Mem מ

The mem מ connects the kof כ and the zayin ז at the top. The Father arranged a marriage for the Son and chose his bride. ^[1] This was done in heaven before the foundation of the earth. ^[2] This is the promise of God, and the focus is on the promise and the Father. ^[3]

Mem מ means water as does the word mee מי, and the Father is represented as the 'waters above the firmament' (to the right of the yod). ^[4]

Mem מ or מם also means blemish. The bride, that the Father chose for the Son, was blemished, and it grieved him that it was so. ^{[5] [v 1]}

Tet ט

The tet ט connects the kof כ to the zayin ז at the bottom, signifying that the marriage was consummated on earth, with the focus on the marriage and the Son. ^{[6] [q 1]}

"Tet" טת means fasting. ^{[v 2] [q 2]} Christ took his bride on earth, but then left her. ^[7] As a result of the fast (no more teaching), and his resurrection, his revelation was completed in the spontaneous praise of his people ת. ^{[q 3]}

Final Mem ם and Samech ס

Both the final mem ם and the samech ס connect the kof כ and the zayin ז at the top and bottom. They both signify that the promise was fulfilled, with the focus on the fulfillment.

The final mem ם uses square corners signifying that the promise was fulfilled in the flesh. The samech ס uses rounded corners signifying that the promise was fulfilled in the spirit.

The final mem ם also means water as does the word eem ים which is the 'water below' being to the left of the yod י. It's focus is on the Son, also known as the Word. ^{[v 3]}

Samech סמח means support. When the marriage is consummated, the bride becomes the help-meet, the support, of the man. ^{[v 4]}

Questions

1. ↑ Discuss the meanings of laqach ךקח found in Strong's <03947, 03948>
2. ↑ If eating is a metaphor for learning, then fasting is a symbol of the absence of learning. What happens if you don't break your fast?
3. ↑ Why do we eat bread in remembrance of the fast?

Vocabulary

1. ↑ mem מ or מם - water, blemish, m. the Father, the promise of the Father
2. ↑ tet ט or טת - fasting, m. marriage
3. ↑ final mem ם - water below, m. creation finished by the Son, his people, the Son
4. ↑ samech ס or סמח - support, m. The will of God fully completed by the Son

References

1. ↑ Ge 24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.Z
2. ↑ Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
3. ↑ Heb 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
4. ↑ Ge 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.
5. ↑ Ge 6:6 ¶ And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
6. ↑ Mt 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
7. ↑ Joh 7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come.