Hebrew pictographs

[Fenris]

Have a look here at the Ancient Hebrew letters

And about the letter tav

I don't know what his source is. The word doesn't mean what you claim it does.

You try too hard.

[Fenris]

Scroll down to
Orthographic variants

there it shows the difference between Phoenician and Paleo-Hebrew

Shows them both as "X".

[Ta-An]

Shows them both as "X".

Let's then stick to :"Pictograph" as this is the OP title of the thread

[Fenris]

You know, it's rather ironic that you quote me in your sig.

[Ta-An]

You know, it's rather ironic that you quote me in your sig.

Do you only notice now
I have a quiver full of arrows you know.
Love you my friend

[Fenris]

Stop painting bulls-eyes where your arrows land.

[Ta-An]

Here is an interesting website on word-pictures is says

What is a word picture?

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In ancient Hebrew, like in Chinese and ancient Egyptian, every word is formed by adding pictures together to "paint" or illustrate the meaning of the word. A word picture is a word that is described by pictures.
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You don't have to be able to read Hebrew in order to understand and to use this book effectively when you read the Bible.
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When Hebrew was first written, each letter represented both a sound and a picture. Even if you or the people you teach are not familiar with the Hebrew sounds and have no experience with this language, the pictures you see inside the words will speak for themselves.

Why Hebrew Word Pictures are important to believers?
"Every so often, something comes along that can help move your spiritual life into high gear. I'm convinced that Frank Seekins' concept of "Hebrew Word Pictures" is such a concept. With so many books and conference about biblical principles, this one can help you better understand and love God's Word itself.
As someone who's studied "word pictures" for years, seeing them come alive in the very letters of Scripture is like adding color to a classic movie. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in gaining a deeper love and understanding of the Scriptures.

[RabbiKnife]

Stop painting bulls-eyes where your arrows land.

Similar to Clintonian leadership...take a poll, see where the crowd is going, then run out front and say "follow me!"

[Ta-An]

More on the letter tav.... just read it slowly Fenris

The twenty-second and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet is the Tav. It's literal meaning is "ownership" "covenant" "sign" "a mark" and "to join two things together".

In the ancient Hebrew picture letters the Tav was written as a cross, and later as an X. In the ancient Hebrew word for "sign" we see that the SIGN is "the strong leader nailed to the cross". It is this same word that is translated in the Greek text of Luke 2:12 which reads: And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

The Hebrew word for religion is "DaT" the ancient word picture tell us that religion is the "door of the sign" or the "door of the cross".

Truly the Hebrew language is amazing in what it has to teach us today. As we proceed farther in the coming months, we will see more amazing things from God's eternal word. We will delve deeper into the meaning of each letter, and see anagrams, acrostics and on the Jacob's ladder page, the equa-distant letter sequences known as the "Bible codes".

One last thing before we stop here. We are told in John's gospel that "the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" (John 1:14). Let's connect the dots here to get a good picture. The letters literally came off the scroll and came to life, flesh, in the person of Jesus/Yeshua. Yeshua went on to complete the plan of salvation by dying on a Roman cross. On the third day, He was resurrected, brought back to life by the power of the Holy Spirit. In a parallel, the Hebrew language died out almost 1900 years ago. It was "resurrected", brought back from the dead by the efforts of ONE man. Eliezer Ben Yehuda began this monumental task in 1881 at the age of 23 years old, he work diligently to form new words for modern things that had no word equivalent in the Hebrew language. His strongest opponents were the Orthodox Jews who felt that he was making the Holy language a "common" language of the street. However, in 1921 Hebrew was declared as an "official language" in "Palestine" and in 1967 Hebrew was restored to the common people as a "pure language".

[Ta-An]

Similar to Clintonian leadership...take a poll, see where the crowd is going, then run out front and say "follow me!"

RK ... I have grown too old to run

[Fenris]

You don't have to be able to read Hebrew in order to understand and to use this book effectively when you read the Bible.

Great. Ignorance is now wisdom.

[Ta-An]

Great. Ignorance is now wisdom.

Oy oy... I also said it makes you hungry to study the Scriptures,,, doctrine is not based on it...

[Fenris]

Sign is "Ot", not "Tav".

[RabbiKnife]

And when you start referencing "equidistant letter sequences known as 'Bible codes'", the source loses what little (if any) credibility it had.

[Fenris]

What he said.

This stuff is no different from the bible codes. Hunt around, find something pleasing, present it as a proof.