The ''chet'' is drawn like a ''he'' ה but the ''vav'' on the left returns all the way to the top. This represents that the commandment was understood. The meaning of ''chet'' is 'dismay', because when you really understand God's command, you are dismayed. <ref group="v">chet ח or חת - dismay, ''m.'' understood, seeing</ref> <ref group="q">Why does understanding the commandment cause dismay?</ref> <ref group="q">The Gospel of Thomas (2) says, ...''The one who seeks should not cease seeking until he finds. And when he finds, he will be dismayed...'' Could the ''chet'' be the source of Thomas's riddle?</ref> <ref>It is not being suggested that the Gospel of Thomas is scripture, only that the author was familiar with pneumnemonics.</ref>Dismay is terror. When people met the Holy God they fell on their faces. <ref group="s">Ge 17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,</ref> <ref group="s">Nu 22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.</ref> <ref group="s">Jos 5:14 And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?</ref> <ref group="s">Mt 17:6 And when the disciples heard [it], they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.</ref>