22. Tav | Paleo Hebrew Alphabet | The Greatest Sign of All
The Man with the Inkhorn, miracles, signs & wonders, being sealed before wrath, and looking forward to YASHUA’s return.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Flashback
0:22 Introduction to Tav
2:09 The Man with the Inkhorn (Ezekiel 9)
3:14 Ebed-Melek: an example of being sealed from the wrath to come (Jeremiah 39)
4:52 Hebrew words where Tav means “mark” and “marker”
5:05 Hebrew word picture: Katab (to write)
5:39 Word picture: Et (time)
6:13 The uniqueness of Tav
8:07 Word picture: Tannin (serpent)
8:58 The Hebrew word for “letter”
10:20 How do you use the letter Tav in Hebrew words?
11:03 Alef-tav: the root word for “sign”
12:24 Is the Seal of GOD in Revelation a tav?
15:01 Pop Quiz: Quf or Kaf & Tet or Tav
16:28 Cute cats on the beach
17:19 “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe” John 4:48
19:03 The Greatest Sign of All
20:20 What’s next for Original Hebrew?
22:20 Series Credits (Songs: There We Are & My Father’s Words)
25:35 How the Paleo Hebrew Alphabet points to YASHUA our Messiah
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Transcript:
[Flashback]
Dawson: We’re live.
Carlos: You will learn to read in the original language, you will know the meaning of the letter. When we’re done, you will be able to read the enigmatic writings on the stones before the flood.
[Scene change]
Dawson: Today’s letter is Tav and of all the letters in the original Hebrew alphabet, Tav is the most enigmatic. Every other letter in Hebrew is a picture of something physical that you can touch or see like a house or a door.
Tav is not a physical object. You have to make a Tav or write one down. It’s a picture of a mark and as a mark of its uniqueness, Tav has uses in Hebrew words that no other letter shares.
As you’ve probably learned by now, all of the letters in Father’s alphabet have a specific meaning within Hebrew words but Tav appears in some words where it seems to have no meaning at all and it’s even part of the one word in Hebrew that no one knows how to translate.
Part of the reason we created this series was to show you that Father’s letters are not mysterious. In fact, they’re quite simple to learn and to use. You can mark my words. Tav is no different. This letter just takes a little longer to explain.
We will start off today’s episode in the book of Ezekiel with Father’s explanation of what the letter Tav represents.
[Scene change]
What are you doing?
Carlos: I’m marking a place. I am Tav-ing it.
[Music]
Dawson: In the 6th Century BC, just before Babylon destroyed the first temple, the bible tells us that the City of Jerusalem had become a place of bloodshed and idol worship and that because of this, Father’s judgment was coming soon.
He showed Ezekiel the destroyers that He was sending and He also showed Ezekiel an amazing sign. Father was placing a man in front of the destroyers who had the inkhorn of a scribe. That man with the inkhorn was instructed to tavah a Tav onto the foreheads of anyone in the city who instead of participating in the evils of the day was sighing and groaning over all of the abominations in the land.
To tavah a Tav in Hebrew is literally to mark, tavah, a mark, Tav. Anyone with Father’s Tav with His mark in those days was spared from the judgment which would eventually destroy the city.
Jeremiah tells us about one of the righteous men who is in that city who would have received Father’s Tav in those days. His name was Ebed-Melek, which in Hebrew means “servant of the king”.
Some of us will live through times of judgment in this world and I think that the words that Father spoke to Ebed-Melek were as much for him as they are for us.
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guard.
“Go and say to Ebed-Melek, the Ethiopian ‘thus says the Lord God of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will fulfill my words against the city for harm and not for good and they shall be accomplished before you on that day. But I will deliver you on that day, declares the Lord. And you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid, for I will surely save you and you shall not fall by the sword but you shall have your life as a prize of war because you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord.’”
In a lot of Hebrew words, the letter Tav is used simply to mean mark or marker. I will show you a few examples of that and then we will talk about what makes Tav very interesting. Our first word is “katab” which is a word that we went over in our “Kaf” episode and it means to write.
So to write in the original Hebrew letters is a picture of your hand, your kaf, marking the inside of something. Now that could be you using your hand to make an inscription into something like clay or to mark the inside of a book, a piece of paper or a piece of parchment.
There’s also the word “et” which in Hebrew means time and time can be viewed as a series of observable markers. Every sabbath for example marks the end of a week in Father’s calendar and Father has created a lot of things that we can use as markers to observe the passing of time. We have sunrises, sunsets, the seasons and His feast days. All of these are markers for “et,” for time.
This is the letter Kaf which is a picture of the palm of the hand and one of the most common meanings of the letter Kaf in Hebrew words is to crush. Now there’s a word in Hebrew “katat,” Kaf, Tav, Tav, which means to crush.
So this word “katat” basically just has the meaning of the letter Kaf. So, what’s the meaning of these two Tavs in this word “katat”? And here’s where we get to the part where the letter Tav is a little bit difficult to explain.
