Monday, November 24, 2008

The Sapphire Stone Tablets: What Does Aleph Means?

The English alphabet is a phonetic system of writing which begins with the sound and letter "A". What does "A" means. The letter represents the "a" sound with its sound variants, but other than representing "a" sound, the letter has no meaning. The word "alphabet" is etymologically Greek in origin which means "alpha" and "beta", the first two letter symbols of the Greek writings, but what does the Greek "alpha" means? Nothing! But the Greek writing symbols were derived from the Hebraic system of writing which the Hebrew calls "aleph bet", and what does "aleph" means? Something!

In one of the discourses of Yahshua the Messiah, commonly known to a lot of people as 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 of "What does 'aleph' means?" will lead us into the profoundness of the rest of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet which consists of 22 hieroglyphic symbols. All these were taught by the Almighty Himself to the children of Israel via two tablets of stone. Aleph leads us to the wisdom of the Creator.

The first man was called by the name Adam (peace be upon him). The Almighty must have thought that name was very appropriate for him. In Hebrew writings, Adam's name consists of three letter symbols: Aleph, Daleth and Mem. By Hebrew hieroglyphics, Aleph means first or beginning, as in the "Aleph and the Tau" (the beginning and the perfection). Daleth is a hieroglyphic symbol for a door or opening. And Mem is a symbol for water which is sometimes used to represent a multitude of people. The letters in the name of Adam would collectively mean as the first door of the multitude. True to its meaning, Adam was the first person of what was commonly called man, the first woman was pulled out from him, and the children of men began 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".


For a more understanding of the Hebrew hieroglyphics, please follow this link: The AlphahBayit the ancient Hebrew alphabet by Shmual Ben Aharon.