From The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible, Jeff A. Benner
א – oxen, yoke and learn
ב – house, tent, family, in, with, inside or within
ג – walk, carry or gather
ד – door, a back and forth movement, dangle, mean, weak or poor
ה – behold, look, breath, sigh and reveal or revelation
ו – to add or secure
ז – harvest or crop
ח – tent wall, protect, divide
ט – basket, contain, store and clay.
י – work, make and throw, functions of the hand
כ – bend and curve, to tame or subdue
ל – authority, yoke, tie or bind; as prefix – to, toward
מ – liquid, water / sea, mighty and massive, chaos; as question word,
searching for an unknown
נ – continue, perpetuation, offspring or heir
ס – pierce and sharp, shield, grab hold
ע – seeing and watching; knowledge
פ – speak and blow, the edge of something (lip)
צ – side of something; hunting and chasing
ק – sun, revolution, circle, horizon, condense, and time
ר – head or man, chief, top, beginning or first
ש – teeth, sharp and press; two, again, both or second
ת – mark, sign or signature
Ghah – meaning twisted; dark – has been absorbed into ע
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p.299 EDBH
The meaning of individual consonants
Hirsch contends that each individual consonant has a distinctive meaning or association. This specific meaning provides a commonality for the various roots containing the consonant (see Gn 10:10).
• The ע indicates motion: נוע moving, פסע stepping, עלה rising.
• The ח serves to restrict the very motion created by the ע:
נוח resting; פסח being lame; חלה being ill (Ex 12:11).
• The ה is the bearer of existence: היה. Its positive actuality (ה הידיעה) is the definite article. Its wavering existence is the ה השאלה. Where existence is dependent, as in the feminine form (ירדה) or in expressing a wish (נקומה), the ה is quiescent. It is also the element used for the causative moods of התפעל, הפעיל, הפעל. Added to a verb it also indicates activity that includes motion and is the equivalent of a ל before the verb (Gn 12:5, 43:7).
• The כ highlights an example for all to emulate (Gn 10:10).
• The ל indicates movement or return to an object (Gn 10:10).
• The מ indicates that which emanates from an object or person (Gn 10:10).
• The ש establishes facts as to what is or what should be (Gn 10:10).
• In addition, words that contain similar consonants have similar meanings irrespective of the order of the consonants (Lv 7:18, Dt 25:18, Ps 17:14, 31:23, 60:5).
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From The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet
The Sacred Letters as a Guide to Jewish Deed and Thought
R. Michael L. Munk, Artscroll Series
א – The symbol of God’s oneness and mastery
ב – The symbol of blessing and creation; duality and plurality
ג – The symbol of kindness and culmination
ד – The symbol of dimensions and concern
ה – The symbol of divinity, gentility, and specificity
ו – The symbol of completion, redemption, and transformation
ז – The symbol of spirit, sustenance, and struggle
ח – The symbol of transcendence, divine grace, and life
ט – The symbol of goodness
י – The symbol of creation and the metaphysical
כ – The symbol of crowning accomplishment
ל – The symbol of teaching and purpose
מ – The symbol of the revealed and the concealed; Moses and Messiah
נ – The symbol of faithfulness, soul, and emergence
ס – The symbol of support, protection, and memory
ע – The symbol of sight and insight
פ – The symbol of speech and silence
צ – The symbol of righteousness and humility
ק – The symbol of holiness and growth cycles
ר – The symbol of choosing between greatness and degradation
ש – The symbol of divine power and script – but also of corruption
ת – The symbol of truth and perfection
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Got this one online, from DeviantArt at https://www.deviantart.com/sum1good/art/Hebrew-Letter-Meanings-Chart-204903888
He says he created it after 30 years of study ? (Sum1Good, “musician and artist”)
“Letter Definitions:”
א –
AHLB – oxen, yoke and learn
TWHA – The symbol of God’s oneness and mastery
EDBH says four things of א: p.298 it can be added as a prefix to a three lettered root to form a noun or adjective (examples given also may be seen as “individualizing”); p.295 “Other forms that interchange are the ל״ה root (קרה) and the ל״א root (קרא); p.296, both ה and א can be used in creating Derivational Variants, “individualizing or targeting the new action.” (Recall ה is the “bearer of existence.”) And in the introduction xii, “The א brings the action expressed by a root directly to the individual for his exclusive benefit.”
