AlefTav
The unique אֶת AlefTav[1] is seldom translated but has a meaning not always well understood because of the doctrines of men.
Those two letters אֶ Alef, ת Tav suggests a connection of the faith of man connected with God through God's divine inspiration when man is willing to be still and know.
- א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
The אֶת AlefTav[1] suggest that the thing or action is modified by presence divine inspiration through the true faith. To do this by way of the divine relationship of man and God requires humility. Forgive others rather than the mere will of man, or the willful man eating from the tree of knowledge.
If it is a true act or perception of and by that granted faith it will bring the spiritual blessing of that faith in God in Spirit and Truth. Anything less would be or bring idolatry[2] and the justified elements of idolatry[3] in the world.
In Amos 5:23:
"Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. [4] 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch[5] and Chiun[6] your images[7], the star[8] of your god, which ye made to yourselves. 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity[9] beyond Damascus[10], saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts."
Silent is the sackcloth weaver
In verse 27 the word Damascus is a word that means "silent is the sackcloth weaver" and appears with a Lamed[10] here in Amos 5.
The name Damascus (Dammeseq) in this text appearing as ləḏammāśeq; (לְדַמָּ֑שֶׂק) is said to means "Silent is the sackcloth weaver".
As a metaphor it may signify a divine, cause and effect that may lead to repentance or in hope of turning point, where through the "wrath of God" unbeknown to the blind[11] a rougher or humbling circumstances (hence sackcloth) is produced for individuals or even groups.
Examples could include Jacob in bondage for 20 some years to Laban or the sons of Jacob in bondage of Egypt for 400 years. Or when his sons made him stink in Genesis 34:30 and built an altar after putting away their idols and breaking of their earrings by Shechem, i.e. by consent. Genesis 35:
Or like Saul who lost his kingdom because he foolishly chose to force a sacrifice or offering of the people.
Or Saul knocked off his horse and struck blind on his way to Damascus.
These humbling events often indicates profound, often uncomfortable conditions that may lead to spiritual transformation without overt signs until the moment it arrives. It speaks to God's silent work in weaving life's difficult threads of warp and weft (mourning and discipline; neglect and sacrifice; prayer and fasting) into a greater, unseen purpose.
While the word "you" which is an accusation written as AlefTav appears as AlefTavKafMem eṯ·ḵem[1]’ אֶתְכֶ֖ם suggesting that 'you 'go beyond the AlefTav אֶת of inspirational faith because the "silent sackcloth weaver" continuing to conform or transgress.
In verse 27 The term "beyond"[12] suggest that you have flowed beyond the relationship of God and man (Alef) to the relationship with the creation of your own hands (Lamed), beyond the humble place of repentance that comes with the sackcloth of humble repentance.
So, captivity, like the bondage of Egypt or the yoke of bondage of Galatian 5[13] is not merely the wrath of God but the gift of God in hope that you might be saved through repentance.
The captivity of Pauperism
In his Memoir on Pauperism Alexis de Tocqueville attacks the British system of “legal charity on a permanent basis” as a method of impoverishment that not only increased the “indigent population” but “their laziness along with their needs and their idleness"[14] with their vices.” He, like Polybius, understood that:
"[I]ndividual alms-giving established valuable ties between the rich and the poor. The deed itself involves the giver in the fate of the one whose poverty he has undertaken to alleviate. The latter, supported by aid which he had no right to demand and which he had no hope to getting, feels inspired by gratitude. A moral tie is established between those two classes whose interests and passions so often conspire to separate them from each other, and although divided by circumstance they are willingly reconciled. This is not the case with legal charity."
Legal charity abolishes the brotherly covenant of Amos 1.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 0853 אֵת ‘eth [ayth] as AlefTav apparent contracted from both 0225 ^תוא^ consent or 0226 ^תוא^a token or a sign; it is said that תוא AlefVavTav ‘owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; dir obj; [BDB-84b] [{See TWOT on 186 }] AV-not translated; 22
- 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative
- suggesting a connection by faith or consent and a notable or recordable witness or in spirit and truth.
- ↑ Fornication, adultery and idolatry
- Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
- Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
- 1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
- Psalms 106:38 And shed innocent blood, [even] the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
- Ezekiel 16:36 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
- Proverbs 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
- Proverbs 20:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- ↑ Covetousness is idolatry
- Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
- Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
- 1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
- For it is written that the tables of dainties provided by rulers of the world are a snare because they cause the masses to bite one another through government systems of legal charity which are covetous practices which are a form of fornication or adultery where the people are devoured as merchandise, curse children and are "entangled again in the yoke of bondage" with the aid of the false religion of the whore who rides the beast.
- ↑ This is the noise of the the Nicolaitan which God hates in Amos 5:21 "I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies".
