"A
PURE LANGUAGE" by David Jantunen
⁸ “Therefore wait ye upon ME, saith YAHWEH, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for MY determination is to gather the nations, that I
may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them MINE indignation, even all MY fierce anger: for all
the earth shall be devoured with the fire of MY jealousy.
⁹ For
then will I turn to the people a
pure language, that they may all call upon the NAME of YAHWEH, to serve HIM with one consent.” – Zephaniah
3:8-9, KJV
This prophecy for the Millennial Kingdom
indicates that a “pure language” will be restored. Do THE SCRIPTURES give us any clues as to what the pure language
is? It actually does but in a hidden
message. In the Hebrew text of Zephaniah
3:8, every letter of the Hebrew alphabet is used in this verse. Remarkably, this is the only time this occurs in the entire Hebrew text of the Old
Testament! Could it be hinting that
Hebrew is the pure language?
For those not familiar with the Hebrew
alphabet, the chart below shows Zephaniah 3:8 in Hebrew on the left side and a literal
English translation on the right column.
Each Hebrew letter is color coded and numbered for clarification. See the Hebrew alphabet legend to see the
names of the letters that correspond to each number.
The name “Zephaniah” (Hebrew: hyFn:pac; “Ts’phanyah”)
means “YAH has concealed” or “YAH has hidden”. Apparently, YAH has hidden or concealed
a coded message for us in His
Word in
Zephaniah!
Our MESSIAH made another subtle reference to the Hebrew language in HIS famous sermon on the mount.
¹⁷ “Think
not that I am come to destroy the
law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy,
but to fulfil.
¹⁸ For
verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law, till all be fulfilled.” – Matthew 5:17-18
In verse 18, the word “jot” is translated
from the Greek word “iota” (ἰῶτα Strong’s
Word G2503). “Iota” ι is the 9th letter of
the Greek alphabet. It is strikingly
similar to the Hebrew letter “Yod” y. If we contrast the hook at the end of the Iota
with the Yod, the resemblance is brought to light.
The Greek alphabet is actually derived from
the Paleo-Hebrew/Phoenician form of the Hebrew alphabet. On a similar token, the Latin alphabet is derived
from the Greek alphabet.
This is a fascinating and in-depth subject
for another study – let us return to the subject of Matthew 5:17-18. In verse 18, the word “tittle” is translated
from the Greek word “keraia” (κεραία Strong’s
Word G2762). . A “tittle” refers to the little lines and
projections used in writing the Hebrew alphabet. Some letters may look very similar to one
another but the minute pen strokes make them distinct. In fact, one Hebrew letter is often formed
from dissected “tittles” from other letters.
For example, the letter Teth +
is comprised of a Zayin z and a Yodh y.
The letter Waw w is a Yodh with a
prolonged stem attached to it.
Since YAHSHUA was a Jew preaching the
Sermon on the Mount to Hebrews, the “jot” and “tittle” HE was referring to was the “tittle” of the
letter Yod. The “tittle” of the Yod is
called a “qots” (Hebrew: CwOq). It is a short pen
stroke at the bottom of the face of the Yod.
Curiously, it is the smallest of all markings in the Hebrew writing
system.
Is it any coincidence that the “jot” that
mentioned is a Yod – the Hebrew letter that has the tiniest, most inconspicuous
tittle? Yod is also the smallest letter
in the Hebrew alphabet. Not to mention
that Yod is the first letter in the THE CREATOR’S NAME, hwhy. YAHSHUA said HE came in HIS FATHER’S NAME (John 5:43), whose NAME is referred to as YAH hy (or JAH) in Psalms 68:4.
The word “keraia” that is found in Matthew
5:18 is used in only one other verse in the NEW TESTAMENT:
“And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass,
than one tittle [“keraian” κεραίαν]
of the law to fail.”
– Luke
16:17, KJV
Reflecting back to Matthew 5:18, YAHSHUA is essentially telling
us that not one Yod (“jot”) or qots (“tittle”) – the tiniest, most obscure pen
stroke from the tiniest Hebrew letter – shall not pass from the TORAH (Hebrew: hrFwOt@ “law”) until heaven and
earth pass away (Revelation 21:1).
At the
Tower of Babel, YAHWEH confused the tongues of men, which was a
catalyst for the diverse languages of the earth (Genesis 11:1-9). Initially, they all spoke language – and at
Pentecost, through a miracle of RUACH HAQADOSH (THE HOLY SPIRIT), everyone understood each other’s language (Acts 2). Is it possible the cloven tongues of fire
(Acts 2:3) they spoke at Pentecost were in the pure language of Hebrew, since YAHWEH’S WORD is like a fire (Jeremiah 23:29)? Was this perhaps a miraculous return to the
pure language spoken before the Tower of Babel?
This was a shadow picture of HIS
COMING KINGDOM, where
the pure language will be the Ancient Hebrew tongue – which is starkly
different than Modern Hebrew.
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