Tav is a mark and a mark is defined as a symbol of something. One of the trademarks or the hallmarks of the letter Kaf is that it means to crush. In this word here, the Tavs are showing you what the trademark symbol of Kaf is and that is that Kaf is a crusher.
Let me show you another word. The letter Resh is a picture of a head and the letter itself is often used in Hebrew words to mean beginning. There’s also the word “rosh” which would be the full spelling of the letter and this word “rosh” in the scriptures is used to mean beginning. Now if you add a Tav to the end of the word “rosh,” you have another word which means beginning.
The Tav is not altering the meaning of the other letters. Instead, it’s serving to enhance the meaning, to strengthen it and to point it out. It’s indicating to you that you need to look at the other letters for the meaning of this word.
I could give a lot of examples here but here’s one that’s pretty clear to see. This is the letter Nachash, also known as Nun and in the original Hebrew alphabet, the letter was a picture of a snake. Now there’s a word “tanin” in Hebrew which is two snakes and a Tav and this word “tanin” means serpent. So, the meaning of tanin is pictured in just these two letters. The Tav in this word, as we can see, is not changing the meaning of the other two letters. It’s just pointing it out. It’s telling you that this word “tanin” is the mark of the letter nachash and the letter nachash is a serpent. Therefore, the word means serpent.
[Scene change]
Carlos: OK. So, we are finally at Tav. Everybody has been waiting for Tav. Could you please hurry and do Tav? We’re here. So, we have a great little thing we started here and everyone seems to like it and we didn’t mean to but I can’t resist.
Dawson: What’s that?
Carlos: I’m going to give you a pop quiz. Are you ready?
Dawson: One more for the road. I am ready.
Carlos: We are ready. Three, maybe four questions.
Dawson: OK.
Carlos: Maybe four because it is a pop quiz.
Dawson: OK.
Carlos: So, OK, everybody. We’re going to ask Dawson these three and let’s see how she does. One, how do you use Tav? Because it’s not an actual picture of anything. It’s not a cow, a bird, a foot. It’s just a sign.
Dawson: Yes. So …
Carlos: Yes, yes.
Dawson: … it’s used in words to mean mark, to mean sign. It strengthens the meaning of other parts of the word of other letters. I showed that a little bit before.
Carlos: Some have two Ts, two Tavs.
Dawson: Yes. It can be used to mean inscribe or mark as a signature.
Carlos: Or yeah, such as put your Tav on the line right here.
Dawson: Yes.
Carlos: OK, that’s good. Number two, there’s something else that uses a sign but it’s not just Tav. In this word, they add an Alef and a Tav.
Dawson: Alef, Tav, yes. So the Hebrew word sign which …
Carlos: By the way, how do you pronounce that word?
Dawson: It’s typically pronounced “oat”.
Carlos: Well, it could be “ot”.
Dawson: I would say it’s probably “at” because it is an alef. Yes. So, an “ot” is a sign.
Carlos: But by the way, we’re not going to split hairs here on how to pronounce it.
Dawson: Not at all.
Carlos: We’d would rather know what it means.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: So at, ot, it’s all good.
Dawson: Yes. So essentially, it’s a strong mark. It’s a sign and that word is used a lot to mean miracle in the scriptures.
Carlos: Now, Father said we have a rainbow for a sign. Is that a Tav or an “ot”?
Dawson: That’s an “ot”.
Carlos: That’s an “ot”.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: That’s question number two. It’s pretty good.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: Now I know you mentioned in Ezekiel how Father sends – I will take that’s Yashua, I’m sure that goes down and seals, all of Father’s …
Dawson: I think so too.
Carlos: Father’s children before He judged them, before He brought judgment or wrath on them and I noticed in Revelation the fifth angel before anything, hold on, go down to Father’s children, the b’banim and put a mark on their forehead. Now is a Tav or an “ot”? I know that’s Greek.
Dawson: It’s Greek, it’s Greek, so we don’t know for sure.
Lisa: But if we had to bet …
Dawson: If we had to make an educated guess, I would say that it’s a Tav. I would say that – and you know, Tav gets kind of a bad wrap because it’s a mark and the mark that most people are familiar with is the mark of the beast. But …
Carlos: The most important one is Father’s mark on His children because it separates you from the wrath coming.
Dawson: Yes.
Carlos: It’s the same as putting blood on the door so that the death angel passes by you and all Father’s sheep are nice and safe.
Dawson: Yes. Now the blood was put on the door as an “ot,” as a sign.
Carlos: Ot. See? There you go. It’s an “ot”.
Dawson: Yeah. But I would think that when Father places His seal onto His people before judgment comes, that that would be the same as a Tav just because the story is so similar to what happened in the days of Ezekiel. It’s a mark on the forehead placed onto His children.
Carlos: And Father doesn’t change.
Dawson: He doesn’t change.
Carlos: So, if He separated His children back then, He will certainly do it again for what’s coming.
Dawson: Yes.
