We think the Paleo is initially much simpler because it is easier to associate the pictorial letters with their meaning. Writing and understanding a few hundred Paleo words is rather intuitive and gives a great foundation for the language. Once you get beyond that initial study, communicating using the Modern is probably necessary.
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14. When did the letters of Hebrew language change from Ancient / Paleo to Modern?
During and after the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BC, most of the Hebrew writings started using Aramaic lettering and became, over time, very similar to the Arabic style.
12. Is there a real difference between modern and Paleo Hebrew?
Although both are abjad scripts (no vowel letters), their appearance became quite different about 800-500 BC. Since the era of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities, the form of the Hebrew letters has been completely different — changing from Proto Canaanite pictographs to an Aramaic shaped alphabet. Although the Modern letters do retain individual meanings, they are rarely used to define words.
04. What is the origin of the Hebrew language?
Some would maintain that Abraham, as the Father of the Hebrews, brought the language from the original single language of the Babel story in Genesis 11. However the written form of Hebrew is not archeologically evident until Moses who was credited by New Testament citations and Jesus Himself as the author of the “Law”, being the first five books of the Bible known as the Pentateuch.
Modern archeological finds have revealed the existence of characters of the Hebrew Aleph Bet in Paleo pictorial form as early as the first century of Israel’s sojourn to Egypt.
Print of Faith #4
Prints are mounted under mats (not pictured online) with a backer. Sizes shown are for the outside of the mat and fit common frame sizes. The 12×12 mat is white. This print is beautiful as an individual piece or in a group of three 12″x12″ using Faith#4, Hope#3, and Love#9. Explanation
Faith
Emunah (em-oo-naw’)
HnvMa
אֱמוּנָה
| 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’ represents a tent peg or nail and 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. |
| H | The ‘Hey’ pictograph represents a man with his hands in the air trying to get someone’s attention. It suggests look, reveal, behold. |
The pictographs portray getting our attention, ‘Behold’, the root of Em (mother or giver of life) who seeks to establish continual life or activity in us. Faith then is the actions of our life that reveal our relationship with the life giver. Our faith brings a life that has purpose.
Print of Hope #3
Prints are mounted under mats (not pictured online) with a backer. Sizes shown are for the outside of the mat and fit common frame sizes. The 12×12 mat is white. This print is beautiful as an individual piece or in a group of three 12″x12″ using Faith#4, Hope#3, and Love#9. Explanation
Hope
Tochereth (to-kheh’-reth)
trCvt
תוחרת
| t | The ‘Tav’ represents a sign, mark, covenant, or cross. As the last letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet, it also means last or end. |
| v | The ‘Vav’ represents a tent peg or nail and means to secure, connect, or establish. |
| C | The ‘Chet’ depicts a fence that would contain, divide, surround, protect, or make private. |
| r | The ‘Resh’ symbolizes a head, man, chief, highest, top, beginning, or first. |
| t | The ‘Tav’ represents a sign, mark, covenant, or cross. As the last letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet, it also means last or end. |
The covenant established in the inner chamber of man will mark him or be a sign to him.
Psalm 39:7 says “And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.” We have a sign through the Lord’s covenant with us that what we wait for, what we expect, is already established in our heart.
Print of Love #9
Prints are mounted under mats (not pictured online) with a backer. Sizes shown are for the outside of the mat and fit common frame sizes. The 12×12 mat is white. This print is beautiful as an individual piece or in a group of three 12″x12″ using Faith#4, Hope#3, and Love#9. Explanation
Since the beginning mankind has, consciously or subconsciously, been on a quest to discover and master love. The elusive secret to capturing the ability to give or receive love is safely concealed in the ability of the Ancient Hebrew pictographs to graphically unveil this ongoing universal mystery. The key to unlocking this enigmatic pursuit has been hidden in plain sight for all who have discovered the character of their Creator God. To master true love in any relationship, simply reproduce and share God’s character traits.
Love
Ahav (aw-hav’)
aHB
אָהַב
| aA | The ‘Aleph’ is the picture of an ox head and illustrates the strength of an animal. It can mean strong, power, or leader. |
| hH | The ‘Hey’ pictograph represents a man with his hands in the air trying to get someone’s attention. It suggests look, reveal, behold. |
| B | The ‘Bet’ shows the floor plan of a tent. It means home, inside, or family. |
The root word ‘Aleph Bet’ means ‘Father or strong leader of the tent.’ Insert the letter ‘Hey’ and the word means ‘Reveal the Father.’
Peace Pendant – Oxidized
Sterling silver pendant with Shalom carved artistically in ancient Hebrew pictographs on the front. The background is darkened using an oxidation process making the pictographs stand out. The back is engraved with an explanation of the word pictures showing “Destroy the authority that establishes chaos.” While this piece is sized to be unisex, men often enjoy adding the much heavier stainless steel chain to really make this pop.
Explanation
No word in the Hebrew language is more graphic in its pictorial form than the word Shalom! The idea that peace originates in multiple forms is seldom considered. However, Yeshua made it clear that His Shalom was different from all other when He told His disciples, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.” (John 14:27) The pictographs clearly demonstrate the uniqueness of God’s approach to peace.
Peace
Shalom (shaw-lome’)
MvLs
שָׁלוֹם
| s | 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. |
Destroy the authority that establishes chaos.
