tav
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If I wrote this in modern Hebrew, and not to confuse you and certainly not to make me look like I'm such a great scholar because believe me, I'm not. But if I was to write this in modern Hebrew today tav would be like that:
. That's the way someone would read that letter and it means a sign, but that was in the ancient.
The transliteration is how we say it in English, when you look at the display above you ask why does she have it spelled like that? There are no vowels as we know them in the Hebrew language. Hebrew uses dots, dashes and short lines, its really great because it doesn't destroy the meaning of the picture. If they wanted to put the letter A in here, they would draw a line under the letter, a little line and they do all these dots and dashes its called mesaretic markings. The dots, dashes and lines make different sounds, no other letters are added to the Hebrew letters. So, we have the same word picture, and the word picture is not destroyed.
So when a word is put up on the display, I'm only telling you how to pronounce it because unless you know Hebrew you look at this and I say read that and you will say - I can't do this study. That's a lie from the pit of Hell, if I can do it you can do it and I was not helped by anyone except the Holy Spirit. So why can't you? Its incredible whats in this material. Stay tuned, don't give up. Don't get discouraged. O.K.? God will bless you.
Look at Psalm 119 verses 169-176. What do you notice that is significant about the letter Tav, outside of the fact that it is the sign of the cross?
The last letter of the Alphabet. When they got to the 22nd letter, it was finished. That's right. OK? Now remember that because we're going to go someplace with that being the last letter of the alphabet.
Turn to Psalm 119, many of you have the word tav at the end of the Psalms (above verses 169-176)? (Note: there was one Bible in this class that did not have the Hebrew letter tav but there was the "t").
"Hebrew Word Pictures" 
by Frank T. Seekins, look on page 11, on the bottom for the letter tav.
Hebrew is read from right to left.
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Tav
Vav
Coincidence? You have to decide.
