The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the BibleHHETS........................................................................................................................
The ancient pictograph L is a picture of a tent wall. The meanings of this letter are
outside as the function of the wall is to protect the occupants from the elements, halp as
the wall in the middle of the tent divides the tent into the male and female sections and
secular as something that is outside.
The Modern Hebrew name for this letter is hhet meaning a string. A very similar word
Hebrew word hhets is a wall and is most likely the original name for this letter. The
sound of the letter, in ancient and modern times, is a guttural "hh" (as in the “ch” in the
name Bach).
The early Semitic pictograph L evolved into L in the Middle Semitic script by being
rotated 90 degrees. This letter continued to evolve into L in the Late Semitic script. The
Middle Semitic script is the origin of the Greek and Roman H while the late Semitic
script became the modern Hebrew L. The Middle Semitic form of this letter became the
number 8.
THET..........................................................................................................................
The original pictograph for this letter is Y, a container made of wicker or clay.
Containers were a very important item among the nomadic Hebrews. They were used
for storing grains and other items. Wicker baskets were used as nets for catching fish.
The meanings of this letter are basket, contain, store and clay.
The twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet is a tav with a "t" sound. It is unlikely
that the original Hebrew had two letters with the same sound. When the Greeks adopted
the Hebrew alphabet this letter the Greek theta. The original sound for this letter is was
probably a "th".
The Modern Hebrew name for this letter is “tet” meaning mud or clay but would have
been pronounced as “thet”.
The Early Semitic letter Y remained unchanged into the Middle Semitic script but was
simplified to Y in the Late Semitic script. The Late Semitic letter became the Θ, Theta,
in the Greek alphabet, the Modern Hebrew Y and our number 6.