The Sapphire Stone Tablets: What Name Should I Tell Them?

During Moses (peace be upon him) first encounter with the Almighty at Mount Sinai, just before he went back to Egypt to deliver the children of Israel from bondage as he was instructed, he felt the trouble of introducing his newly known Mighty One to the elders back there. The elders have already known a lot of idol names in Egypt. Who could He be among them? Apparently, His name was not among the names of the idols of Egypt, but His name could not escape from the remembrance of the people who hoped for His act of deliverance.

Moses was told to say to the Israelites: "YaHWeH, the Mighty One of your fathers - the Mighty One of Abraham, the Mighty One of Isaac, and the Mighty One of Jacob - has sent me to you". And He further said, "This is My Name forever, the name by which I Am to be remembered from generation to generation", Exodus 3:15.

Ever wondered why the Almighty wanted Himself to be known and be called by that name "YaHWeH"?

The hieroglyphics in the blue Sapphire Stone Tablets may provide us the understanding. The Ten commandments begins with the self introduction of the giver of the commandments: "I Am YaHWeH your Mighty One, Who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery", Exodus 20:2.

His Name in the Sapphire Stone Tablets was expressed in a 4 symbol hieroglyphics written by the Almighty's own finger: "Yod", "He", "Waw", "He". What do these symbols mean to us? What does the Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, trying to relate to us with these symbols?

"Yod" is a hieroglyphic symbol for a hand. The hand is used to represent giving and receiving.

"He" is a symbol for a newly sprouting plant which represents light or life moving towards the light.

"Waw" is a symbol representing a weighing scale, just like the one held by the blind lady justice. This is used to connect and it represents justice and mercy.

"Yod" and "He" is pronounced YaH, these when combined means Giver of light, also Giver of life. When we say HalleluYaH, we mean "Praise ye Giver of Life".

"Waw" connects the two "He" in " He Waw He" (HWH), this means from life to life, justice and mercy from life to life, or justice and mercy from eternity to eternity.

"Yod", "He", "Waw", "He", pronounced YaHWeH, collectively, the symbols means the "Eternal, Just and Merciful Giver of Life".

The blue Sapphire Stone Tablets surely tell us of a very meaningful name, and it also depicts the character of the Owner of that name. We see here the Creator lending His wisdom through the letters of the Sapphire Stone Tablets, that we may see and understand His nature.

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.