Welcome back to my DTube Hebrew reading & language series.

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The full study is now on line covering the Alef-Beyt here in my blog. This is a beginners program to teach letters, vowels, and reading. The vowels are marked in this bible and are designed to help avoid confusion on what a word is and how it is pronounced. The confusion is obvious in the hundreds of interpretations globally. In modern Hebrew, only children need a niqqud or vowel marking for each letter. Old manuscripts also usually have vowels marked.

We are reading Genesis 2:18-20

So here is this naked man who was just created, and God's first thought was, "it is not good for the man to be alone..." What follows is the stated intention to make a helper for him. God then makes each animal and brings it to the man. Time seems to be no barrier to this experiment. The man names each animal as it is created (one view), and those are what they are called from then on.

Afterwards, it says, "but for adam, not matzah a helper" which corresponds to him. The interesting thing is the first usage of the word "matzah" that can mean "he found" or "he was found."

Obviously, the animals were already created male and female. Each animal of its kind had a corresponding mate, yet there "was found" not any for the man. This leads us into the study for next week, which is the best of the best of all creation of Elohim!

Who would not agree that one of the most complex and beautiful creations ever made was the woman. She is truly the better half of man's flesh and of his soul. He cannot be complete without her, or at best, he is of diminished potential.

A Parallel

As I read today, I picked out "matzah" as one word that reached out to me. I could not help but think of the parallel that presents itself in the broken bit of matzah that is wrapped in linen and hidden away for a time during Pesach (Passover), later to be found by one of the children, who in turn, receives a reward.

The bread of life, Yeshua, was also wrapped and out of sight for a time. He was also not found when they went to look for him. He was later to be found alive and still has a reward for every soul that finds him. Further reading on these parallels can be found here.

Take note

I also wanted to point out the word "lo" which can mean no, not, do not, etc. if spelled with spelled Lamed-Aleph, or it can mean him, to him, for him, etc. if spelled Lamed-Vav. The Hebrew word does not need to change in context. The different translations are necessary to allow the right English structure, if interpreted correctly into English.

Every instance of lo is pronounced the same, just as write, right and rite sound the same but vary in spelling.

Here is today's reading

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Here are the links

Please click over to DTube and read the above passage with me in Hebrew.

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▶️ DTube
▶️ IPFS

Note: my pronunciation of The Name as Yehovah is explained more fully in Genesis 2, DTube Video #2 and the coinciding audio is linked here.

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If you are just starting, my lessons are all here starting at Alef, adding vowels (the dots and lines) as we go, the sofit formations and numerical values. Just go to my blog and scroll to the bottom or click here

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