The Hebrew Alefbet Through the Scriptures (HATS)
About the Study Every letter of the Hebrew Alefbet has a meaning and is represented concretely and pictographically in its ancient form. For example, the concrete meaning of the letter א (alef) is “to yoke” and is represented by a picture of an ox head. “If not, listen to me, keep silent, and let me teach אלף (alef) you wisdom.” (cf. Job 33:33) In Biblical times, an older experienced ox was yoked to a younger inexperienced one in order to teach it how to pull a load. Download the Hebrew Alefbet Chart with Vowels, Prefixes, and Suffixes Why Hebrew and not Aramaic? According to many scholars, Hebrew was a dead, non-spoken language during Yeshua’s days living in the first century. Zondervan, the world’s leading Bible publisher, wrote the following: There is wide consensus among scholars that Aramaic was the primary language spoken by the Jews of first century Palestine. The vast majority of Jews spoke it. Jesus spoke it. This has