An Introduction: 2013

Tav ת is the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alep bet. Its numerical value is 400 but reaches to infinity. The first time Tav ת is found as the root of a word in Torah is at Genesis 1:2 in the word תהו tehu; meaning a deep, dark place; falsehood and confusion. As the letter farthest from the alep א it represents the lowest point of spirituality. It is a reminder that in reaching out to God and entering into a covenant with Him through His Word that He will lift us up and never leave it forsake us.

Shin ש The Paradox

Shin ש is the 21st letter of the Hebrew alep bet and has a numerical value of 300. Shin ש means tooth. The first time shin ש is the root of a word in Torah is at Genesis 1:1 in the word השמים hashamayim; the heavens. Shin ש is found in the front of many mezuzot as this letter represents El Shaddai; God Almighty. As a paradox shin ש has two points of view; one good and one evil. God's point of view or our point of view.

Resh ר The Authority

Resh ר is the 20th letter of the Hebrew alep bet and has a numerical value of 200. The first time resh ר appears as the root of a word in Torah is at Genesis 1:1 in the word בראשית bereisheet; meaning "in beginning" resh ר represents authority or headship.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Qof ק The Ape.

Qof ק is the 19th letter of the Hebrew alep bet. Its numerical value is 100. Qof ק means ape. In this letter we see ourselves mimicking another just as a monkey at the zoo might mimick a person. In its construction we see the kaf כ blessing the vav ו. The first time qof ק is found as the root of a word in Torah is at Genesis 1:5 in the word קרא qera; to call or cry out.

Tsade צ The Righteous.

Tsade צ is the 18th letter of the Hebrew alep bet. It has a numerical value of 90. Tsade צ is first found as the root of a word in Torah at Genesis 1:26 in the word צלם tsalem meaning image. Tsade is the root of the word צדיכ tsadik meaning righteous. In looking at Tsade צ we see a man kneeling in prayer with his hands lifted to God.

Pey פ The mouth.

Pey פ is the 17th letter of the alep bet with a numerical value of 80. It is first found as the root of a word in Torah at Genesis 1:2 in the word פני penay; meaning face. Pey פ means mouth. It also represents The Word and communication or prayer.

Ayin ע The Light of the Eye.

Ayin ע is the 16th letter of the Hebrew alep bet. It has a numerical value of 70. The first time Ayin ע is found as the root of a word in Torah is at Genesis 1:5 in the word ערב erev; meaning evening. Ayin ע as the eye represents perception. At evening it is not light or dark, perception is necessary to discern one from the other.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Samekh ס The All Encompassing Span of Life.

Samekh is the 15th letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet with a numerical value of 60. It is first found as the root of a word in Torah in Genesis 2:11 in the word הסבב meaning to surround or encompass. In Genesis 6:3 G-d says that mans days will be 120 years. If Samekh ס is spelled out; Samekh ס is 60, mem מ is 40, and kaf is 20 equalling 120; thus Samekh represents the human lifespan.

Nun נ Life and Soul

Nun נ is the 14th letter of the Hebrew aleph- bet. Its numerical value is 50. Nun נ is first found as the root of a word in Torah at Genesis 1:20 in the word נפש nefesh meaning something that is alive. It also means soul.

Mem מ The Water.

Mem מ is the 13th letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet. Its numerical value of 40 gives it the representation of transition. The first time mem מ is found as the root of a word in Torah is in Genesis 1:2 in the word המים hamayim meaning the waters. Water is a representation of
G-d's Word. There are two written forms of men מ the open mem מ which is used within a word and the final form of mem; the closed mem ם used at the end of a word. The Jewish sages say that these represent the revealed things of G-d in the open mem מ and the concealed things of G-d which can only be revealed by Messiah in the closed mem ם. Mem מ is a complexed letter. As its ordinal number is 13 it represents אחד echad; one. Being constructed from kaf כ with a numerical value of 20 and a vav ו with a numerical value of 6 their combined value equals 26 the same numerical value of the Sacred name of God. This tells us that G-d is one. 13 is also the numerical value of אהבה ahaba; love. So in mem מ we see G-d is love. As a representation of The Word and one, we also see that it represents the one Word of
G-d.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Sukkot Shabbat Lecture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zg2TxDdKUM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Monday, September 2, 2013

Lamed ל The Teacher

Lamed ל is the twelfth letter of the alep bet and has a numerical value of 30. Lamed means teaching, learning, instruction, ect... The first time Lamed ל appears as the root of a word in Torah is at Genesis 1:5 in the word לילה layelah meaning night. Lamed ל is the tallest letter in the alep bet and as such is called the "King of Kings"

Kaf כ A Palm Full of Blessing

Kaf כ is the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alep bet and has a numerical value of 20. The first time we find Kaf כ in Torah is at Genesis 1:21 in the word כנף kanap meaning "winged", something that projects out and withdraws in. Kaf כ means palm and is representative of potential and actual blessings.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Yod י The Power and Ability of God.

