Like the Alphabet,
The letters in Hebrew are called the Alef - Beyt and they are presented on my blog from bottom to the top so you can learn them order, then to read them right to left. You will see what the original "Bible" said and what the names meant as they went through the stories of old.
Shabbat Shalom
Here is Kaf: Symbolizing an outstretched hand (in weakness) or asking to receive.
It's the 11th letter. It is a consonant . It is also the number 20 when used as a number.
It looks like a backwards "C" and usually sounds like a K sound. The kh sound at the end
Today we learn something new
What is a Sofit letter.
Some letters in Hebrew change shape when they appear as the last letter in a word. That's all it means.
We have Kaf and Kaf Sofit
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Kids learn this one by saying, "The bottom part swings down and hangs straight."
Here is an example: We will only concentrate on a few words at the end. Easy to find
English: Gen 4:11
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand
Hebrew:
Dama'ee (blood of) ah hee (brother) kha (your)
Mee (from) Yad-day (hand) kha (your)
A while back, we learned that a Vav at the end of a word is usually "him" or "his"
Today, we will see that a Kaf at the end usually means "you", "your" or "yours"
I wrote the last three words of the above verse so it is clear that the Kaf Sofit means "your".
Where we are so far
Only 11 more letters and you will be reading!
the vowels only have about five sounds - and I will keep telling you how they sound as we go
- don't worry about the names of the vowels unless you plan to teach Hebrew.
I hope to add meaning to these little lessons each Shabbath as we go. Then we can read together with the vowel points in place and see how it all jives with English.
Thanks for taking the time to read.
Thanks for the information and great job. This is a very important letter.
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Is this a langeuage
This is a chart showing all 22 hebrew letters + final letters. K, M,N,Ph,Sh
yes you are right bro.......//////
It is valuable and very useful ancient language.
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I love to learn this language also .Is interesting and I'm delight by it's difficulty .Excellent post.
The great Mystics say that this alefbet was used to create the Entire Universe - So yes very important to learn.
Created the Universe with letters ? Like the Periodic Table of Elements ? This is very interesting. A,B,G,D,H,V,Z,Ch, T,YK,L,M,N,S,A,P,Tz,Q,R,Sh,Tv ?
The letter Aleph is number 1 .... atomic #1 is Hydrogen ... atomic #2 is Helium .... What are the 2, initial Elements of the Universe at the moment of Creation ? Hydrogen and Helium .... 1,2 Aleph and Bet ... Aleph-Bet created the Universe.
Atomic # https://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart-elements/atomic-number.htm
After I read few lines about BEYT , i am so much interested in learning more .
I have decided to bring out my own and paper whenever I get an update from you 👍
Take a look at what I did with some questions beneth it
I have noticed the bet looks a lot like the 1st kaf ,...and that the kahf (soffit) looks a lot like the dalet and resh. Maybe with time we will be able to differentiate - when we see them used in words.... At 1st I was looking for the backward "C" shape at the end of "your hand" and "your brother" before I understood his drawing of a dropping line.
very good letters there.
It seems Alef is similar
to the Alif in Arabic. This letter, Kaf, is easier than the previous one.
This makes it easier to remember the variation, how it appears when it ends a sentence. Thanks for sharing, my @hebrew friend.
While I was reading his post , I said to my self , ALEF sounds familiar / heard it somewhere somehow.
I knew rememberd i heard it from my Islam friends in form of Alif like you said 😂👍
Yes, I had a muslim friend that was teaching me alphabets in arabic one time.
Wow I love the letter we meant today . It changes shape when it appears last in a word .it's surprising how it all got formed .
I'm still learning 👍 @hebrew thanks
אני לומד את השפה שלך עדיין. כרגע זה שפה נהדרת. יש לי יום טוב בעברית.
I flow you
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Hello brother, thanks again for another letter shown to us! Looking forward to learn more with the remaining 11 letters!
Thanks!
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Another excellent lesson.... and 1/2 way through this beautiful Aleph Bet. And now we also understand why this 22 letter alephbet sometimes has 27 letters for the 5 that have a different form at the end of a word. Upvoted and Resteemed.
Very good lesson today. This is a very interesting letter. It does look like a cupped hand.
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Awesome language Of Ivirit you teach from this post cleverly. Nice description here with use alphabetically. Great work you done @hebrew. Go ahead & wish you the success.
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Yet another instructive lesson from "kaf sofit". I hope I got that right?
At this rate, I will need to get a Hebrew keyboard.
Thanks once again.
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Extraordinary article about Ancient language of Hebrew. 11th letter we learnt today. Keep it up.
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thanks for giving us oppertunity to learn ancient language.
i am really grateful to you for this great post once again
"The bottom part swings down and hangs straight."
Kaf and Kaf Sofit understood today. Nice lesson & glad to say now I'm learning this ancient language by you.
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Thirdly, are there acient archeological store where one can find the original scrolls of the bible times such as when Moses wrote the book of Genesis till deuteronomy, anywhere in the world?
