* To show
* To reveal or a revelation
* Breath or sigh (as one does when looking at a great sight)
* The prefix 'the'
From the research presented in Part One, 'Unveiling the Mystery of the Last Days', it was also shown that the letter Hey can also mean 'Spirit' – in context with the Spirit of Yahweh, the Holy Spirit, and Yeshua. Two highly pertinent scriptures in the Bible that best reveal the relationship between the letter Hey and Yeshua, are John 1:14 and John 1:29-34 respectively:
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we
beheld His glory…”
“Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the
world!.....I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,
and He remained upon Him....Upon whom you see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes
with the Holy Spirit. And I have seen and testified that this is
the Son of God.”
As we know, the context of both verses above is Yeshua. In the first verse, 'beheld' is specific to His glory which was the physical revelation of His divinity, His 'equalness' with Yahweh. In the latter verse, 'Behold' is specific to His role as the sin sacrifice - the Son of God with the Holy Spirit. Hence, both scriptures draw our attention to the great significance of Yeshua, because of the 'behold', the meaning of Hey.
Let's take a look at three Hebrew words that begin with, or contain, the letter Hey. Remembering, that the ancient Hebrews came from an eastern culture and viewed the world through their senses – what was seen, heard, touched, tasted, and smelled – which produced concrete thought. In stark contrast, our western culture – a product of Greek philosophy – views the world through the mind, which produces abstract thought. Essentially, the Hebrew letters reveal a language rich in verbs or actions, and a culture that is not so much concerned about the physical description of people or things, but rather their function or character outplayed in their actions. For example, with 'love' in our first and second words below, to a westerner, 'love' conjures thoughts of 'attraction,' 'warmth,' and 'lust' which are abstract words devoid of function, but to the ancient Hebrews, 'love' meant: self-sacrifice, devotion, and fidelity, which are action/concrete words and describe the true character of love.
1. Gift/Love : Hab – הב
ה - behold/look
ב – house/home
הב – Look towards the home = GIFT / LOVE
The family is considered to be a gift from Yahweh and so it is supposed to be a privilege to be cherished.
2. Love: Ahab - אהב
א – First, leader, strength
ה – Behold, reveal
ב – House, home, family
When we put the first and last letters together, this is the result:
אב – Leader/strength (of the) family = FATHER (Ab/Av)
ה – is in the center/heart of 'father'
When we add the Hey in the middle of the two letters that make 'father', this is the result:
אהב – The heart of the father revealed = LOVE
Hence, the Hebrew word for 'love' reveals the origin of love (which is the Father, the Creator), and Scripture reveals what is His heart, or the center of His devotion in John 3:16 and John 15:13 respectively:
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life
for his friends.”
It can be vividly seen that the true meaning of 'love' and how it was intended to be, is explicitly expressed through the action of the sacrifice of His Son, Yeshua, who gave, or laid down His life for us that we may live if we believe upon Him.
3. 'The Name' : HaShem – השם
ה – the
ש – destroy
ם/מ – chaos
השם – The One who destroys chaos = HaShem = The Name
'HaShem' is one of the names for God that is particular to the Jewish people, and as can be seen from the above word picture, the character role He plays that is specific to that name, is in the soon-coming final judgement of sin and chaos, particularly Satan, who is the originator and author of 'chaos'!