Mystical Significance of Hebrew Letters
Mystical Significance of Hebrew Letters
Letters, alphabets, and numbers all play a invaluable role in all of society. Whether it is for school, business, or everyday things we can all agree that every character of every culture is important in its own simple way. But what if these characters meant and are used to show something deeper than just the material world. The mystical meanings of the characters in the Kabbalah will be the main topic of discussion in this paper. We will go through brief explanations of all 22. These explanations will consist of a short description of what they mean spiritually and then some normal facts such as what number it is.
So first is Alef (א). Alef is the Hebrew number for one. It symbolizes the water and can be found in the passage where it talks about the first day of creation. Now the way Alef is formed, the top mark is supposed to symbolize closeness with God while the bottom is showing a bitterness of the lowly man. Next is the letter Beit which is the number two in Hebrew (ב). Beit refers to the word house, as in God’s house. Much of the mystic letter of the letter refers to God’s House and how we should be honored to enter. Beit can also translate to “passion” or “desire”. This can show that we desire or have a passion to live with God in happiness. The third letter Gimel (ג) is the Hebrew letter for three. It also symbolizes a rich man chasing after a poor man in order to give him charity/reward him. In the mystic sense reward and punishment are meant for the same end. But it is interesting because running is the biggest physical expression we have of freedom and choice. The next and fourth letter is Dalet ד)) which is the number four. This letter is essentially reversed from the last one. That is the poor man receives the reward/charity that the rich man offers. Also there is a connection between both dalet and beit, that is that dalet is the door to beit. Very Interesting how these letters interact with one
Letters, alphabets, and numbers all play a invaluable role in all of society. Whether it is for school, business, or everyday things we can all agree that every character of every culture is important in its own simple way. But what if these characters meant and are used to show something deeper than just the material world. The mystical meanings of the characters in the Kabbalah will be the main topic of discussion in this paper. We will go through brief explanations of all 22. These explanations will consist of a short description of what they mean spiritually and then some normal facts such as what number it is.
So first is Alef (א). Alef is the Hebrew number for one. It symbolizes the water and can be found in the passage where it talks about the first day of creation. Now the way Alef is formed, the top mark is supposed to symbolize closeness with God while the bottom is showing a bitterness of the lowly man. Next is the letter Beit which is the number two in Hebrew (ב). Beit refers to the word house, as in God’s house. Much of the mystic letter of the letter refers to God’s House and how we should be honored to enter. Beit can also translate to “passion” or “desire”. This can show that we desire or have a passion to live with God in happiness. The third letter Gimel (ג) is the Hebrew letter for three. It also symbolizes a rich man chasing after a poor man in order to give him charity/reward him. In the mystic sense reward and punishment are meant for the same end. But it is interesting because running is the biggest physical expression we have of freedom and choice. The next and fourth letter is Dalet ד)) which is the number four. This letter is essentially reversed from the last one. That is the poor man receives the reward/charity that the rich man offers. Also there is a connection between both dalet and beit, that is that dalet is the door to beit. Very Interesting how these letters interact with one
Cited: http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/aleph-bet.html http://www.templesanjose.org/JudaismInfo/tradition/Kabbalah/alephbet.pdf