Has there been an interpretation in Jewish tradition of the letters of YHWH? (salvation, hell)
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I highlighted the words that are explicitly the names. For example, does "Yod" mean to "work"? No, YOD only means "arm" or "hand" as its direct meaning.
The website you are pointing to is speculating that the other ones could be associated meanings. Where does the syllable "yod" mean worship? I have familiarized myself with J. Benner's theory, and concluded he is just making that guess, that since Yod means arm, therefore it is used in words sometimes to mean work or throw. It's a weird pseudoscience method of etymology because Hebrew, unlike Chinese, is a single-syllable phonetic script and language.
Hebrew is a functional language while English is an abstract language...
I highlighted the words that are explicitly the names. For example, does "Yod" mean to "work"? No, YOD only means "arm" or "hand" as its direct meaning.
The website you are pointing to is speculating that the other ones could be associated meanings. Where does the syllable "yod" mean worship? I have familiarized myself with J. Benner's theory, and concluded he is just making that guess, that since Yod means arm, therefore it is used in words sometimes to mean work or throw. It's a weird pseudoscience method of etymology because Hebrew, unlike Chinese, is a single-syllable phonetic script and language.
Take lamed [l], in the shape of a shepard's staff, means also to walk, go, travel...
Take lamed [l], in the shape of a shepard's staff, means also to walk, go, travel...
Richard,
Sorry, but this hypothesis about Lamed is also mistaken. This is an example of why I say that J.Benner's theory that the individual letters' meanings are generally the essential building blocks of the Hebrew vocabulary is pseudoscience. Hebrew words are generally read phonetically in their plain meaning, not pictographically (even though the Pale/Middle-Hebrew letters are pictures).
"Lamed" in Paleo/Middle-Hebrew is in the shape of an ox-goad, L, and is a verb that means "to teach".
Here is a picture of the Paleo-Hebrew Alphabet (which BTW was not used in 300 BC- 100 AD like the graph mistakenly claims. Ezra switched the Jews to using Assyrian script.):
An ox goad or cattle prod is held with the hook away from the hand.
A shepherd's staff would held with the hook up at the top like a Г or r and wouldn't look like an L.
The claim that L means "walk, go, travel" is pseudoscience based on another mistaken claim, that L is a shepherd's staff when in fact it's an ox-goad.
Sorry, but this hypothesis about Lamed is also mistaken. This is an example of why I say that J.Benner's theory that the individual letters' meanings are generally the essential building blocks of the Hebrew vocabulary is pseudoscience. Hebrew words are generally read phonetically in their plain meaning, not pictographically (even though the Pale/Middle-Hebrew letters are pictures).
"Lamed" in Paleo/Middle-Hebrew is in the shape of an ox-goad, L, and is a verb that means "to teach".
Here is a picture of the Paleo-Hebrew Alphabet (which BTW was not used in 300 BC- 100 AD like the graph mistakenly claims. Ezra switched the Jews to using Assyrian script.):
An ox goad or cattle prod is held with the hook away from the hand.
A shepherd's staff would held with the hook up at the top like a Г or r and wouldn't look like an L.
The claim that L means "walk, go, travel" is pseudoscience based on another mistaken claim, that L is a shepherd's staff when in fact it's an ox-goad.
Oh!...My bad!..I thought you came here asking a question to get information and here it turns out that you are attempting to teach us...What was I thinking...
Sorry, but this hypothesis about Lamed is also mistaken. This is an example of why I say that J.Benner's theory that the individual letters' meanings are generally the essential building blocks of the Hebrew vocabulary is pseudoscience. Hebrew words are generally read phonetically in their plain meaning, not pictographically (even though the Pale/Middle-Hebrew letters are pictures).
"Lamed" in Paleo/Middle-Hebrew is in the shape of an ox-goad, L, and is a verb that means "to teach".
Here is a picture of the Paleo-Hebrew Alphabet (which BTW was not used in 300 BC- 100 AD like the graph mistakenly claims. Ezra switched the Jews to using Assyrian script.):
An ox goad or cattle prod is held with the hook away from the hand.
A shepherd's staff would held with the hook up at the top like a Г or r and wouldn't look like an L.
The claim that L means "walk, go, travel" is pseudoscience based on another mistaken claim, that L is a shepherd's staff when in fact it's an ox-goad.
You do know that strong's is biased, don't you?...
..Each letter represents a sound and a concept. The first letter, (Note that Hebrew is read from right to left), is the aleph (pronounced ah-leph) and represents the "Ah" and "Eh" sounds. Aleph is a Hebrew word meaning "ox," and this letter is a picture of an ox head and represents the concept of "strength," from the strength of the ox.
The letter lamed, , the twelvth letter, is a picture of a shepherd staff and represents the sound "L" as well as the concept of "authority," from the authority of the shepherd over the flock.
When these two letters are combined, we have the Hebrew word (EL, written as אל in the Modern Hebrew alphabet, Strong's #410), the "strong authority."
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt. (Genesis 31:29, KJV)
This passage includes the Hebrew word EL, which in the King James Version is translated as "power." However, a better translation, based on the pictures of the word EL, would be "There is strength and authority in my hand to do you hurt."...
Although not centrally important to learning and mastering Biblical Hebrew, those who are learning Biblical Hebrew may be interested in knowing more about its history, and how it came into its present form. Perhaps the most revolutionary change to occur to the Ancient Hebrew language was brought about by Ezra the Scribe. Ezra, who was the author (naturally) of the Book of Ezra, which is found in the Bible, was a descendant of one of the high priests of the Temple in Jerusalem. After the First Temple was destroyed, the Israelites were exiled to Babylon and were then ultimately allowed to return to rebuild Jerusalem about 50 years later.
As this new age of renewal in the ancestral homeland dawned, Ezra the Scribe became a leader of the Israelites returning to the Land of Israel. As described in the Book of Ezra, Ezra taught the Bible and its commandments to a new generation who had forgotten or had not been familiar with their heritage. As part of this process, Ezra, who was fluent in both Ancient Hebrew and Aramaic, decided to change the script of the Ancient Hebrew language to what is referred to as Assyrian script, or the Ashuri alphabet.
The Ashuri alphabet was much more familiar to many of the exiles who returned with Ezra from Babylon to the Land of Israel. So, while the Holy Scriptures were still written in the Ancient Hebrew language, the new alphabet being used was much more familiar to those whom Ezra was teaching the Torah. To this day, the Torah is written in the Assyrian script which Ezra the Scribe chose more than 2500 years ago. The Biblical Hebrew alphabet, as well as the Modern Hebrew alphabet with which we are familiar are both directly derived from this script, as well! - Ezra the Scribe and the Ancient Hebrew Alphabet
LAM = teach, yoke, to, bind...l'Israel means to Israel...You are thinking in an abstract manner and not in a functional manner...Just as the god [arm/hand] means to give...
There is someone on these boards that is much smarter than you or I and is able to give a better break-down....
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