תקוה (tikvah) — pictograph word study
תקוה
Meaning: hope, expectation; cord
Letter by letter — the ancient pictures
ת Tav — value 400
Mark, sign, seal, covenant witness; completion — the last letter, the destination of the alphabet; four hundred — years foretold to Abraham letter page →
Mark, sign, seal, covenant witness; completion — the last letter, the destination of the alphabet; four hundred — years foretold to Abraham letter page →
ק Qof — value 100
Holiness (kedushah) and its counterfeit (the imitating monkey); the sun at the horizon — circuits of time; one hundred — Abraham's age at Isaac's birth letter page →
Holiness (kedushah) and its counterfeit (the imitating monkey); the sun at the horizon — circuits of time; one hundred — Abraham's age at Isaac's birth 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 →
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 →