The Hebrew alphabet: the meaning of letters

The Hebrew alphabet became the founder for many other languages (most European ones in particular).

The Hebrew alphabet and the Russian language

The Hebrew alphabet is the ancestor of the modern Russian. And it, in turn, comes from the Slavic alphabet - the Cyrillic alphabet, processed from Greek. The Hebrew alphabet with transcription has reached our days practically unchanged. Despite the fact that in the Middle Ages different regions practiced their stylization, they changed letters, these changes were insignificant. Such modifications only adorned the Hebrew alphabet. With the translation into Russian, you can see several similar letters even now.

Number of letters in the alphabet: vowels and consonants

How many letters in the Hebrew alphabet are uncomplicated. The Hebrew alphabet includes 22 letters. The differences between lowercase and uppercase letters are not written. But there are also features. The alphabet consists only of consonants. Consonants are used to write vowels.

Features of the Hebrew alphabet

The alphabet of the Hebrew for writing vowels uses a system of diacritical signs-vowels (points). Such points are placed above or below the letter. In addition to the special system for recording vowels, 4 consonants are used. This is Aleph, gay, vav and iodine. In Yiddish these letters completely lost the role of consonants and became vowels.

The Hebrew alphabet: 3 groups of letters

All the letters of the Hebrew alphabet are divided into 3 groups: three "mothers", seven "double" and 12 "simple."

3 letters of the first group indicate the Sefirot Hochma, Bina and Daat.

"Double" letters are letters that are pronounced in two ways.

"Simple" 12 letters indicate a branch, are called "12 boundaries of diagonals". They denote 4 sides of the world, top and bottom. The 12 diagonal boundaries reflect the relationship between them.

The Hebrew alphabet: the meaning of letters

The Hebrew alphabet is unique. He has a hidden meaning, laid down in the order of letters, pronunciation and rules of use. The Hebrew alphabet, translated into Russian, acquires a deep meaning and involves a detailed transcription and study. Hidden information is also in the names, forms of letters, as they are written (if we talk about the version of writing in Torah scrolls, tefillin or mesutot).

The values of numbers in the Hebrew alphabet

The Hebrew alphabet, the meaning of letters and numbers (gematria) is a collection of knowledge accumulated over the centuries. The availability of information for each letter is an additional story transmitted from past centuries and has survived to the present day. Each number is associated with the semantic meaning of the letter, but it can also carry a separate story.

The origin of the Hebrew alphabet

The ancestor of the Hebrew alphabet was ancient Semitic or Phoenician. The Hebrew alphabet was borrowed from Aramaic, gradually adding something of its own. There is an opinion that the Hebrew alphabet is older than the Aramaic, but such a probability is small, since the Jews lived in the neighborhood of two alphabets. And it makes it possible to use the Aramaic letters in the Hebrew letter or vice versa. Scribes could confuse letters by letter due to their similarity.

The Hebrew alphabet with its translation and its peculiarities begins its own existence later. The proof is numerous finds, inscriptions on a cave, a column, coins. The Hebrew alphabet in Russian can be read below, with the decoding of the designation of each letter.

Alphabet, the meaning of letters

1. "Aleph" (the numerical value of the letter is 1). This number means the unity of everything that exists. If the world is a set of everything that interacts with each other, then 1 is the unity of everything.

2. "Base" (bet) (2). If Aleph is a unity, then the Beis (bet) is a multitude and variety, that is, the duality of nature and the possibility of connection.

If there is peace and man, then the destiny of man is creation, the realization of the potential built in man. And in this there is an opportunity or freedom to choose, choose between good and evil.

3. "Gimel" (3). Gimel is the vertex of the supposed triangle, which is formed also by the first two letters of the alphabet Alephbet. If alef is unity, bet is multiplicity, then gimel is the connection between them, the connection.

4. Dalet (4). The letter Dalet symbolizes the poor man, Dalet is an open door that opens to the needy who came for help. But Dalet does not refer to the gimel (the previous letter), which means that the rendering of assistance to the needy must come from a person, but the person receiving this help should not know from whom he receives it. The value of the letter 4 indicates 4 sides of the world. The letter itself consists of two lines, which means spreading in length and width.

