- Contents
- Section 1: How we got the Bible
- Part 1.1: God invented an alphabet
- Chapter 1.1.13 Gimel ג
- Part 1.1: God invented an alphabet
- Section 1: How we got the Bible
Primary metaphor
Discerning the meaning of this letter is a bit more difficult since the gimel is the only letter with the lower diagonal stroke. Other letter which have Y's in them represent a joining of holiness and love, whereas this one in inverted. Using that principle the first thing coming from heaven was split into holiness and grace. The holiness hits the point of the cross and is satisfied. The diagonal hits the baseline of the Square Text Template somewhere in the middle.
This structure is suggestive that that first creative word did the work, and somewhere in the middle of mankind, perhaps in numbers , perhaps in time, he poured out his love. Traditionally, the gimel has meant a rich man chasing after a poor man. This is interesting as the word 'gimel means camel. And when a rich man chased Jesus, the poor man, Jesus made a riddle of a camel.
Experimentally, pursue appears to work well. God satisfied his own holiness and pursued man with his love.
gadowl גדל
great. The first occurrence of a gimel in scripture is in Ge 1:16 in the word great. [1] By the letters it means he pursued man ג with his teaching/command ד taught ל.
Breaking it down displays the embedded metaphor:
gad גד
troop and coriander. It might seem impossible for two words to be so different yet be identical in form, but not when talking of metaphor. By the letters Gad means pursue ג the teaching/command ד. The troop, or soldier, pursues obeying the command. Coriander was the flavor of manna. Israel obeyed God when they gathered manna, but there is more to it. Manna is the second unleavened bread. Jesus taught that the bread was his body given/broken for us AND Jesus is the Word. As they gathered manna they painted a picture of pursuing THE WORD.
dal דל
poor or weak Whoever is least among you will be made great. [2] By pursuing gimel ג the poor dal דל with the teaching lamed ל they are made great gadowl גדל.
References
- ↑ Ge 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.
- ↑ Lu 9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.