For God is to be first, He is the leader of all things and the strength behind all things. With all this symbolism attached to this letters expression, it is no surprise that this letter came to represent God. The number one expresses the idea of "unity" or "oneness". This symbol was also assigned the numerical value of 1 as it was the first letter. It symbolically was used to express the idea of "Strength" and being the first letter it also expressed "Leadership". The Hebrew letter Aleph originally began as a picture of an oxen's head. Profanities used by those speaking Hebrew all come from other languages.) (Note: Sofits are alternate letter forms that are used when the letter is used at the end of a word.) (As an aside it is also interesting to note the reference to a "pure language", as there are not any swear words in the Hebrew language. Is this just a coincidence? I will leave that up to you to decide. 3:8) that contains all 22 letters and the 5 sofits of the Hebrew alphabet. The depth of the meaning of this prophecy only becomes more interesting when we consider the fact that it follows the only verse in the entire bible ( Zeph. The Hebrew then suggests that when God restores the language in order for us to serve Him in one accord we will most likely all speak Hebrew and will once again read from right to left. 3:9 states, “For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the Lord, To serve Him with one accord.” The Hebrew word here translated in the English as "restore" is the Hebrew word which literally means “flip”. Unlike the English language, the Hebrew language reads from right to left and it is interesting to note that Zeph. (Note: the Aramaic language was also used in parts of the book of Daniel and in Ezra.) It is important to realize that these languages developed over centuries from one single very early language that was based on pictures and symbols. The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew the New Testament was written in Greek. The Bible we have today was originally written in two languages.
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