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Why this is important is that, without these dots and dashes, each Hebrew word has a double meaning. Today,however, almost every single word has its own meaning because by adding two different combinations of dots to the same word it is possible to distinguish between them."} 70:{"position":18,"content":"

The Hebrew word for “bee” and the Hebrew word for “a word”, originally were the same. Today, however, “a bee” is pronounced: “de-vor- ah” and “a word” is pronounced: “da-var”. We know this because of the dots and dashes underneath the letters which the rabbis added about 2,000 years ago. Nevertheless, the root of both words are the same, hence, when the Torah and Tanakh were originally written it was much easier to play “word games” and give everything a double meaning. Here I must point out that in ancient times, the Hebrew words had a two letter root, not the three letter root used today (At least this is the theory proposed by Edward Horowitz in his well known book: "How the Hebrew Language Grew")"} 71:{"position":19,"content":""} 72:{"position":20,"content":"

Accordingly, we see that the word for: “bee” and the word for: “word”, share the same root and bees, of course, work together to produce honey. Words also work together, but they produce knowledge."} 73:{"position":21,"content":"

If we accept that, and we also accept that in Hebrew land is a metaphor for a school, then what we begin to see is that “a land of honey”, represents: “a source of knowledge”. Since, both Samson and lions are associated with strength, what we can

Metaphors in the Torah: "The Land of Milk and Honey"