Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet
Four - Hebrew Prefixes
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The idea of the form of a letter as providing meaning is
foreign to our understanding of the purpose of the
alphabet. In this chapter we are going to look at five
Prefixes that are commonly added to Hebrew words; /B,
/L, /M, /W and /H. These examples will
demonstrate the relationship between the pictographs of
each letter, their cultural understanding and their
application in the Hebrew language.
The nomadic Hebrews lived in tents, and this letter is
a representation of the tent. The door is in front (top left
of the picture) and a wall (middle of the picture) separates
the men’s side (left side) from the women’s side (right
side). Since the family resides inside the tent, this letter
means "in". When the letter /B is placed in front of a
word such as /erets (land), we have
/be'arets (in a 31 land).
The Hebrew shepherd always carried a staff and was
used to move the sheep toward the destination. This letter
31 Hebrew does not express the idea "a" or "an", rather it is implied.
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