This is not the song of righteousness but idolatry and includes the strange fire and therefore is not the Song of Moses nor the Song of the Lamb. - ↑ 04428 מֶלֶךְ MemLamedKaf melek [meh’-lek] but can appear as בְּמַלְכָּֽם 04445 BeitMemLamedKafMem as we see in Zephaniah 1:5 from 04427, Greek 3197 Μελχι; n m/n pr m/n pr dei; [BDB-572b] [{See TWOT on 1199 @@ "1199a" }] AV-king 2518, royal 2, Hammelech 1, Malcham 1, Moloch 1; 2523
- n m
- 1) king
- n pr m
- 2) father of Jerahmeel
- n pr dei
- 3) Molech, god of the Ammonites
- ↑ 03594 כִּיּוּן Kiyuwn [kee-yoon’] from 03559 prepare or establish(maybe like Aaron who set up the golden calf and other graven images as depository systems of social welfaire), Greek 4481 Ρεμφαν; n pr dei; [BDB-475b] [{See TWOT on 954 @@ "954a" }] AV-Chiun 1; 1
- Chiun= "an image" or "pillar"
- 1) probably a statue of the Assyrian-Babylonian god of the planet Saturn and used to symbolize Israelite apostasy.
- See tabernacle of your Moloch
- ↑ 06754 צֶלֶם TzadikLamedMem tselem [tseh’-lem] from an unused root meaning to shade; n m; [BDB-853b] [{See TWOT on 1923 @@ "1923a" }] AV-image 16, vain shew 1; 17
- 1) image
- 1a) images (of tumours, mice, heathen gods)
- 1b) image, likeness (of resemblance)
- 1c) mere, empty, image, semblance (fig.)
- צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- 1) image
- ↑ 03556 כּוֹכָב kowkab [ko-kawb’] probably from the same as 03522 (in the sense of rolling) or 03554 (in the sense of blazing or building); n m; [BDB-456b] [{See TWOT on 942 @@ "942a" }] AV-star 36, stargazers + 02374 1; 37
- 1) star
- 1a) of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God’s omniscience (fig.)
- 1) star
- ↑ 01540 גֶּלֶה galah [gaw-law’] GimelLamedHey a primitive root; v; [BDB-162b] [{See TWOT on 350 }] AV-uncover 34, discover 29, captive 28, carry away 22, reveal 16, open 12, captivity 11, shew 9, remove 6, appear 3, misc 18; 188
- 1) to uncover, remove
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to uncover
- 1a2) to remove, depart
- 1a3) to go into exile
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) (reflexive)
- 1b1a) to uncover oneself
- 1b1b) to discover or show oneself
- 1b1c) to reveal himself (of God)
- 1b2) (passive)
- 1b2a) to be uncovered
- 1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered
- 1b2c) to be revealed
- 1b3) to be removed
- 1b1) (reflexive)
- 1c) (Piel)
- 1c1) to uncover (nakedness)
- 1c1a) nakedness
- 1c1b) general
- 1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare
- 1c3) to make known, show, reveal
- 1c1) to uncover (nakedness)
- 1d) (Pual) to be uncovered
- 1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile
- 1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile
- 1g) (Hithpael)
- 1g1) to be uncovered
- 1g2) to reveal oneself
- 1a) (Qal)
- ג Gimel Reward and Punish, Cause and effect, 'justified repayment'. Do to others as they should do. Written like a Vav with a Yod as a "foot". Camel, [throwstick, pride, to lift up] (Numeric value: 3)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- ה Hey Expression, Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- 1) to uncover, remove
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 LamedDelatMemShinKuf
01834 דַּמֶּשֶׂק Dammeseq dam-meh’-sek or דומשׂק Duwmeseq doo-meh’-sek or דרמשׂק Darmeseq dar-meh’-sek of foreign origin, Greek 1154 δαμασκος; n pr loc; [BDB-199b] {See TWOT on (?) 433 @@ "433" } AV-Damascus 44, Syriadamascus 1; 45- Damascus= "silent is the sackcloth weaver"
- Qumranic Darmeśeq (דרמשק), and Darmsûq (ܕܪܡܣܘܩ) in Syriac, meaning "a well-watered land"
- 1) an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem
- ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200).
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
- ↑ False prophets and Guru theories
- Isaiah 42:16 "And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods. 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see."
- Isaiah 30:20 "And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed,..."
- Matthew 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."
- Matthew 15:14 "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
- Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recoveing of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- John 9:39 ¶ "And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
- Luke 6:39 "And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master."
- Acts 13:11 "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand."
- ↑ HeyLamedAlefHey appears as MemHeyLamedAlefHey01973 הָלְאָה HeyLamedAlefHey halëah [haw-leh-aw’] from the primitive form of the article [hal]; adv; [BDB-229a] [{See TWOT on 496 @@ "496a" }] AV-beyond 5, forward 5, hitherto 2, back 1; thenceforth 1, henceforth 1, yonder 1; 16
- 1) out there, onwards, further
- 1a) yonder, beyond (of place)
- 1b) onwards (of time)
- ה Hey Expression, Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
- ה Hey Expression, Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- 1) out there, onwards, further
- ↑ Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
- ↑ Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy." This was an indictment of Israel because it failed to abide by Leviticus 25:35 "And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee." when the people turned to the legal charity offered by men who exercise authority like Cain, Nimrod, and FDR rather that the freewill offerings provided by the fervent charity of The Way. This is what socialism does and only pure Religion holds the solution.