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Kaph     k    &    K    &    3<\/p1><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kaph is the 11th letter (sounding like and looking similar to the Latin\/Roman K<\/em>) [ref]<\/a>. Kaph (H3709<\/a>) means “the hollow hand or palm” or “power.” A related Hebrew word spelled the same with a different vowel is keph (H3710<\/a>) that mean “hollow rock” or “rock.” Kaph is similar to the Hebrew word kaphah (H3711<\/a>) that means “to bend”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bottom part of the “Y” should probably be leaning, might fix it someday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beginning form of the letter as shown above is seen in the top side of the right hand with the four fingers\/’etzba’ot bent upon themselves (as in the letter Wav<\/a><\/em>) [ref]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 2nd form as seen above is seen from the palm (front<\/em>) of the hand with the fingers\/’etzba’ot clenched upon the palm in a fist seen as a rock [ref]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final form is an image of the open palm as seen in the right ear [ref]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4 fingers\/’etzba’ot of a hand represent the body of YESHUA (HIS person) and the Body of YESHUA (the Church, the 12 sections of the 4 fingers<\/a>). YESHUA never sinned and is like straightened fingers (Heb 4:15). But, HE took upon HIMSELF our sin and became like bent\/make-crooked fingers (2 Cor 5:21). All 4 fingers bent\/made-crooked, that represent YESHUA, forms a fist. The fingers are bent upon themselves to show HIM WHO was straight (clean, holy, without sin<\/em>) made crooked by the sin of man YESHUA took upon himself, though he had never sinned. Man and his body\/flesh is represented with the Hebrew letter Wav<\/a> that looks like a “Y”. So, this is why we can see the “Y” or the Wav in the top part of the bent fingers as shown bellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That becomes part of the letter Kaph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The palm of the hand has 5 bones within it, 5 going back to the 5th Hebrew letter Hey<\/a> representing life. The fingers\/’etzba’ot bent upon the palm reveals the Cross on the end of the fist (see Dalet<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And, it is through YESHUA’s death on the Cross life is given to the Body of YESHUA, the Church represented in the 12 [13] sections of the bent fingers\/’etzba’ot. The fist with the fingers bent on the palm is represented by the second form of Kaph as we look at the fist from the palm side shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This image is like a menorah\/branched-lampstand, and Rev 1:20 has a lampstand representing the Church\/Body-of-YESHUA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, YESHUA is the Rock and Corner Stone of the Church (Eph 2:20; 1 Cor 3:11; Psm 18:2). The Rock that is YESHUA brings forth Living-Water\/the-SPIRIT, so the rock that represents YESHUA can be a hollow rock, the meaning of keph (H3710<\/a>). So, we have a fist formed like a rock to represent the Hebrew letter Kaph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YESHUA, though always existed, was born of a virgin to become man in the flesh without sin (1st\/beginning letter form<\/em>) to become sin as HE was leaning against the Cross and crushed for our sins by the LORD the FATHER’s wrath upon HIM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kaph has the sound (K sound<\/em>) of the judgment hammer crushing the nails through the hands and feet into the Cross. Through this crushing by the horns (nails\/Oxen-horns<\/em>) upon the Cross, YESHUA became the Cornerstone of the House of the LORD, giving spiritual life to those dying to themselves and their sin in YESHUA’s death (2nd letter form<\/em> of Kaph<\/em>) (2 Cor 5:21; Isa 53:4, 5, 6; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 10:10, 12, 14, 17; Isa 28:16; 1 Pet 2:4, 5, 6, 7, 8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd form     K<\/p1><\/h2>\n

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YESHUA, the Sacrificial Lamb, shed HIS blood to open the Door to the Holy of Holies, that all who are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb may have eternal life and enter into the Face of the LORD (final letter form<\/em>) (Mt 27:5-51; Heb 10:19-20<\/em>). It was shown with the letter Zayin<\/a> when the fingers are opened\/extended from a fist when opening the hand, an open mouth shape appears at the knuckles where the door would be between the holy of holies and the holy place of each finger with a tabernacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That open mouth shape is actually the 17th Hebrew letter Pe’ (H6310<\/a>, H6311<\/a>) that is an open mouth\/door to the other side. Remember, it was the SPIRIT that tore the curtain\/veil\/door, that was between the Holy of Holies and Holy Place in the Temple, in half from top to bottom when YESHUA died on the Cross to allow us into the presence of the LORD within the Holy of Holies (Mt 27:50, 51; Mrk 15:37, 38; Luk 23: 44, 45, 46; Heb 10:19, 20). This is why from the time YESHUA\/the-Door died on the Cross, the Wind\/SPIRIT tore\/opened the door\/curtain\/veil of the Temple and kept the Temple doors open daily for the next 40 years until the Temple was destroyed to give us access to the Temple of the LORD (Mrk 15:37, 38; Luk 23:44, 45, 46; Yoma 39b:5-6<\/a>). So, the 3rd and final form of Kaph is a open hand with all the 4 fingers form as one because the Church is one with the LORD (1 Cor 6:17; Jhn 17:21, 22, 23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd and final form at the head     k<\/p1><\/h2>\n