Yes .... Some of the oldest copies of the Torah (fragments) have been found in caves at the Dead Sea. They are not certain who stored these scrolls but it is likely it was a sect called the Essenes. Some people say that John the Baptist and even Jesus spent time with the Essenes at the Dead Sea and on Mount Carmel.
There has been much debate about the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The dominant theory remains that the scrolls were the product of a sect of Jews living at nearby Qumran called the Essenes, but this theory has come to be challenged by several modern scholars.
Robert Eisenman has advanced the theory that some scrolls describe the early Christian community. Eisenman also argued that the careers of James the Just and Paul the Apostle correspond to events recorded in some of these documents....
It is common knowledge that any paper which has YHVH written on it should not be burned, trown away, shredded, etc. I was always under the impression that the older scrolls were kept in a place where they were not be discarded in an aweful way.
its that true its mean its have to care and respect where ever had written can't disrespect or discarded ..
Not that I know of. The oldest are made of silver and from 400 before Christ. The miracle is that there are thousands of copies that are nearly identical and hand copied.
Wow -- That is much older than the Dead Sea Scrolls then that are estimated at 250 BC .. I looked it up and found this that says 700 BC ? 7th C. BC - Ketef Hinnom Scroll
(Hebrew)
In a tomb at Ketef Hinnom in Israel, the oldest text of the Hebrew Bible was discovered. The text, inscribed on a silver scroll in the old Hebrew script dating to the 7th Century B.C., is the Aaronic blessing (Numbers 6:24-26), which begins, "yeverekh'kha YHWH Vayishmarekha" (May Yahweh bless you and keep you). http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/bible_manuscripts.html
It was with the dead sea scrolls
This is excellent - I did not know about this. Maybe I did but forgot that it was so old. Incredible.
that is great so its mean its have existance before christ 400 before it's seems the oldest then ... is it oldest language? ?
That is my belief. There will be a story (with photos) from when God told Abram to go and walk the length and width of the land that He would give him. "And everywhere you place your 'foot' will be yours"
Mind you that Abram had Isaac and an Arab brother, then Isaac had Jacob and Ishmeal (Mulslims?)
Abraham is nowt his name.
and Jacob turned to Israel.
If there are literal "Footprints" of Abram throughout the middle-east then it would stand to reason that Hebrew is the oldest.
Second:
in Gen 10:21 onward...
To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. 25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg,[c] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.
Abram was a grandson of Eber from which the name "ivrit" comes.
ooo Abram was grand son of Eber from that ivrit comes you also know all sons name that need alot of research. ...you had explained so nicely glad to know all this historical knowledge thank you for answering me
it's one of those boring parts x the father of x the father of x... which I really like to read in Hebrew Haha. I just remembered it and looked it up for you.
hahaha really then thank you so much you had look for me ... actually its also hardest part to remember who son whoes father ... but you explained that sweet ☺
Those are the parts I always skipped over when reading in English - but I am learning only now that there is great significance in reading these names in Hebrew and also the number of years each lived. Everything is Significant.
Excellent - I learn something new here with every post you make.
Wow - 400 years BC ? That is older than Dead Sea Scrolls then that are estimated at 250 BC ... Where we can learn more about this silver codex ?
Really? Who wrote these ancient hand copied scrolls?
Must have been the descendants of Moses .... 700 BC - Ketef Hinnom Scroll
(Hebrew) In a tomb at Ketef Hinnom in Israel, the oldest text of the Hebrew Bible was discovered. The text, inscribed on a silver scroll in the old Hebrew script dating to the 7th Century B.C., is the Aaronic blessing (Numbers 6:24-26), which begins, "yeverekh'kha YHWH Vayishmarekha" (May Yahweh bless you and keep you). http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/bible_manuscripts.html
Wow thank you so much
You're welcome. I am fascinated by the age of the Hebrew language and Aleph Bet - especially when I heard that God (YHVH) actually used these letters to create the Universe.
I have heard this also. It's from the sefer ha Zohar.
Rabbinic Judaism calculated a lifespan of Moses corresponding to 1391–1271 BCE. So this scroll would have been 700 years after Moses and 700 years before the time of Jesus.
Amazing.
must ancient people wrote na whoes native language was .. i think so @hebrew know well
Hola gracias por tan buena labor aprender hebreo nos acerca a conocer mas del Mesias
Si, todo señala hacia mesias. Las fiestas del Señor, la sangre cubriendo el pecado hasta la solucion vino, y muchas mas evidencias.
Gracias por tomar tiempo y comentar.
מרתק כהרגלך, תודה רבה :)
yup another ancient letter of ivrit kaf and kaf sofit it look like backward C thanks for share ..);
very good lesson indeed, in this we able to learn about Kaf and Kaf soft and also how it's change it's shape at the end of words, keep up your good work, i resteemed this post to my followers too.
"Kaf Sofit" saunds magical:) Thank you for lesson:)
omg am late today class i have to learns this one by one word it interesting and helpful Too.thanks for teaching us this wonderful language.
ancient language of virit looking simple but its have deep meanning and useful also thanks for your affort for teaching us.
today got a opportunity to have your lesson ..today turn of the latter called kaph its seems easy to wright but have to set it in mind one by one all latter's
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