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creator, creation, created, I, reconciled (at end), separated, holy, firmament א
א aleph
א God spoke and created the heavens and the earth.
This is the primary metaphor of the alef. With the diagonal vav, he spoke into the void dividing two creations, represented by the yuds. The vav is diagonal. If it were vertical it would only have divided time and eternity. A horizontal vav would only divide heaven and earth. Being diagonal, we are told that when God spoke creation into existence, part of creation existed in time, and part of it (one of the created heavens) outside of time.
The alef is the first letter of the alefbet it is also the number 1, but the the name alef means 1000.
- 2Pe 3:8 ¶ But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
- Ps 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
The alef is a vowel. Vowels are pronounced with only breath. The alef is silent. From this we discern that when God spoke and created the heavens and the earth he did so in silence. There was no one there to hear it.
The rabbis ask why the scriptures start with the bet, the second letter of the alefbet, rather than the alef. They only have riddles, not solutions. Solutions come from the scriptures. It is the first letter of the scriptures, but it is not only silent, it is invisible. From this we discern that when God created the universe, he did it when there was no one there to hear or SEE it either.
- Job 38:4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
- Isa 43:10 ... before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
- (h. creation of the heavens and the earth, the creator, I (as in I am))
- (h. Holy Spirit which hovered over the waters)
- (h. division of the light from the dark)
- (h. separation of the waters above from the waters below)
- (h. separation of land from water)
- (h. separation (any))
- (h. holy)
- (h. Spirit which hovered over the Waters)
- (h. war, anger)
- (h. the beginning)
- (h. reconciliation (based on position))
- (h. Man (two natures (yuds)) with the word (vav) in his heart) see Ps 1:1
| Letter name: | Alef |
| Alefbet order | 1 |
| Number value | 1 |
| Hebrew name | אלפ |
| Number of the name | 111 -> 3 |
| Meaning of the name: | thousand |
| Secret number | 26 -> 8 |
Drawn as: diagonal ו between two יs
Hieroglyphic: Distinction between two creations. The ו is diagonal representing that both the heavenly things and the earthly things have components of holiness and grace. A vertical ו would have separated holiness and grace. See Hebrew hieroglyphics.
First metaphor: Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- 2Pe 3:8 ¶ But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
- Derived from the Number value (1) and the Meaning of the name of the letter (1000)
- 1Jo 5:7 ...these three are one.
- Derived from the value of the letter (1) and the Number of the name
- That which is not holy is separated from that which is.
Correction (Priest):
- The same firmament which divides, reconciles. Christ makes up for (corrects) our want.
- Le 10:10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
- All three persons of the godhead were involved in creation.
- Combine the number of the name, with the silent creation. see The Big bang