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YESHUA died on the Cross putting an end to the punishment of sin, of those redeemed into the Body of YESHUA, and rose from the grave to give victorious life to the Body of Believers in YESHUA. This is shown when the bent fingers\/’etzba’ot, branched lampstand, straighten into the open palm, opening the door at the knuckles, in the final form of Kaph. And so, the righteous House (Family<\/em>) of YESHUA shall flourish like the palm branches laid at the feet of our Lord as HE entered Yerushalaim\/Jerusalem as the Lamb brought in for the Sacrifice on the tenth of the first month (Lev 23:40; Neh 8:14,15; Song 7:7; Psm 92:12, 13, Ex 12:2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Mt 21:8; Jhn 12:1, 9, 12,13). This is why the Hebrew word kippah (H3712<\/a>) for palm branch is similar to the word Kaph, the 11th Hebrew letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice, Yoseph\/Joseph, the 11th son of Yisra’el\/Israel, suffered for the sin of his brothers (brothers represent Yisra’el: they were going to kill Yoseph but sacrificed a substitute goat (Pesach\/Passover)<\/em>) to redeem them from the death (famine in the land<\/em>) they deserved (Gen 37:12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; 43:1; 45:6, 7, 8<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(This section between the white lines is from The Flesh<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 15th Hebrew letter called Samekh shown above, means to lean\/lay upon, transferring of self, and to-sustain\/bring-renewal (make clean<\/em>) [1]<\/a>. Samekh is what is done when an unclean person (sinner<\/em>) lays his (her<\/em>) hand upon the head of an innocent perfect sacrifice and transfers himself along with the burden (punishment<\/em>) of his sin to the sacrifice, bringing death to the sacrifice and renewed innocent life to the person (Lev 1:4; 3:2, 8, 13; 4:4, 15, 24, 29, 33). The image of Samekh is of a thorn\/thistle growing up from the ground. And, if you have ever leaned against a thorn or thistle, you are aware of how they transfer themselves to you. After ‘Adam and Chavvah (Eve<\/em>) sinned, thorn trees and thistles grew up as a result of their sin (Gen 3:17, 18). Samekh is the image of the thorn and the thistle growing up from the ground as man took upon himself the uncleanliness of sin and was sent away from the Tree of Life in the Garden of the Lord (Gen 3:18<\/em>). Now, if Samekh is turned on its side, like below, then it is the image of the three crosses together upon Golgotha (the Skull<\/em>) (Jhn 19:17). YESHUA (JESUS<\/em>) not only had a crown of thorns to represent carrying our sin, but HE also laid HIS life upon the Thorn\/Thistle\/Cross to have our death\/wages-of-sin, the Cross represents, transferred to HIMSELF to bring renewed innocent life to the person who turns from their sin and lays their trust & belief in\/on YESHUA, the LAMB of GOD (Jhn 19:5; Isa 53:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Jhn 1:29; 3:16; Act 2:38; Rom 10:9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The top of the fist form a Cross as already shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This means 3 Crosses would be formed between the fingers of a fist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And since we are only looking at the spaces between the fingers, there is also a line that goes all the way through the fingers from one side of the fist to the other side that lines up with the horizontal bar of the cross. Like wrapping the fingers around a stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This horizontal beam with the other 3 vertical crosses form the letter Samekh that is the thorn tree of the 3 Crosses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is as though the bending of the fingers is forming and crushing upon the thorn tree of the 3 Crosses that represent our sin and its punishment with YESHUA represented as the 4 fingers being bent and taking on our sin as HE (like the fingers) is against the Cross representing our sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why are we talking about salt? The LORD in Genesis spoke all of Creation into existence (Gen 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26). What if the elements that make up all of Creation are the alphabet HE used when speaking Creation into existence? Then, compounds and materials would be made up of letters\/elements that together would be like a word for that material or compound. How would an element alphabet be organized? Elements have a numbered amount of protons and electrons. Hydrogen has one proton and one electron [ref]<\/a>. It was shown how Hydrogen is like the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see Hydrogen<\/a>). So, the periodic table of elements would give us the alphabetical order of the elements. Salt (NaCl) is made up of 1 sodium (Na) atom mixed with 1 chloride (Cl) atom [ref]<\/a>. Sodium is the 11th element on the periodic table which would line up with the 11th Hebrew letter of Kaph. Chloride is the 17th element on the periodic table which would line up with the 17th Hebrew letter of Pe’. As Kaph means palm and Pe’ means opening, salt would have the meaning of “opening in the palm\/hand.” What does salt mean in the Bible? During the judgement of the Flood of Noach\u2019s\/Noah\u2019s time, Noach\/Noah was raised from out of the salt sea to continue the line that would be the Kingdom of Priests while mankind was covered\/buried by the salt sea (Gen 7:19, 20, 21, 22, 23). Yisra\u2019el\/Israel was raised up out of Mitzrayim\/Egypt from out of the salt sea (Ex 14:29, 30); whereas Mitzrayim\/Egypt was covered\/buried by the salt sea (Ex 14:28). In Gen 19:26, Loth’s\/Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt. The area Sedom\/Sodom and ‘Amorah\/Gomorrah became a waste land having salt (Dt 29:23; Zeph 2:9). In the final judgement in the Lake of Burning Fire and Sulfur everyone will be salted with fire (Mrk 9:47, 48, 49). Salt is representing the FATHER’s wrath upon the unholy. The LORD is holy (Lev 11:45). When HE is near unholiness\/uncleanness, fire comes forth to remove the unholiness (Dt 4:24; 9:3; 2 Sam 22:9; Heb 12:29). Unholiness just can not be before the LORD without burning. A few examples of the LORD\u2019s holiness burning unholiness in the Bible\/Word\/Scriptures are Nadav\/Nadab and \u2018Avihu\u2019\/\u2019Abihu\u2019 (Lev 10:1, 2) and the example we can still see today in the top of Mount Sinay (Sinai<\/em>\/Jabal-Maqla<\/a><\/em>) being burned from the holy presence of the LORD [ref]<\/a> (Ex 19:16, 17, 18, 19, 20; Dt 5:2, 22, 23). In the Heaven and Hell article<\/a> or movie<\/a>, it is shown that it is because everyone in the end is brought near to the LORD that the LORD’s holy fire attacks the unholiness that is upon an unbeliever in the lake because they wanted to keep their sin and its unholiness. In Mark 9, the holy fire of the LORD that is the fire of the Lake of Burning Fire and Sulfur is being compared to salt. It was also shown in the Heaven and Hell article<\/a> or movie<\/a>, that the fire of the LORD is probably electrical like lightning and the Lake of Burning Fire and Sulfur is probably salt water to conduct the fire of the LORD throughout the Lake of Burning Fire and Sulfur. Since salt is representing the LORD’s wrath on sin and unholiness, this is the reason there is no more salt above or on the surface of \u2018Aretz\/Earth or in the City of Shamayim\/Heaven in the end (Rev 21:1). There are no more tears in the City of Shamayim\/Heaven; they have salt (Rev 21:4; Isa 25:8). There is no more sweating, that was part of the curse from sin and has salt (Gen 3:19). We also have in the Scriptures that salt is for the Salt Covenant and is to be used on all grain offerings (that included matztzah\/unleavened-bread) and on all sacrifices (Lev 2:4, 5, 11, 13). Since YESHUA is the offering and the sacrifice that all other offerings and sacrifices foreshadowed (Heb 10:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), where is the salt that was applied to YESHUA? When YESHUA took our sin upon HIMSELF, the FATHER (like an ox) crushed\/gored with iron spikes (like horns) the palms\/hands\/feet of YESHUA, because of the FATHER’s wrath upon the sin and unholiness. This wrath of the FATHER created “openings in the palms\/hands,” the very meaning of salt as defined by the elements. YESHUA was crushed\/gored by the spikes in wrath by the FATHER upon the Cross\/sins YESHUA willingly took upon himself for a person who is willing to repent (turn from sin<\/em>) and make YESHUA their LORD and SAVIOR turning their sin’s burden over to HIM. YESHUA then opens the door to this person, who is made holy through the life blood spilled from YESHUA’s openings onto death and resurrection, to enter into the LORD’s home\/family in holiness to stand before the holy LORD with hands open in love (Rom 10:9, 10, 11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does salt always mean the LORD’s wrath? Salt preserves. It preserves by killing in wrath all the unholy organisms that are trying spoil the food. How about “You are the salt of the Earth” from Mt 5:13 (see also Mrk 9:50; Luk 14:34). Even in Mt 5:13 there is a reference to the Lake of Fire in the “cast out to be trampled upon” under foot. But, what is GOD wrath? Is not HIS light wrath upon darkness, HIS love wrath upon hatred and evil, HIS courage wrath upon fear, HIS holiness wrath upon any unholy concept. The police officers acts are seen as wrath against the actions of evil intentions. So, a Believer filled with the HOLY SPIRIT and walking in the SPIRIT as holy will be like wrath to all the darkness the Believer walks through and encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you have made it this far, then you now have access to the original map. Hebrew letters beyond the 11th Hebrew letter of Kaph will be from the old site. I hope to update every letter to new material, as the old material did not have any references and sometimes did not fully explain things. But, at this point, I have no idea how long that will take. Since the 1st to 10th letters go to the new site, some of the final letters from the 1st to the 11th letter are missing their description (like the final Aleph).<\/p>\n\n\n\n