Yod י is the smallest letter of the Hebrew alep bet. It is the tenth letter with a numerical value of 10. It is the only letter not constructed from other letters. When the pen touches the paper to write a letter, a yod is formed and when the letter is complete and the pen raises up another yod י is completed. It is the first and last mark. It is also the most used letter of the alep bet. It is first found as the root of יהי yehi meaning let. Yod י allows everything to come into being. It represents the power and ability of God in all of creation and in all things. Yod י means hand and God's hand is well represented in yod י

Tet ט Choosing Good or Evil.

Tet ט the ninth letter of the Hebrew alep bet carries a numerical value of 9. It first appears as the root of a word in Genesis 1:4 in the word טוב tov meaning good. Tet ט illustrates the vav ו the flesh bowing before the zayin ז the Word of God. This is one view. The other is that in tet ט we see the serpent. Thus the paradox, we can choose to submit to God through His word and accept His protection and nourishment (zayin ז means sword and its primitive root זנ Zan means bread) or we can crawl on our bellies like the serpent and eat the dust of the ground; be worldly/carnal and feed on desires that fade to dust

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Het ח A Wall or Discipleship?

Het ח is the eighth letter of the Hebrew aleph bet with a numerical value of 8. Het means wall and is first found in Torah in Genesis 3:8 in the word habeh חבה which means to be hidden. Het ח is a paradox. It is composed of a zayin ז and a vav ו yoked together representative of human kinds ability to discipleship with God and not bear their burden alone. The paradox is to remain oblivious to God as in being hidden behind a wall or to be fed and protected by God growing in spiritual maturity along the way.

Zayin ז The Nourishing Sword.

Zayin ז is the seventh letter of the Hebrew alep bet with a numerical value of 7. It means sword but as it comes from the primitive root Zan זן meaning bread it also represents a source of nourishment. The first time it appears as the root of a word in Torah is at Genesis 1:11 in the word zera זרע meaning to bear, produce, or conceive. We see God in ז as God not only protects us and feeds us, He helps us to grow.

Vav ו Human kinds Attachment

Vav ו is the sixth letter of the Hebrew aleph bet with a numerical value if six. Oddly the first time it appears as the root of a word is in Exodus 26:32 in the word וו vav meaning hook; the silver hooks used to hang the veil. As human kind was created on the 6th day, vav ו also represents the flesh and carnal side of mankind.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Hey ה Behold the Spiritual Breath

Hey ה is the 5th letter of the Hebrew alep bet with a numerical value of 5. Hey ה means behold. It is also a representation of God's creative spirit as seen in Genesis 2:4 in the word בהבראם b'ה (an instruction to exhale) baream. The first time we see hey ה in scripture is at Genesis 1:29 in the word הנה hinneh which means behold.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Dalet ד The door.

Dalet ד is the fourth letter of the Hebrew aleph bet and has a numerical value of 4. Dalet means door. It is first used as the root of a word in Genesis 1:4 in the word בדל which means divided. ד dalet is the primitive root of the word דלות dalut which means poverty or to be in poverty. It is a paradox that illustrates our state of poverty if we fail to open the door to God which is His Word.

Gimel ג The Great.

Gimel ג is the third letter of the Hebrew aleph bet. It's numerical value is 3. It means camel. The first time it is found in Torah as the root of a word is in Genesis 1:6 in the word גדול gadol; meaning great. As such ג gimel represents something great or wealthy. It represents stability and we see a picture of the flesh(humankind) in the ו vav leaning on the power and ability of God in the י yod. We will discuss these letters in more detail as we move foward.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Creating a House; The ב Beit.

The second letter in the Hebrew aleph bet is the ב beit which is first found as the root of a word in ברא bara; created. This letter means house, temple, tent, or tabernacle and has a numerical value of 2.

The א alep "The First".

The letter א is the first letter of the aleph bet; the Hebrew alphabet. It has a numerical value of 1 as well as 1000. It is silent. All Hebrew letters with the exception of the letter י yod, are composed of other letters. This composition alters the numerical value. In the case of א which is composed of two י each equaling 10 and a ו vav; numerical value of 6 for a total of 26, the same numerical value of יהוה the sacred name of God. The first time we see the א as the root if a word in the Bible is in the Torah at Genesis 1:1 in the word אלהים Elohim meaning God. א is thus a direct representation of God.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Michael A Trinkman

Well I guess this is where it begins. My name is Michael Trinkman and I
teach God's Word. I started this blog in order to make this teaching available to all. I have been teaching it to a small group of people but more and more folks are asking me about it, so rather than try to repeat stuff over and over, I'm going to do it this way. Tomorrow I will begin teaching the meanings of the Hebrew aleph bet which will open up the perception to God's Word.