Journey to a Place of Grace
What is my destiny? What is my purpose? What is God’s will for my life? How do I find my place in life?
These questions and more seem so elusive in life, but Pastor Jim Woodard unravels these mysteries and more as he guides the reader through the eyes of the ancients using Ancient Hebrew Word Pictures of key biblical words to demonstrate that Grace is a place, and every believer in Christ has one!
The revelations of these Ancient Hebrew Word Pictures will release you to your true destiny in Christ.
Repent
Repent
B Bet Home | v Vav Attach | s Shin Destroy |
Destroy the home where [sin] attaches [to you] so it cannot return. |
s | The ‘Shin’ 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 attach, secure, or establish. |
B | The ‘Bet’ shows the floor plan of a tent. It means home, inside, or family. |
Lust
Lust
h Hey Look | v Vav Attach | a Aleph Strong |
Look what what attaches strongly. Lust is built on the root word Vav-Aleph which means ‘desire’ and is an example of how desire can be a strong nail that attaches destructive and ungodly longings that grow and separate us from the love of God. |
a | The ‘Aleph’ is the picture of an ox head and illustrates the strength of an animal. It can mean strong, power, or leader. |
v | The ‘Vav’ represents a tent peg or nail and means to attach, secure, or hook. |
h | The ‘Hey’ pictograph represents a man with his hands in the air trying to get someone’s attention. It suggests look, reveal, behold. |
Love
Since the beginning mankind has, consciously or subconsciously, been on a quest to discover and master love. The elusive secret to capturing the ability to give or receive love is safely concealed in the ability of the Ancient Hebrew pictographs to graphically unveil this ongoing universal mystery. The key to unlocking this enigmatic pursuit has been hidden in plain sight for all who have discovered the character of their Creator God. To master true love in any relationship, simply reproduce and share God’s character traits.
Love
Ahav (aw-hav’)
aHB
אָהַב
| aA | The ‘Aleph’ is the picture of an ox head and illustrates the strength of an animal. It can mean strong, power, or leader. |
| hH | The ‘Hey’ pictograph represents a man with his hands in the air trying to get someone’s attention. It suggests look, reveal, behold. |
| B | The ‘Bet’ shows the floor plan of a tent. It means home, inside, or family. |
The root word ‘Aleph Bet’ means ‘Father or strong leader of the tent.’ Insert the letter ‘Hey’ and the word means ‘Reveal the Father.’
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Who We Are
Good Friends in Ministry
Jim and Claudia Woodard have been in Christian ministry since the 1970’s. Trent and Marla Jean Clinesmith got serious in the 1990’s.
Jim Woodard
Pastor, The Crossroads Church, Belle Chasse, Louisiana
In 2001, after a 25 year career in the oil and gas industry, Jim Woodard and his wife, Claudia, planted the non-denominational Crossroads Church in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Jim‘s life experiences, both in fellowship and out of fellowship, along with an eagerness to understand and communicate God’s Word, have given him a unique ability to make the Bible truly a life-application book. His personal discovery of a growing body of work on Ancient and Paleo Hebrew Aleph-Bets combined with the methods he has learned and developed to understand the thoughts conveyed through these Word Pictures provide new and exciting study tools to the Body of Christ.
While continuing to serve as senior pastor of The CrossRoads Church in Belle Chasse, Jim is passionate about sharing the message of Ancient Hebrew through his seminars, writing, and YouTube ministries.
Jim and Claudia reside in New Orleans and have two grown children and five grandchildren.
Marla Jean Clinesmith
In 2014, while listening to Pastor Jim teaching on the Ancient Hebrew pictographic language, Marla Jean began to see these word pictures in her mind in various colors and juxtapositions. Eventually, she began putting on paper what Holy Spirit had impressed upon her about various words through what she likes to call ‘God Colors.’
Her art journey began by studying studio art in college, but then took a spiritual detour as she spent 21 years with Kingdom Building Ministries as a facilitator of biblically-based personal leadership training and as a “Personal Life Coach” in the New Orleans area. In 2018, she felt the Lord leading her to move into being a full-time artist with the intent of being creatively significant by finding irresistible ways to share spiritual concepts that will influence people in their faith.
Jim and Claudia met Trent and Marla Jean while attending the same church over 20 years ago. Both couples have been involved in Kingdom ministry in multiple venues and efforts over that time, many times working together and in support of each other. The collaboration of Jim’s teaching of Ancient Hebrew with Marla Jean’s art expressions of Ancient Hebrew Word Pictures provides a powerful presentation of the heart of God through the Ancient language of the Old Testament.
The objective of this website is to offer a user-friendly resource for learning and being blessed by God’s Word as seen through the eyes of the Ancient Hebrew characters of the Bible. Our prayer is that God will open new vistas of understanding from the Word which will enrich your journey through the Kingdom.
What’s in His Name?
- See how Ancient Hebrew Word Pictures add depth and clarity to Isaiah’s prophetic description of the coming Messiah.
- Enjoy creative, contemporary renderings inspired by “His name shall be called…”
- Share in the insight brought about by the sophistication and clarity of the Hebrew language in its ancient form.
A unique blessing awaits the reader of What’s in HIS Name?
