The Broken Vav
The Broken VavSoferut (i.e., the laws concerning the scribal arts of writing Sefrei Torah) requires that all Hebrew letters be well-formed - that is, no letters can touch other letters and no letters can be malformed, broken, or otherwise illegible. However, there is a strange exception to these rules regarding the Vav that appears in the word "shalom" Numbers 25:12
The Broken Vav appears in the
6th time out of 110 times that the word Shalom is used.
Shalom (Hebrew:
שָׁלוֹם shalom; also spelled as sholom, sholem, sholoim, shulem) is a Hebrew word meaning
peace, harmony, wholeness, completeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquility and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye.
This name derives from the Hebrew “Yirmeyâh / Yirmeyâhû”, meaning (the Lord loosens, God will uplift, Yah exalts). Jeremiah was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
Jerusalem is called Yerushalayim (Hebrew:
יְרוּשָׁלַיִם) The name "Shalem", whether as a town or a deity, is derived from the same root as the word "shalom", meaning
peace.
Jerusalem in the Old Testament.
Salem. The first occurrence of Jerusalem is in Joshua 10:1, but an allusion to Jerusalem appears in Genesis 14:18 with the reference to Melchizedek, king of Salem. Poetic parallel construction in Psalm 76:2 ( Heb 76:3 ) equates
Salem with Zion. Theologically, the Canaanite city of Shalem has become the biblical city of Shalom,
Peace. Prophetically, Isaiah spoke of the
Prince of Peace (Shalom) who would reign on David's throne (in Jerusalem), a reference full of messianic portent ( Isa 9:6 ).
Also see: board.unsealed.org/thread/2081/ring-fire-eclipse (
Salem)
(ye-roo-sha-LAI-yeem) n. Jerusalem. Also known as the City of David, Zion,
Salem, Ariel,
Jebus, the "City of God," the "holy city," comes to designate heaven itself (Heb. 12:22-23).
In Psalm 122:6 we read, "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." The word sha'alu actually means
"ask" (as in ask a sheilah, a question) and shalom is a Name of Jesus, since He indeed is Sar
Shalom (the Prince of Peace). The word Jerusalem means "
teaching of peace" (the "Jeru" at
the beginning comes from the same root as Torah, which means teaching), so the phrase
could be construed as "ask about the Prince of Peace and His Teaching." At any rate, we know
that Jesus is indeed the King of Jerusalem (Matt 5:35) who will soon return to reign over all
the earth. - Hebrews4Christians
Numbers 25:12 KJV
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of
peace:
Numbers 25:12 ESV
Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of
peace,
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