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.

The First Two Pages of the Hebrew Bible

I am one of those who had been reading the Sacred Scriptures of the Hebrew people, and the wisdom of the Bible never failed to amaze me, a kind of wisdom that I have not yet found in any other "sacred writings". The Hebrew Bible does not only give me inspirations and insights, but it also gives me a peek into the wisdom of the Almighty who personally wrote and contributed the first two pages of the Hebrew Bible.

Wait a minute! Didn't the Hebrew scribes wrote all that was written in the original scroll of Genesis? Yes of course, but the whole book of Genesis which begins with the word "Bereshit" (in the beginning) was based on the letters of an earlier two pages which started with the word "Anoki" (I Am), and these two pages could not be found in Genesis but somewhere else.

Remember, when the children of Israel left Egypt, they brought with them their tales and their stories that were handed to them from their previous generation to their time by word of mouth. They also brought with them the understanding of the Egyptian hieroglyphics which they cared not to use in transcribing their tales and stories for their coming generations. Then how did they come up with Genesis in writing?

Only a few months after the Hebrews left Egypt, Moses (peace be upon him), the Hebrew leader went up to meet with the Almighty at Mount Sinai where he was given the two tablets of the testimonies, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of the Almighty. In them were the Asereth HaDebarim (Ten Commandments) in a new hieroglyphics which the Hebrew had to learn, which they were to use in transcribing the additional instructions they were about to receive, and the tales and stories which had been handed down to them. In these two tablets were the very letters they used in writing the accounts of Genesis and all others up to Deuteronomy.

The Sapphire Stone Tablets in Paleo Hebrew

The Ten Commandments or the "Ten Words" (Hebrew" Asereth HaDebarim) were originally uttered by the divine voice from Mount Sinai in the hearing of all Israel. Later, they were written by the finger of the Almighty on a pair of tablets of stone. Moses shattered the first pair of tablets symbolizing Israel's breaking of the covenant by their sin with the golden calf. A second pair was produced and deposited in the Ark which the people of Israel carried across the wilderness until they reached the land that was promised to them.

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The Sapphire Stone Tablets in Square Aramaic

The Ten Commandments on Sapphire Stone Tablets.

The Stone Tablets in the Bible were two pieces of stones wherein the Ten Commandments were inscribed by the finger of the Almighty and given to Moses (peace be upon him) when he ascended at Mount Sinai. The writings in these stone tablets gave insight into the nature of the Almighty, and Moses was instructed to have the words in these stone tablets taught to the children of Israel very diligently.

According to Jewish traditions, the Stone Tablets were taken from the very throne of the Almighty which appeared like a paved work of Sapphire Stones (Exodus 24:10), like the very heavens in its clarity.

The tablets are popularly portrayed as rectangular with rounded edge on the upper portion, but rabbinic traditions describe them as rectangular with sharp edges, and that the texts were not just engraved on the stones but bored through it. However, none of the sides of each tablets show a mirror image of the texts. The writings on both sides of the tablets appeared normally.

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