מטה (matteh) — pictograph word study
מטה
Meaning: staff, rod, tribe
Letter by letter — the ancient pictures
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 →
ט Tet — value 9
Hidden goodness; the vessel; nine — months of pregnancy, goodness carried unseen before it is born letter page →
Hidden goodness; the vessel; nine — months of pregnancy, goodness carried unseen before it is born 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 →