Category Archives: Psalm 119

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So here we are at the final stanza of Psalm 119, the Tav stanza.  The twenty-two letter Hebrew Aleph-Beth begins with Aleph and ends with Tav.  The sound of Tav is like the “T” in “Talk.”  While it is the … Continue reading →

Shin is the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Beth and is pronounced Sheen.  It’s sound is that of the “sh” in share.  Shin is actually two letters in one.  If the dot hovering above it is on the right side … Continue reading →

The next letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Beth and the next stanza of Psalm 119 is Resh (raysh).  It is the twentieth letter but has the numerical value of two hundred.  It is pronounced like the “R” in “rake.”  Ordinarily we … Continue reading →

The next letter in our journey through Psalm 119 is Qoph (kawf).  The shape of it looks alot like our letter P but with the line dropping below the baseline.  The sound of the letter Qoph is that of the … Continue reading →

All right … we’re in the home stretch with the eighteenth letter of the 22 letter consonantal Hebrew Aleph-Beth. So we find ourselves at the letter called Tsade (tsah-dee).  It’s sound is like the “ts” in the word “bits.”  While … Continue reading →

The next letter in our study of the Hebrew Aleph-Beth is called Pey (pronounced pay) and it has the sound of “p” as in “pay.”  This letter can take a dagesh (a dot in the middle) which makes it Fey (fay) … Continue reading →

The next consonant in the Hebrew Aleph-Beth is called Ayin (Ah-yeen) and is silent.  Actually, we don’t know what it’s sound was except that it was a guttural (way down in the throat.)  Though it doesn’t have it’s own sound, it usually … Continue reading →

I got a little long-winded with this one … sorry guys.  The next letter in the Hebrew Aleph-Beth and the next stanza in the acrostic Psalm 119 is Samekh.  Pronounced Sah-meck, this letter carries a numerical value of sixty and … Continue reading →

So far we have been through thirteen letters of the Hebrew Aleph-Beth and 13 stanzas of Psalm 119.  We now arrive at the fourteenth letter which is called Nun (pronounced Noon) and has the sound of “N” as in Next.  … Continue reading →