The study of the ancient Hebrew language begins with an understanding of the ancient Hebrew culture. The original letters of the Hebrew alephbet
1 were actually pictures, similar to Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Each picture represented an object with a meaning closely related to the agricultural lifestyle of the ancient Hebrews. By studying the culture and lifestyle of the ancient Hebrews we can better understand their language.
    As the old saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words". Hebrew is a picture language and was meant to be learned through these picture-letters rather then by memorizing a combination of meaningless letters as we do today. By learning the meaning of words through the picture-letters we will better understand and retain the Hebrew vocabulary.
    In a work such as this, there will undoubtedly be errors in interpreting the culture and picture-letters. The study of any ancient language and culture is like putting together a puzzle. We will never have all the pieces to the puzzle. What pieces we do have, we put together and attempt to fill in the gaps as best as possible. Sometimes the gaps in the puzzle are easy to fill based on the pieces around it. At other times these gaps are large and difficult to fill in. There is much work to be done in this area of language and word study and I hope that others, who have the same love for the ancient Hebrew language, will take on the challenge of researching this ancient culture and language.
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