koberstein
Active member
Since English translations can dilute or lose some of the intended message, it's
essential that we study the Bible based on its original languages of Hebrew and
Greek. These two primary languages are genuinely beautiful and unique.
Most of the world's languages separate numbers from letters, but not Hebrew
and Greek. Both languages use letters----their respective alphabets----for numbers.
Each letter in the Hebrew and Greek alphabets has a numeric value. Because of
this, numbers can spell words, and words add up to numeric values.
The Bible often uses numbers in patterns, and there is significance to many of these
patterns. For example, the first word of Genesis 1:1 is Bereisheet or B'reisheet,
"in the beginning." The first Hebrew letter of bereisheet is bet, which has a numerical
value of 2. Why is this significant that the first letter in the Bible has a numeric value of 2?
Because God created the world in twos. He created heaven and earth. He created
light and dark. He created the sun and the moon. He created the sea and dry ground.
He created man and woman. The letter bet also represents blessing. Only when these
two opposites come together is God's blessing fully released.
essential that we study the Bible based on its original languages of Hebrew and
Greek. These two primary languages are genuinely beautiful and unique.
Most of the world's languages separate numbers from letters, but not Hebrew
and Greek. Both languages use letters----their respective alphabets----for numbers.
Each letter in the Hebrew and Greek alphabets has a numeric value. Because of
this, numbers can spell words, and words add up to numeric values.
The Bible often uses numbers in patterns, and there is significance to many of these
patterns. For example, the first word of Genesis 1:1 is Bereisheet or B'reisheet,
"in the beginning." The first Hebrew letter of bereisheet is bet, which has a numerical
value of 2. Why is this significant that the first letter in the Bible has a numeric value of 2?
Because God created the world in twos. He created heaven and earth. He created
light and dark. He created the sun and the moon. He created the sea and dry ground.
He created man and woman. The letter bet also represents blessing. Only when these
two opposites come together is God's blessing fully released.
