{"id":3560,"date":"2021-03-17T00:55:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T05:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2021-03-20T03:15:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T08:15:52","slug":"small-aleph-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/small-aleph-revelation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSmall Aleph\u201d Revelation…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The first verse of the Book of Leviticus is usually translated: \u201cAnd the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him,\u201d where the subject of the verb vayikra<\/em> (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0), \u201cand he called,\u201d has an implied antecedent, which if expressed would read: \u201cAnd the LORD called to Moses and the LORD spoke to him…\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Hebrew text of the Torah scroll is written with a small Aleph (\u05d0) at the end of the verb vayikra, however, indicating something of textual and grammatical interest. Note that the Hebrew letter Aleph is constructed from two Yods (each that represent a yad, or “hand”) joined by a diagonal Vav (that represents a man). One Yod (\u05d9) reaches upward while the other reaches downward, and both extend from the “fallen” Vav (\u05d5), picturing Yeshua, the humble One who was \u201cwounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities\u201d as our Mediator between heaven and earth (Isa. 53:5; 1 Tim. 2:5). The implied subject, then, of vayikra can be seen to be the “small Aleph,” the Humble One who calls out from the Tent of Meeting…<\/p>\n

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Aleph is the first letter of the first word of the first commandment of God: anokhi<\/em> (\u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05db\u05b4\u05d9): “I AM” (Exod. 20:2), which also designates the Name ehyeh<\/em> (\u05d0\u05b6\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4) first revealed to Moses (Exod. 3:14). The numerical value of Aleph is one, indicating its preeminence, and it is a silent letter, alluding to the ineffable mystery of God’s sovereign will (the related word aluph<\/em> (\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05e3) means “Master” or “Champion”). \u00a0In the Hebrew script used for writing Torah scrolls (ketav Ashurit), Aleph is constructed from two Yods (that represent “hands”) joined by a diagonal Vav (that represents man). \u00a0One Yod (\u05d9) reaches upward while the other reaches downward, and both extend from the “fallen” Vav (\u05d5), picturing a “wounded Man” or Mediator (1 Tim. 2:5). In the Hebrew numbering system (i.e., gematria), Yod = 10 and Vav = 6, so adding up the three parts of Aleph yields 26, the same value as the Name of the LORD: YHVH (\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4). The very first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, then, pictures the three-in-one LORD who mediates all of life for our salvation. \u00a0And just as there are three parts to Aleph, but Aleph is One (echad<\/em>: \u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3), so there are three Persons to the Godhead, yet God is absolutely One. \u00a0Indeed, the gematria of the word Aleph<\/em> (\u05d0\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05e3) is 111 (Aleph=1, Lamed=30, and Pey=80). \u00a0As Yeshua said, every “jot and tittle” of Scripture is significant…<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he called\u201d is written anonymously, but once you understand that this is the Word of the LORD speaking, you will turn back to the Creator and then YHVH will speak to you from within the Tent of Meeting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first verse of the Book of Leviticus is usually translated: \u201cAnd the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him,\u201d where the subject of the verb vayikra (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0), \u201cand he called,\u201d has an implied antecedent, which if expressed would read: \u201cAnd the LORD called to Moses and the LORD spoke to him…\u201d   The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hebrew-reading-practice","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3567,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions\/3567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}