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The alphabets of Western mankind can all be located graphically on the Crown Diamond diagram of the Believers' Tree of Life. From their prototypical appearance in the Phoenician (which is also known as the Ancient Hebrew and as the Ancient Arabic), the characters of the original alefbet have transformed themselves, from age to age, in their movements among and between peoples. We do not say that they have been transformed by those who used them, but that they have transformed themselves; for no secret society of adepts conspired to enforce upon mankind their orderly evolution. Having a common origin in the Tree of Life, their forms have appeared, age by age, according to the will of Elohim-- much as leaves: falling in one configuration in this age of thought and appearing again in new, but related, configurations in the next. In their transformations over time, therefore, we see the hand of YHWH giving new revelation of immutable Truth. In the beginning, Phoenician extreme, the alefbet spoke broadly of principles, setting forth the full spectra of the lively oracles of Elohim. In the present, Latinate manifestations, the alphabet speaks narrowly, or specifically: with focus upon those concepts instructive of the precepts of YHWH as they apply themselves in this final age of worldly dominance. Another age is descending upon us from above: the millennial age of Messiah's government: that the words might be fulfilled, "Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven." We anticipate not new configurations of the characters of the alphabet in the coming age, but rather a complete synthesis of all revelation committed to previous forms: we shall understand the Phoenician and the Greek in the English, both linguistically and numerically, as also the English in the Phoenician, and so forth. Further, all things that have ever been written-- from the inconsequential memoranda of men to the Holy Scriptures themselves-- will be revealed in their geometric dimensions of meaning according to their specific situations on the Crown Diamond of the Tree of Life. Incomparable, the wisdom of HaShem, who has concealed the fruits of Tree of Life in our daily lives from the time of the first Adam! There is but one Tree; and it is our eating-- our putting forth of the hand-- that distinguishes the fruit. When its revelation in our midst is complete (Gen. 3:24; Rev. 2:7; Lk. 17:21), we shall find that we have eaten in Messiah of some of the twelve manner of fruits already (Jn. 6:53); and we shall also find that those fruits to which we are accustomed will have prepared our metabolisms for those fruits which have yet to appear to our sensibilities. Truly, YHWH is an El of Order, and He has founded His troop in the earth (Amos 9:6). What a glorious day, when we shall see Him face to face in our midst, as also face upon face within our human tabernacles! Baruch HaShem, in the name of Yahushúa! This page presents the letters of the alefbet as they move from the Phoenician to the Latinate languages. Many variants have appeared on earth during the time the various scripts have been in use, and not all variants are illustrated. Were it possible, it would yet be impractical and pointless, for example, to locate on the Crown Diamond all the various ways individuals form the English character forms in this age, let alone all variants from all English periods. As handwriting standards are both known and ignored by some writing English, so have the Ancient Greek and Phoenician standards been both known and ignored in times past. The standards exist, however; and it is by those standards that we recognize the variants, enabling the culture as a whole to read and to understand the work of many different scribes. It is not possible to overemphasize the importance
of the alphabets to spiritual understanding. The "logos/word"
(John 1:1) is a
direct reference to the alefbet, referring to the Torah's normally
untranslated The best introduction to the Ancient Hebrew alefbet with which I am familiar is the booklet The Alphabet, by Shmuel ben Aharon. For advanced study, I recommend The Dictionary of Torah: Definitions of Light, which presents both etymological and oracular definitions of Torah word forms in terms of the Ancient Hebrew meanings. Both these books and an open-text study version of the Ancient Hebrew Torah are available from Bet HaShem Midrash, P.O. Box 49, Woodburn, IN 46797 USA. The five smooth stones of the Ancient Hebrew Torah are foundational to the lively oracles of Elohim. I trust that none who has progressed this far in these pages would consider them arcane. The animated gifs on this page comprise two categories. First is the Phoenician source, which we choose to call the Ancient Hebrew because the alefbet was first given to the patriarchs and was used by the Angel of YHWH to write the Ten Sayings upon the tables of stone and by Moshe in writing the Torah. Secondly are the alphabets of transition, of which are included the Ancient Greek, the Roman capitals, and the modern lowercase letters of the English script. It is not within the scope of this work to set forth the synthesized interpretations of the alphabet that shall appear in the future age: the age is not quite born. It is our belief, however, that these tables will speak to those who shall succeed us upon earth of the direction their studies of language should take. Shmuel's Alphabet Book with letter meanings is posted online, where you will be able to learn directly about the powers of the alefbet by studying Psalm 119 with meditations upon the shapes of the Ancient Hebrew characters. These symbols are not dead letters: to the contrary, they are eternal, oracular images of the powers of the great I AM. Those who seek shall find. For those who wish to explore possible approaches to the various characters of the alphabets according to their situations on the Tree of Life, a word study is being prepared and will be posted when available. As being indicative of what is to come, we offer this illustration of HaShem YHWH as it is positioned on the Crown Diamond, one of several word forms displayed at the Template Tables pages. "Every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old." Let us not despise the new because it has yet to show the polish that comes with age; likewise, let us not forsake the old simply because new things are appearing. If old things pass, it is only because their essence fills the new (Ecc. 1:9-11).
HaShem is an El of order, and He does all things well. Praise The Name that, in Him, there is no shadow of changing; and that He has endowed mutability with the potential of growing unto comprehension of immutability, unto His glory. Barak-El! |
. The twenty-two characters of the
Ancient Hebrew from alef to taw are pictograms
of the principles and powers of Elohim, in whose image man is
made.
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