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SECRETS OF GENESIS 1:1 PROF. M. M. NINAN The original pictograph for this letter is a picture of an ox head ( ) representing strength and power from the work performed by the animal. This pictograph also represents a chief or other leader. When two oxen are yoked together for pulling a wagon or plow, one is the older and more experienced one who leads the other. Within the clan, tribe or family the chief or father is seen as the elder who is yoked to the others as the leader and teacher. The Modern name for this letter is aleph and corresponds to the Greek name alpha and the Arabic name aleph. The various meanings of this root are oxen, yoke and learn. Each of these meanings is related to the meanings of the pictograph . The root ‏(אלף)‏ is an adopted root from the parent root אל (el), written as in the original script, meaning, strength, power and chief and is the probable original name of the pictograph . The is a shepherd staff and represents authority as well as a yoke. When combined these two pictographs mean "strong authority." The chief or father is the "strong authority." The can also be understood as the "ox in the yoke." Many Near Eastern cultures worshiped the god El ( ) and was depicted as a bull in carvings and statues. Israel chose the form of a calf (young bull) as an image of God at Mount Sinai showing their association between the word and the ox or bull and is also commonly used in the Hebrew Bible for "God" or "god." The concept of the ox and the shepherd staff in the word has been carried over into modern times as the scepter (as a staff) and crown (as horns) of a monarch, the leader of a nation. These modern items are representative of the shepherd staff, an ancient sign of authority, and the horns of the ox, an ancient sign of strength. In Modern Hebrew this letter is silent but was originally used as the vowels "a" and "e." The Greek letter alpha, derived from the aleph, is also used for the "a" sound. The Early Semitic pictograph was simplified to and in the Middle Hebrew script and continued to evolve into the in the Late Hebrew script. The Modern Hebrew letter א developed out of the Late Semitic. The Middle Semitic was adopted by the Greeks to be the letter "A" (alpha) and carried over into the Roman "A." The Middle Semitic became the number "1" that we use today. 28
SECRETS OF GENESIS 1:1 PROF. M. M. NINAN The gematria of alef is 1.Aleph, in Jewish mysticism, represents the oneness of God. So taking bar alef would indicate “son of God.” ברא Thus the genesis starts with the “Son of God””. We will see this theme repeated over and over again.. Alef represents God.. Alef here is represented by a separating line with a yod above and a yod below. As the figure above indicates it represents the hidden aspect of YHVH in the divine realm which man cannot see while the lover yod indicates the revealed aspect of YHVH with a real body who walked with man - the incarnate Jesus. The Vav- the diagonal line indicates two as they are united. While the essence of God is remain beyond understanding, what is revealed is for us and for our children. Notice the gematria of Alef equals the gematria of YHVH the name of God as revealed to Moses. bara ("([he] created/creating") The second word is the Hebrew verb bara ברא)‏ ). It is in the masculine form, so that "he" is implied. (English verbs do not distinguish between he, she, and it.) A peculiarity of this verb is that it is always used with God as its subject, meaning that only God can "bara"; it is the characteristic verb for God's creative activity in Genesis 1. "Bara" is also used in Genesis 2 verses 3 and 4. John Walton claims that the meaning of "bara" is not "create" in the modern sense, but to differentiate/separate and to allocate roles – e.g., in the creation of Adam and Eve, God allocates gender roles to "male and female". 29
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