The aleph expresses the idea of one thing divided and put back together in order to understand it better. The vav ו is the word of God which distinguishes between things <ref group="s">Heb 4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.</ref> The vav ו travels from top left to bottom right, dividing heaven/spirit from earth/flesh and love from holiness.