the letter "aleph" has meaning. [as does each of the other letters of each word in Hebrew language] that is part of how the written words were created.
http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/bookstore/e-books/ahlb.pdf go to page 20 for the aleph That same section has the meanings of the other letters in the Hebrew words. How the letters are put together to form the word is part of understanding the concept [thing or action] that the written word represents or is expressing. aleph wasn't orginally a silent letter. probably was used as a vowel "a" (like in cat) [Modern English uses silent letters when spelling some words. Some dialects of modern French drop the final sound of words, too.] Perhaps these are related? Eliora ________________________________ From: Tomi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, August 22, 2010 11:02:30 AM Subject: [ancient_hebrew] i need help! i am studying hebrew alphabet and i dont understand why a letter "aleph" has to be at the end of some words like: נָבִיא (prophet),(she)הִיא if anybody could help my it would be cool
