PHB: vav - Word family extension אג-דנר
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The Word Family extention is an extended set of letters to the word family. Previously, the vav was defined as 'the Word'. This set of letters extends the vav in various ways.
Aleph א
The aleph א is a diagonal vav with two yods. The yod represents the creation, but there are two of them. We discern that when there are two things, they are two aspects of one thing.
As you draw the aleph, first draw the vav saying "God spoke and created...". When drawing the two yods say, "the heavens and the earth."
Recall that when we learn language, the same thing is said in many ways to help us understand the idea. The aleph represents creation by separation. As you draw it, you can say several things which represent the idea of the aleph.
- God spoke... and created the heavens and the earth. [1] [2]
- The spirit hovered... on the face of the waters. [3] [v 1]
- The firmament... divided the waters above and below.
- There was a war... between heaven and earth.
- God separated... Holiness and Love
Gimel ג
The gimel is a vav with a yod hanging off the bottom like a leg extended. The vav comes down the side of the Square Letter Template, representing love coming to man [4], and the yod extending to the left is a little bit of Holiness being revealed. The purpose of the law is not to squish you, but to help explain who God is. He gave us his love, then pursued us with his holiness.
The word gimel means 'camel'. If you look it up in a dictionary, they look like two words in English, but the are the same Hebrew word גמל. It also means 'recompense' like a judge giving you what you deserve. [v 2]
As you draw the gimel say, "The rich man (draw the vav) pursued the poor man (draw the yod). [q 1] [q 2] [q 3] [q 4]
Dalet ד
The dalet ד is formed by drawing two vavs at right angles. This is different from the rosh ר which has two vavs joined with a curve. The upper horizontal vav collects up what can be known about God as it travels from left to right. The vertical vav represents that knowledge coming to man.
The right angle of the dalet ד means that the information is not complete, like a pipe that is pinched rather than smoothly transitioned. We say that it is a command. As a metaphor, it represents the command itself, the result of the command, or the response to the command. God commanded the creation into existence. The universe is the result of the command, and testifies to to the invisible nature of God. [5]
But the command does not reveal all about God. The revelation of God is the rosh ר. We will come back to this. Though in English three words are nearly synonyms, we use them in a technical way: command, revelation, teaching. The dalet ד is the command. The revelation or rosh ר contains personality. And teaching or lamed ל is a shared heart.
Nun נ
Rosh ר
Questions
- ↑ In what way did the rich man who chased after the poor man make himself equal to God?
- ↑ In what way had God given up all he had to become the poor man?
- ↑ If you have shaky hands and poor eyesight, how do you thread a needle?
- ↑ How did the rich man read the law in order to make himself equal to God?
Vocabulary
- ↑ mrachaphth מרחפת - hovered, moved, m. judged, f. from the revelation (or bitter) מר the understanding ח of the prophecy פ was complete ת
- ↑ gimel גמל - camel, recompense, m. pursue, a rich man pursuing a poor man., judge
References
- ↑ Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- ↑ God spoke to create 10 times in Genesis 1
- ↑ Ge 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- ↑ 1Jo 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
- ↑ Ro 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
