Hebrew Treasure

I finally created a picture that I like using flags, a camera on a tripod and lots of patience, (and some great background music), then later tweeking the image on the computer to get what I wanted.

For the past few months I have started taking Hebrew lessons to help me read, write and speak this amazing language. It all started because I was captivated by the hidden treasures that can be found in Hebrew words, giving me a greater depth of meaning and understanding.
So here is a taste of what I found out.

1. Hebrew is an ideogramic language, which means that many pictures are used to express the idea of the word.
2. The Hebrew alphabet is made up of 22 consonants, each one represents a literal and a symbolic picture unlike our English language.

I will be posting some Hebrew text in the future, but for now I will just spell the names of the letters and their meanings.

Let's look at the word fire in Hebrew it has 2 letters, Aleph and Sheen.

1. Aleph means "ox, bull", strength, leader, first
2. Sheen means "teeth", to consume, to destroy

So, these 2 letters together express the pictoral idea of fire as "the strong devourer"