5. "Gay" (re) (5). The Hebrew alphabet in its symbolic symbolism has a special meaning. In particular, the letter gay is the basis of speech. All pronounced sounds are performed on exhalation, which is the basis of this letter. The letter symbolizes the diversity of the world. The numerical value corresponds to 5 books of the Torah.

6. "Vov" (Vav) (6). The number 6 symbolizes the perfection of the world. Each point can be determined by 6 coordinates: north, south, west, east, top, bottom. Also the value of this figure is confirmed by 6 days. For 6 days the world was created. In grammar, the letter Vav is a connecting union that links words and parts of a sentence.

7. Zain (7). This number symbolizes spirituality in the material world. 6 directions along which you can define any point are connected in the center by the seventh point. 6 days of the creation of the world end with 7 in the afternoon, Saturday. In the world, everything has its purpose, and everything has its spark, which is the source of being. The spark symbol is the letter Zain.

8. The Het (8). The letter het is connected with the concept of charisma, uniqueness in the eyes of other people. This quality is given to a person who has achieved harmony, which is reflected in the previous Hebrew letters. The alphabet has a negative meaning. For example, the letter het can be read as "sin." The meaning is such that sins deprive the ability to see and understand the universe itself, leaving only material blessings.

9. "Tes" (tet) (9). The letter is a symbol of eternity and truth, it symbolizes the meaning of good. Also this letter symbolizes 9 months of pregnancy.

10. "Iodine" (10). The small size of the letter symbolizes modesty. The creation of the world was according to the ten sayings of God. The letter also recalls the 10 commandments.

11. "Kaf" (half) (20). The letter means the palm and corresponds to the practical activity. This letter is the first in the word power, the crown. It literally shows the potential of a person.

12. Lamed (30). The letter symbolizes the heart, designates the teaching. The literal meaning is "to teach."

13. "Mem" (40). This letter begins the word water and denotes fountains. The number 40 symbolizes 40 days, Moshe Rabbein spent exactly the same number of days on Mount Sinai, receiving the Written Torah, the 40-day flood lasted 40 days , the Jews wandered 40 years, 40 generations shared Moshe before the end of the Talmud.

14. The Nun (50). The letter symbolizes a faithful and believing person. Faith as the key to excellence. The suppression of faith leads to 50 gates of spiritual impurity. Translated from Aramaic means "fish".

15. "Samekh" (60). It symbolizes a miracle. After 50 steps of impurity, the Almighty brought people out of slavery with the help of a miracle.

16. "Ain" (70). The very letter means the eye, but points to the deep meaning of the Torah. The literal meaning of the letter is Divine Providence, the all-seeing God. Kabbalah says that the eyes have 5 forces: the right eye - 5 forces of kindness, the left eye - 5 forces of severity. There are 70 languages, 70 peoples of the world, the Babylonian exile was 70 years old, the life span of King David is 70 years.

17. "Pe" (fee) (80). The letter symbolizes the power of speech, and in translation from Hebrew means "mouth." And it points to the principle of Jewish jurisprudence. An oral testimony at the trial is possible if the person was personally witnessed. And before you testify at the trial, a person should think twice.

18. "The Tsadi" (90). The letter symbolizes a righteous man. In ordinary form, the letter is bent, which implies the modesty of such a person, in the final form the letter is straightened, which promises a reward to a righteous man.

19. "Kof" (100). The letter is translated from Hebrew as "monkey" and symbolizes duality. On the one hand means holiness, on the other hand spiritual uncleanness (the imitation of a monkey to a person).

20. "Resh" (200). Translated from Aramaic, the letter is translated as "head". It symbolizes the sinner, pride, striving for his superiority.

21. "Shin" (syn) (300). The letter symbolizes the three forefathers. Three forefathers symbolize three types of service: mercy, severity, harmony.

22. "Tav" (400). The letter symbolizes the truth, the universality of truth.

The Meaning of a Number in the Hebrew Alphabet

Numeric values of letters reflect the essence of things, their relationship to each other. Despite the same numerical values, things can be completely different. For example, any few words that have the same number can be completely different. The same numbers mean only that the same number of Divine forces was placed on the creation of these things.