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Secrets of Gen 1.1

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SECRETS OF GENESIS 1:1<br />

PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />

The Early Semitic pictograph <strong>of</strong> this letter is , an arm and hand. The meaning <strong>of</strong> this letter is<br />

work, make and throw and other functions <strong>of</strong> the hand.<br />

In the Jewish mystical tradition, yod represents a mere dot, a divine point <strong>of</strong> energy. Since yod is<br />

used to form all the other letters, and since God uses the letters as the building blocks <strong>of</strong> creation,<br />

yod indicates God's omnipresence.<br />

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