Lexham Bible Dictionary
Definitions of Hebrew Letters, Meanings, and Gematria, similar to Chabad.org entries, e.g., chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/137073/jewish/Aleph.htm by Aaron L. Raskin.
This would reveal truths that does not with Greek only Alpha and Omega from Rev 1:8. This would allow a speculative approach that could lead to later research. "What if the Alpha and Omega was Aleph and Tov? If then translated into Greek, what meaning might it shed? If Aleph means Master, Teacher, and Wonderous while Tav means Truth, Sign, Life or Death, what layer of meaning might Christ be offering to a Jewish John? Since John relies heavily on Biblical imagery (See your own Dr Michael Heiser's extensive commentary on his Naked Bible Podcast), how would the Aleph and Tav communicate differently than Alpha and Omega?
Also would allow a chance to consider the morphing of the Hebrew aleph-bet over the centuries until the modern Aramaic-based block script. Petrovich, Douglas. "Proto Hebrew Alphabet." Patterns of Evidence. (2015). https://patternsofevidence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1-Proto-Hebrew-Alphabet.jpg.
Even if Petrovich's summary is rejected as shown in chart, having older presentations from other more consensus examples would reveal many potential insights.
Assume Petrovich's analysis be more likely true than false, what is the "sign" of "The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt." The Holy Bible: English Standard Version, (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ex 12:13.
What is the "sign"? What if it was "tav" as the words for sign "ot" might imply. The aleph-tav את of the word "ot" itself.
By having Hebrew letters in dictionary this material can be considered.
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Hi Jeffrey - and welcome to the forums
I'm afraid I'm not really understanding your request.
Where are you suggesting Hebrew letters are added - and what additional information (if any) are you asking for?
Graham
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compare the links’ contents. See what Lexham lacks relatively
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There are many interpretative methods for which Logos does not explicitly present the data. This is not data I personally would be likely to use, but keep trying to drum up support for it. It is a relatively small project. You might have a more positive response if you requested they mirror a book which is easier to deal with a publisher for rights to - as they did with Bullinger's Figures of Speech …
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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