves or waters of the seas, so the letter often meant chaos, mighty, or blood. On the other hand, water sustained life and in this instance, it carries that meaning. |
t | The ‘Tau’ is used as a man’s mark, either like a signature on an agreement or even a crossed sticks on the ground to mark a boundary point. Either way, it is associated with an agreement or covenant between two people or between man and God. |
M Mem Chaos | v Vav Establish | l Lamed Authority | s Shin Destroy |
Destroy the authority that establishes chaos. In this illustration as part of the Armor of God, the Shoes of Peace indicate we need to to be walking or pursuing. If we do the walking, God will destroy the chaos ahead of us. |
sS | The ‘Shin’ represents two front teeth and can mean sharp, eat, consume, separate, or destroy. |
l | The ‘Lamed’ is a picture of a shepherd’s staff. The shepherd used the staff to exercise authority over the sheep to direct or lead them. It can mean teach, lead, yoke, move forward, or authority. |
v | The ‘Vav’ represents a tent peg or nail and means to secure or hook. But it can also simply mean peg or nail. |
M | The ‘Mem’ illustrates water or waves. As a nomadic people, the Hebrews did not understand the waves or waters of the ocean. So the letter came to mean chaos, mighty, or blood. |
H Hey Behold | n Nun Life/Heir | v Vav Secure | M Mem Water | a Aleph Strong |
The pictograph portrays getting our attention, ‘Behold’, the root of Em (mother or giver of life) who seeks to establish continual life or activity in us. Faith is the actions of our life that reveal our relationship with the life giver. Our faith brings a life that has purpose. When our actions come into agreement with the Lord, the enemy’s weapons cannot penetrate the Shield of Faith. |
a | The ‘Aleph’ is the picture of an ox head and illustrates the strength of an animal. It can mean strong, power, or leader. |
M | The ‘Mem’ illustrates water or waves. As a nomadic people, the Hebrews feared the waves or waters of the ocean. So the letter came to mean chaos, mighty, or blood. |
v | The ‘Vav’ pictures a tent peg or nail. It means to secure, connect, or establish. |
n | The ‘Nun’ represents a seed or sprout and gives us the meaning of continuing to a new generation. It can have the meaning of continuing, perpetuating, sustaining, offspring, or heir. |
hH | The ‘Hey’ pictograph represents a man with his hands in the air trying to get someone’s attention. It suggests look, reveal, behold. |
r Resh Man | B Beyt Home | D Dalet Door |
The only offensive weapon is the Sword of the Spirit, which is The Word of God (Debar). Words, in the ancient thought process, had substance. Sentences were an ordered arrangement of ideas that ordered lives. The Word of God makes the enemy back down. The more a person is in command of the Word, the more effective soldier he will be. |
D | The ‘Dalet’ represents a tent flap or door. It can also mean back and forth movement as in going in and out of a door or a journey. |
B | The ‘Beyt’ depicts the floor plan of a tent. It means home, inside, or family. |
r | The ‘Resh’ symbolizes a head, man, chief, highest, top, beginning, or first. |
Tsedeq (tsaw-dak’)
qdf
צָדַק
| f | The ‘Tsade’ represents a fish hook and means hunter, catch, or desire. |
| d | The ‘Dalet’ represents a tent flap or door. It can also mean back and forth movement as in going in and out of a door or a journey. |
| q | The ‘Quph’ character appears like the back of man’s head or a sunset and means last, behind, following, revolving or cycle of time. |
Tsedeq is often used as a compound name with ‘Jehovah’ (hvhy seen here). The Tsade-Dalet-Quph translate as hooked or a desire for a journey to follow [God] or ‘Righteous.’ Jehovah Tsedeq is ‘God our Righteousness.’
In the second video of this series, Pastor Jim takes you through the Hebrew Aleph Bet demonstrating how each letter is used in a Biblical word in its ancient pictorial form. You will be amazed at the depth of meaning found in words such as Holy, Righteous, Love, and Die. You will learn how powerful ancient pictographs were in revealing deep spiritual lessons by applying the experiences and principles of everyday natural activities. Best of all, you will experience firsthand how an understanding of Ancient Hebrew can enhance your personal Bible reading and study. It’s been said that a trip to Israel will change your Bible reading from black and white to Technicolor. While that is true, understanding Ancient Hebrew pictographs will advance your Bible experience to 3-D.
