רפא (rafa) — pictograph word study
רפא
Meaning: heal, cure, restore
Letter by letter — the ancient pictures
ר Resh — value 200
Head, beginning, chief; the person; two hundred — the poor man (rash) and the chief (rosh) spelled by one letter's fortunes letter page →
Head, beginning, chief; the person; two hundred — the poor man (rash) and the chief (rosh) spelled by one letter's fortunes letter page →
פ Peh — value 80
Mouth, speech, breath given words; eighty — the age of Moses when his mouth was commissioned letter page →
Mouth, speech, breath given words; eighty — the age of Moses when his mouth was commissioned 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 →
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