Love & Desire

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The Story of Job

Part 8
Love & Desire

JOB

                                          

 

Beyt        Vav    Yood    Aleph

 

What does JOB mean?

There are at least three popular conventional meanings for the name of JOB that are proposed by Hebrew Bible Scholars.

As we discovered in the previous article some believe the name JOB signifies one who is hated and counted as an enemy.

We have already explored the Hebrew word for enemy as a possible meaning, now let’s look at another couple possible meanings of the name of Job.

Many Hebrew language scholars believe the name of Job was an expression of the love and desire that his parents experienced when Job was born.

Let’s take another look at the picture meaning of the name of Job and compare it to the Hebrew word picture for both Love and Desire.

Job, as you remember, is a four-letter Hebrew word spelled Aleph, Yood, Vav and Beyt.

Do you remember the Picture translation of JOB?

Aleph the Ox, the Strong Leader
Yood the Hand that does a mighty deed
Vav the Iron nail that secures on thing to another
And finally, Beyt the House or Tent. The picture of the Household:

JOB

                                               

                                           

         

Beyt        Vav    Yood    Aleph

2              6        10          1

 

When we put the pictures and the number together, we discover the following revelation in the name of JOB.

ALEPH – God the Father is going to 
YOOD – Accomplish a mighty deed ordained in heaven
VAV – In order to secure for man
BEYT – A heavenly home that is fashioned by the Son of God.

This is the amazing prophecy in the name of JOB.
Things are not always as they appear and we should be cautioned by the story of Job not to ever be too hasty about predicting the outcome, understanding the circumstances or predicting the destiny of anyone who loves the Lord. 

The Apostle Paul paraphrasing Isaiah the Prophet said it best:

1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

 

Let’s see if we can unravel the Mystery of Love and Desire as revealed in the Hebrew Picture and Number language in order to see, if as some of the Hebrew Scholars teach, the Hebrew word LOVE  has a connection to the name of JOB.

First, let’s examine the Hebrew Word we translate into English as LOVE.
Love in another four-letter Hebrew Word IS spelled Aleph Hey Beyt Hey.

LOVE

 

Hey      Beyt     Hey    Aleph

5           2            5          1

ahavah

 

Primary Conventional Usage

 

The Hebrew wordahavah” translated "love" in English is used to describe intimate or romantic feelings or relationships, such as the love between a husband and wife. It also means a love that selflessly serves the other person, such as the love that a father and mother have for a child.

Is this what Job's parents had in mind?

It is no coincidence that the first time the word LOVE is revealed in the ancient prophetic Scriptures is when God tested Abraham. Abraham was prevented by God from sacrificing his only son. The drama was meant to be a prophetic picture of our loving Heavenly Father who would offer up His own Son as a sacrifice for our sins. 

Again we see the relationship between LOVE and loving parent.

PICTORIAL

LOVE

 

Hey      Beyt     Hey    Aleph

ahavah

 

Pictorial Meaning of Love

 Aleph – Strong Leader – First – God the Father   OX
 Hey – Reveal – Look – Holy Spirit   Behold
 Beyt – House – Tent – Son – Family – Son of God   Tent / House
 Hey – Reveal – Look – Holy Spirit   Behold

Translation

There are two ways of interpreting the revelation in the picture God has given us of LOVE.
The first translation is that:

God the Father reveals Himself to the Son.

John 5:19
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

 

The second translation is that:

God the Father reveals Himself to us through His Only Begotten Son.

John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 5:20
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. 

 

In our next article, we will explore the Numeric Meaning of LOVE and how it relates to the Messianic Message embedded in the name of JOB.

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  1. Cynthia says:

    I have enjoyed learning Hebrew word studies. It has enlighten me on the meaning of words. My minister often will give us the meaning of words in Greek and in Hebrew.

  2. Chris Klessnes says:

    Job’s name could be similar to the Hebrew word for “blessing”, barak, which has double, and opposite meanings. Most of the time barak means to bless. But in a few cases in scripture it is used to denote cursing. It used by satan in the book of Job twice I believe. Once when he tells God that if He strikes all that Job has, and once when he says that if God afflicts Job himself, that he will “curse” (barak) Him to His face. It would be interesting to do a study of all the words in scripture that have “double meanings” and see which books they are used in.

    I also wanted to share another tidbit that I came across here – http://www.jtsa.edu/subverting-abraham-as-a-knight-of-faith many years ago on the first use of the word “ahav” in Genesis 22. In verse 2, the Lord tells Abraham to “take now your son, your only son, whom you love,…..”. After Abraham obeys, the Angel of the Lord uses a similar statement about the son involved twice, but with one big difference. In verses 12 & 16, the word ahav is missing. I’m none too keen on the idea of listening to the rabbis of the talmud, like the author of the article linked above suggests, but there might very well be something important we are missing when we read right past slight differences like this. I had never noticed the absence of the phrase “the one you love” in the second and third repetition. It also seems that there was a lot more testing going on than just that of Abraham. What about Sarah? And the servants who went with him and Isaac to the land of Moriah? Chapter 21 has Abraham and Sarah together in Beersheba, from which it seems he, Isaac, and the servants set out on their journey. But after Abraham is blessed on Mt. Moriah, the text does not mention Isaac returning with him to rejoin the servants at the base of the mountain, though this is what Abraham had explicitly said he would do . So what was going through the minds of these servants when Abraham returns to them without Isaac? No explanation is offered. Nor is there any reference to how Sarah would have reacted when Abraham returns to her at Beersheba along with the servants, but not Isaac. We can guess that Abraham told her that Isaac had gone elsewhere (the next we hear of him, he is in Beer Lahai-Roi), but this is not stated in the text. You would think an unexpected separation from the son given to her after a lifetime of waiting would get her riled up. Did this episode cause a rift between Abraham and Sarah? When she dies in Hebron, the text says Abraham “came” to mourn and weep over her. Why was there a need for Abraham to come to her? Why wasn’t he right there with her? Was sorrow over a forced separation from her son part of the reason for her death? She never got to see him again after letting him go with Abraham to Moriah.”
    As I was just typing this e-mail and referring to Genesis 22 it occurred to me that when the Angel of the Lord said in verse 18 that “In your Seed, all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice”, could it be that this is referring to what Abraham had heard in the first part of verse 12 “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him” and not what is found in verse 2 “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love…”. In 22:1-2 it is “Elohim” that is speaking. In verses 11, 12 & 18 it is the Angel of the Lord. I noticed a few years ago that in Psalm 51, David never addresses God as YHVH, but instead always uses the title “Elohim”. As far as I remember, David usually uses YHVH instead of Elohim. When I have the time, maybe I will do a study on how many times David uses Elohim vs YHVH, and where. In any case, there is a reason why there are so many different views on the atonement. Maybe God fashioned the scripture’s description of the atonement according to our ability to receive it, but at the same time He puts hints in the text which subvert what we think we know and points us in a different direction.

  3. Joseph Gaines says:

    What if the Hebrew bible scholars that say Job means hate and counted as an enemy and those who say it means love and desire are both right.
    Satan towards Job hates him and counts his as Satans enemy. Whereas God sees Job as one he loves and desires. As in all believers.
    1 more thing heaven is not our home it’s just a temporary dwelling place, whereas the earth will be our home, Rev. 21
    Thank you.

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