DeviantArt – ox, bull, gentle, tame, the leader, strength, what is first, Adonai (my lord), thousand, teach
ב –
AHLB – house, tent, family, in, with, inside or within
TWHA – The symbol of blessing and creation; duality and plurality
DeviantArt – tent or house, the body, household or family, inside, within, amid
ג –
AHLB – walk, carry or gather
TWHA – The symbol of kindness and culmination
DeviantArt – a camel, something lifted up (like a camel rising from its knees), self-will or pride
ד –
AHLB – door, a back and forth movement, dangle, mean, weak or poor
TWHA – The symbol of dimensions and concern
DeviantArt – A door, a path, a way of life, movement (into or out of)
ה –
AHLB – behold, look, breath, sigh and reveal or revelation
TWHA – The symbol of divinity, gentility, and specificity
EDBH – The ה is the bearer of existence: היה. Its positive actuality (ה הידיעה) is the definite article. Its wavering existence is the ה השאלה. Where existence is dependent, as in the feminine form (ירדה) or in expressing a wish (נקומה), the ה is quiescent. It is also the element used for the causative moods of הפעיל, הפעל, התפעל. Added to a verb it also indicates activity that includes motion and is the equivalent of a ל before the verb (Gn 12:5, 43:7).
DeviantArt – Behold, to show, to reveal
ו –
AHLB – to add or secure
TWHA – The symbol of completion, redemption, and transformation
DeviantArt – A nail, a peg, a hook, joining together, making secure, becoming bound(nailed to)
ז –
AHLB – harvest or crop
TWHA – The symbol of spirit, sustenance, and struggle
Deviant Art – A sword, an axe, a weapon, to cut, to pierce
ח –
AHLB – tent wall, protect, divide
TWHA – The symbol of transcendence, divine grace, and life
EDBH – The ח serves to restrict the very motion created by the ע.
DeviantArt – A fence, inner room or chamber, to separate, to cut off from, to protect
ט –
AHLB – basket, contain, store and clay.
TWHA – The symbol of goodness
DeviantArt – A snake, to surround, to twist, a twisting or a coiling
י –
AHLB – work, make and throw, functions of the hand
TWHA – The symbol of creation and the metaphysical
DeviantArt – A hand (closed or closing upon), to work, a deed done, a finished work
כ –
AHLB – bend and curve, to tame or subdue
EDBH – The כ highlights an example for all to emulate
TWHA – The symbol of crowning accomplishment
DeviantArt – A palm of a hand, a wing, to allow, to cover, to open the hand, the powerto suppress or lift up
ל –
AHLB – authority, yoke, tie or bind; as prefix – to, toward
EDBH – The ל indicates movement or return to an object
TWHA – The symbol of teaching and purpose
DeviantArt – A staff, cattle goad, rod, to control, prod, urge forward, go toward orforward, teach, learn, tongue
מ –
AHLB – liquid, water / sea, mighty and massive, chaos, and as question word,
searching for an unknown
EDBH – The מ indicates that which emanates from an object or person
TWHA – The symbol of the revealed and the concealed; Moses and Messiah
DeviantArt – Water, mighty, massive, many, chaos (like the deep), to come from
(like water down a stream)
נ –
AHLB – continue, perpetuation, offspring or heir
TWHA – The symbol of faithfulness, soul, and emergence
DeviantArt – A fish, to sprout, to spread, offspring, descendant, action, life, heir to thethrone, faithfulness
ס –
AHLB – pierce and sharp, shield, grab hold
TWHA – The symbol of support, protection, and memory
DeviantArt – A prop, to support, prop, aid, assist, a slow twisting or turning aside (likea propped plant)
ע –
AHLB – seeing and watching; knowledge
TWHA – The symbol of sight and insight
EDBH – indicates motion
DeviantArt – The eye, look, appearance, to see, understand, experience, to be seen, a fountain
פ –
AHLB – speak and blow, the edge of something (lip)
TWHA – The symbol of speech and silence
DeviantArt – A mouth, opening or entrance, to command, speak, open, a beginning, here, present
צ –
AHLB – side of something; hunting and chasing
TWHA – The symbol of righteousness and humility
DeviantArt – A fish hook, to pull toward, something inescapable, desire, trouble, aharvest, righteous, to hunt
ק –
AHLB – sun, revolution, circle, horizon, condense, and time
TWHA – The symbol of holiness and growth cycles
DeviantArt – The back of the head, what is behind, last, final, the least
ר –
AHLB – head or man, chief, top, beginning or first
TWHA – The symbol of choosing between greatness and degradation
DeviantArt – A head, a person, what is highest, most important, chief
ש –
AHLB – teeth, sharp and press; two, again, both or second
EDBH – The ש establishes facts as to what is or what should be
TWHA – The symbol of divine power and script – but also of corruption
DeviantArt – Teeth, ivory, point of a rock, a peak, to devour, consume, destroy, something sharp, El Shaddai
ת –
AHLB – mark, sign or signature
TWHA – The symbol of truth and perfection
DeviantArt – a mark, sign “x” or cross, ownership, to seal, covenant, join two thingstogether, the last
EDBH says only of ת, p.297, that it can be added as prefix or suffix to a three-lettered root to form a noun or adjective
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AHLB
