Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet
forecasts a "rain" shower for tomorrow, different people
will interpret the word "rain" in different ways, with a
circumstantial biasness. The bride and groom who are
prepared for an outdoor wedding view this news with a
negative connotation, while to the farmer in the middle of
a drought season, it has a positive connotation. To the
Ancient Hebrew nomads the word "rain" was usually
equated with "life" since without it, their very existence
would not be possible.
Another example of the importance of understanding the
cultural setting can be seen in the word "dinner". To my
grandparents and their generation, "dinner" was the main
meal of the day eaten at noon and a light "supper" was
eaten in the evening. Where as today, dinner is the main
meal eaten in the evening. There are countless examples
in our own English language of how word meanings
change over time according to the culture.
Many times our cultural influence will give a different
definition to words that was not intended by the Biblical
authors. For example the Bible speaks of keeping and
breaking the commands of God. The words "keep" and
"break" are usually interpreted as "obedience" and
"disobedience". But this is not the Ancient Hebraic
meaning of these words.
The Hebrew word for word "keep" is rmX / shamar)
which literally means "to guard, protect, and cherish"
while the Hebrew word for "break" is rrp / parar and
literally means "to trample underfoot". The Ancient
Hebrew understanding of these words is not about
mechanical obedience and disobedience of his commands,
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