Hebrew Alphabet in Pictures - - - - - - - Lamed, Mem, Nun, Samek

 

Previous alphabet links:

ALEF thru DALET:  http://shalag-alaska.blogspot.com/2013_07_16_archive.html

HEI thru CHET:  http://shalag-alaska.blogspot.com/2013_07_19_archive.html

TET YUD KAF:  http://shalag-alaska.blogspot.com/2013_07_20_archive.html

12 - LAMED - SHEPHERD STAFF / HEART

LaMeD, by symbol is a 'L:  shepherd staff or rod,  M:  water, and a D:  door (life or death).  LAMED follows KAF, the 'power to suppress evil' and is said to be short for 'a heart that understands knowledge" (lev meivin da'at).  

Knowledge is not head knowledge, but 'heart knowledge', the intimate relationship of a 'disciple'.  It is a COMMITTED relationship.

Proverbs 2:10-12
When wisdom enters into thine HEART, 
and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, 
understanding shall keep thee, to
deliver thee from the way of the evil man, 
from the man that speaks froward things;
 

Matthew 22:37  
Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your HEART, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

 Luke 6:45-49

A good man out of the good treasure of his HEART brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his HEART brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the HEART his mouth speaks.  “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?   Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like:  He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.   But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”
  
LAMED  by name is to LEARN, to TEACH - DISCIPLE in the PROPHETIC WORD.  Not only is the Word 'committed, but the disciple must be 'committed'. 
 
1 Timothy 1:18-19
This charge I commit to you, son Timothy [honoring God], 
according to the prophecies previously made concerning you,
that by them you may wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience ... 

 

LAMED is the staff of AUTHORITY, to teach, to guide, the LAW as a tutor to bring man to Christ - the LAW -written on the  HEART

Galatians 3:24-27
Therefore the law was our TUTOR  to bring us to Christ,
that we might be justified by faith.
But after faith has come, we are no longer under a TUTOR.
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.  
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.  





13 - MEM - WATER / WISDOM

MEM means WATER  - MaYiM -  in the sense of FLOWING.  MEM is known for WISDOM that FLOWS.   [Ephesisan 5:26] the WATER of the WORD  - - flows.

John 7:38 
He who believes in Me, 
as the Scripture has said,
out of his heart will FLOW 
rivers of LIVING WATER.  ."


Ephesians 1:17  
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
the Father of glory,may give to you 
the spirit of WISDOM and revelation 
in the knowledge of Him ...


James 3:17  
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Jesus walked on WATER.  Peter asked and was called to walk on water.  We also, are to be baptized in and 'walk on the WATER of the Word'. 

Ephesians 5:25-27
 ... Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of WATER by the WORD, 

MEM, in final form, is the letter of MESSIAH - the ARRIVAL of MESSIAH.


1 Corinthians 1:30  
But of Him you are in [Messiah] Christ Jesus, who became for us
WISDOM from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption-- 

Matthew 14:25 
Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them,
walking on the sea [water].

14:28-33
And Peter answered Him and said,
“Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the WATER.”
So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat,
HE WALKED ON THE WATER to go to Jesus. 
But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid;
and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him,
and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying,
“Truly You are the Son of God.”

KAF, the 11th letter, PALM of hand or CLOUD which is to 'have power to suppress evil' and 'to bless',  is the first letter to manifest in final / soffit form.  KAF is demonstrated at Jesus baptism, God's voice heard in the CLOUD declaring His Son and His Son again to be declared when he 'returns on CLOUDS, with great POWER and GLORY.  Jesus whole ministry BLESSED mankind, particularly Jesus PALM'S held upright by nails, forgiving and BLESSING all, even in death.

MEM is the 2nd letter to manifest in SOFFIT / FINAL form significant of MESSIAH - the ARRIVAL of MESSIAH, MASHIACH BEN JOSEPH,,  the one who 'brings INCREASE - NUN.



 14 - NUN - FISH / [SPERM] / SEED

NUN's form is symbolic of the fish (sperm  [semen] / seed) known for reproductive ability - ABUNDANCE, INCREASE.  NUN swims and reproduces abundantly in the water of MEM.  As such NUN produces many (abundant) offspring, kingdom heirs. A kingdom heir is born to 'rule and reign' - have dominion.

Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his Seed 
were the promises made. 
He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, 
but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ.  

In Matthew 14 Jesus feeds the crowds by multiplying loaves and 'FISHES'.   Jesus calls  FISHERMEN [sea-men as spiritual semen] to make disciples - kingdom heirs.

Hebrews 1:1-3 1 
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past  
 to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, 
whom He has appointed heir of all things, through who also He made the worlds;
who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, 
and upholding all things by the word of His power, 
when He had by Himself purged our sins,  
sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high


Romans 8:14-17 

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.  
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you 

received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." 
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit  that we are children of God,
and if children, then heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, 
if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

 

NUN is the 3rd of 5 of the SOFFIT forms.  The NUN FALLS to the SAMEK,  and in its 'fall'  [death] (the base of the NUN extends itself from above to below), that the 'end is also a beginning, the beginning seen in the end'.  The NUN's fall is 'supported' by the SAMEK, allowing the NUN to 'raise again'.

15 - SAMEK - WEDDING RING / CIRCLE

The 'death of the SEED / NUN' brings forth the plant after its kind.  

SAMEK, to SUPPORT, TRUST, RELY ON. [Rabbi Yitzach Ginsburgh / inner.org| states 'the miraculous continuation of life in the face of entropy; the secret of ordination'.  And the RESURRECTION of NUN, the Messiah, ordained as first and last, ordained a 'priest forever' according to Melchizedek (MELek:  King or tZEDEK:  Righteousness).

SAMEK is a CIRCLE, the WEDDING RING, signifying God's  'Life SUPPORT', not only our llfe's breath, our daily care, but the guarantee of our 'resurrection from the dead'. 

God began and ends with a 'CIRCLE'.  He began 'drawing a CIRCLE (compass) on the face of the deep [teh-home':  subterranean waters; abyss] - - when He 'marked out the foundations':

Proverbs 8:27-31
When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
When He drew a CIRCLE [SAMEK] on the face of the deep,
When He established the clouds [KAF] above,
When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
When He assigned to the sea its limit,
So that the waters  [MEM]  would not transgress His command,
When He MARKED OUT THE FOUNDATIONS of the earth,
Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
Rejoicing in His inhabited [NUN] world,
And my delight was with the sons of men.  

God continued with a CIRCLE, a WEDDING RING  - again marking the  FOUNDATIONS:

Hebrews 1:10
for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Revelation 21:14
Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

The 'foundations' were made manifest in  GALILEE, a CIRCUIT / CIRCLE.   

 Matthew 3:13
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

Matthew 4:18
And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, 
Simon called Peter [firstborn / rock], and Andrew [man] his brother, 
casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.


Matthew 21:11
So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

Matthew 28:7
And go quickly and tell His disciples that HE IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD
and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; 
there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.”   
 

To RELY ON; TRUST; SUPPORT


Continued: 

Hebrew Alphabet - Reish, Shin, Tav, Kaf SOF

http://shalag-alaska.blogspot.com/2013_07_23_archive.html

See also:

Hebrew Alphabet 1 of 3  &  2 of 3:  http://shalag-alaska.blogspot.com/2013_07_20_archive.html

3 of 3:    http://shalag-alaska.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-10-13T04:30:00-07:00&max-results=7

SELAH
SHALOM!