The metaphor includes concepts of separation, reconciliation or/and the one who causes them. The rabbis ask the question: Why does the scripture start with the second letter rather than the first letter; alephalef?

The meaning of the [[א]] is that God spoke and created the heavens and the earth. We can derive from its silence, both in pronunciation that God created the heavens and the earth in silence, meaning that there was no one there to hear him do it. From it's absence as the first letter of the Bible, that God created the heavens and the earth in silence, meaning we discern that there was no one there to hear or see him do it. Since there was not an audience for God's creative activities, it is simplistically clear that he created for his own purposes, pleasure and benefit not for the pleasure or benefit of another.

Since there was not an audience for The diagonal line represents the one who divided. It is the firmament between the waters. [[Ge 1:2]] says that the Spirit hovered over the face of the waters. There is one face, and two waters. This is the first baptism where the firmament is baptized, and the Spirit hovered over him. The 'face' is that part of a person that others see. It represents the whole person. We have seen elsewhere that the waters represent God's creative activities, it is simplistically clear creation. Here we derive that he created for his own purposes, not for the pleasure or for firmament (Christ) is the benefit singular representative of anotherall God's creation.

:[[א]] - =Use as a metaphor===Primary metaphor==God spoke and created the heavens and the earth. His word distinguished between heaven and earth, holiness and grace, in silence:[[אב]] - the 'father' revealed himself to man [[ב]] after he spoke light and created the heavens dark, water and the earthwater.:[[אד]] - ==Gospel of Thomas==Thomas uses the alef to mean 'mistwar': the testimony [[ד]] Gospel of God's creative act [[אThomas - Chapter 018 | in saying 16]].:[[אה]] - 'yearn'"...They do not know that it is dissension which I have come to cast upon the earth: separated fire [[אש]] from hearing , sword [[הו]]:[[גא]] - 'pride' The pursuit [[ג]] that separates , and war [[א]].:[[אושוא]] - means 'and, alsodesolation': create [[א]] a distinction [[ו]]

:==Mark==Mark uses the alef as "the gospel of Jesus Christ. ([[ואMr_1:1]] ) This is the ante- distinguish [[ו]] type of the firmament, where the creator [[א]]son reconciles holiness and grace.