מאד (meod) — pictograph word study
מאד
Meaning: very, exceedingly; might
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 →
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 →
ד Dalet — value 4
Door, pathway, lowliness (dal — poor, humble); the fourth direction that completes a space letter page →
Door, pathway, lowliness (dal — poor, humble); the fourth direction that completes a space letter page →
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