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Hebrew words derive their meaning from the shorter words and letters within, as we saw in ''adamah'' for ground. From he ה in the word we understand that things of the ground do not understand spiritual things. The flesh is earthly. Pneumnemonics gives us more than a memory aid, it is foundational to understanding doctrine.

The combination of two letters is called a 'gate'. The word 'father' ''ab'' אב means -- ''after'' God spoke and created the heavens and the earth א he revealed himself to man ב.If the letters are reversed forming ''ba'' בא, the meaning is reversed. What is the opposite of 'father'? Go back to the meaning by formation: The father revealed himself to man. He took the initiative to be made known. So the opposite is to make an invitation: ''ba'' means 'come'. In Hebrew, 'ab ba' means Father , come. Not only do the gates provide more pneumnemonics to aid in learning, but also provides an addition to the Systematic Theology. Man cannot find God on his own. We can find the things of God that he has first taken the initiative in, to make himself known. Furthermore, the word ''ab'', also means 'green shoot' and 'fruit on a tree'. The main thing that makes a father a father is that he is the source for new life. The green shoot is not a father, but evidence that the father gave the first life. The fruit on the tree is not a father, but evidence that the father is the source of the second life. Implied is that there are two lives to be had. Have you been born again?

PHB: Pneumnemonics