Carlos: So yeah, it’s good to know about Father’s mark. He places a mark on our forehead that only the angels can see and it will be a lot of wars, rumors of wars. Now we’re not to get involved because in these days, unlike any other days, the angels are being sent to separate the sheep from the goats and they do it by that Tav.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: Some will have the sign for being put on the left side and some will have a Tav for being put on the right side. So, we always make sure that Yashua helps us in our walk to be on the right side.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: And as far as the beast, that’s for the world, wrath for the world and for the children of rebellion, but not for us. We love Father. We’re here to be nurtured and fed for three and a half years in the wilderness.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: And may you have that Tav on your forehead, so Father’s Holy Spirit can lead you.
Dawson: You mentioned the rainbow, the sign, the “ot” of the covenant before.
Carlos: Ot.
Dawson: Yes. So, I have a pop quiz for you as well, one more for the road.
Carlos: Here we go.
Dawson: This one is pretty simple. So, the word for rainbow in Hebrew is “qeset”.
Carlos: Qeset.
Dawson: Now is that “qeset” with a Quf or a Kaf?
Carlos: Quf, absolutely. I mean it’s so easy, right? If you watchedoriginal Hebrew, it will be easy.
Dawson: OK. Now that same word “qeset,” is that last T sound a Tet or a Tav?
Carlos: Well, watch. He gave the rainbow as a sign of a covenant.
Dawson: Yes.
Carlos: So, it is absolutely He signed it with a Tav.
Dawson: Yes, you got it.
Carlos: See how easy Father’s alphabet is? It’s a sign between Father and us and He signed it. So of course it’s a Tav.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: Not a Tet.
There is one more Tav, an “ot” that I noticed and that those are “ots” that are not for everybody. Notice when Father sent the sign of a star on Yashua’s birth that only the shepherd saw it but not people in Israel and then the star gazers, the star followers saw it, the magi, and that was it. There was no one else. So, some signs are not for everybody.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: And He says like He seals it up so they can’t see. So ask Father that you see His signs and that you hear His word and that you live by His spirit these days. So, you can have an “ot,” a sign from Father.
Dawson: You know, there is something that Yashua said and I think everyone sort of gets it wrong based on something that you had told me years ago, which is he’s saying that unless you see miracles, you won’t believe and so everyone assumes that when He says that, He’s angry and He’s being sarcastic. Like oh, you people will only believe if you see a miracle. But you have a different opinion on that.
Carlos: Oh, yeah. Miracles are signs and those signs and those wonders bring people into the kingdom.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: When He met the apostles, He would give them signs and wonders and that’s how they came in. I saw you under the tree or you, you will be called Peter. It’s signs and wonders and they need it – well, the best part about it is He gives us the ability to ask. I mean we could ask. Father, we need your healing power. Father, we need a miracle here. Father, we need a lot of things and Father hears us. It isn’t like…there are benefits to walkingwith Father.
He hears His sheep and those are signs. He gives us signs by answer to prayer. He gives us the signs by – sometimes He will send us a verse just when you need it. He gives us signs and wonders. So, it’s part of our walk.
The greatest sign of all, the greatest “ot,” that is a Alef and a Tav. The greatest “ot” of all is when everybody looks up and they see the “ot” of the Son of Man coming in the clouds. That’s gonna be be the best “ot” ever. That is amazing, an Alef and a Tav. Ot, we will see Yashua returning with all the saints just in time down here to get us out of this mess that Satan has done
All right? So, hallelujah and praise Father. I like the way some of you praise Yah. I love the way all of you call Father’s name. There are many names and they all glorify His name. May they all be a Tav of our love for Father.
Dawson: Yeah.
Carlos: Right? Bless all Father’s sheep and shalom unto Jerusalem.
[Scene change]
Lisa: So now that the series is over, what are your plans?
Dawson: I don’t know. Maybe Father will give me a sign on what to do next.
Lisa: Maybe He will give you a sign in paleo!
Dawson: That would be awesome.
Lisa: Hey! There’s paleo on that rock over there!
Dawson: That rock way, way over there?
Lisa: Yes! Way over yonder.
Dawson: That’s some pretty good vision that you have.
Lisa: I got 20/20 vision.
Dawson: Let’s go see what it says. Maybe it’s some guidance on what to do next.
[Flashback]
Carlos: You will learn to read in the original language, you will know the meaning of the letter. When we’re done, you will be able to read the enigmatic writings of the stones before the flood.
[Scene change]
Dawson: OK. What does it say?
Lisa: Lamed.
Dawson: Lamed.
Lisa: Shepherd’s staff, Kaf, the hand. Lekh!
Dawson: Lekh. What does that mean?
Lisa: Pick up your lamed.
Dawson: Your staff.
Lisa: Put it in your kaf.
Dawson: Your hand.
Lisa: And lekh.
Dawson: And go. I guess that’s all the guidance we get. Just keep on lekh-ing.
Lisa: That’s right. Lekh, lekh, lekh.
♬ Lekh, lekh, lekh. We’re going to lekh, lekh. ♬ Lekh, lekh, lekh. We’re going to lekh, lekh.
Dawson: Wow, there’s a song. And there you have it, folks. On your tav, get set, lekh. May you enjoy the rest of your walk on ha derek and hopefully we will get to see you along the way. See you guys!
[Music]
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