אמונה (emunah) — pictograph word study
אמונה
Meaning: faithfulness, steadiness, faith
Letter by letter — the ancient pictures
א Alef — value 1
Oneness, primacy, the Master (aluph means chief); paradoxically silent — the source before all sound letter page →
Oneness, primacy, the Master (aluph means chief); paradoxically silent — the source before all sound letter page →
מ Mem — value 40
Water, flow, womb, source; forty — the number of testing and transformation (flood, Sinai, wilderness) letter page →
Water, flow, womb, source; forty — the number of testing and transformation (flood, Sinai, wilderness) letter page →
ו Vav — value 6
Connection, and-ness; the nail that joins; six — the number of man (created day six) and of physical space (six directions) letter page →
Connection, and-ness; the nail that joins; six — the number of man (created day six) and of physical space (six directions) letter page →
נ Nun — value 50
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →
ה Heh — value 5
Breath, revelation, behold!; the lightest letter — being itself; the definite article that makes anything 'the' letter page →
Breath, revelation, behold!; the lightest letter — being itself; the definite article that makes anything 'the' letter page →
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