Tav (also spelled Taw) is the twenty-second [22] and final letter of
the Hebrew alphabet
Numerical
value: 400 Sound:
"T" with a dagesh (dot) and "S" without (among
Ashkenazim) Meaning
1. Truth 2. sign 3. life or death
400 years the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. 14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.c15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age. 16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Ezekiel
9:4 depicts a vision in which the tav plays a Passover role
similar to the blood on the lintel and doorposts of a Hebrew home in
Egypt. In Ezekiel's vision, the Lord has his angels separate the
demographic wheat from the chaff by going through Jerusalem, the
capital city of ancient Israel, and inscribing a mark, a tav, “upon
the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the
abominations that be done in the midst thereof.”
“Go
throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD,
“and
put a mark on the foreheads of the men
sighing
and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
Tav - 22nd letter in BOTH Hebrew and Greek alphabets.
Greek: Taw, tav, or taf is the 22nd and final letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Tāw, Hebrew Tav ת, Aramaic Taw , Syriac Taw ܬ, and Arabic ت Tāʼ (22nd in abjadi order, 3rd in modern order). In Arabic, it is also gives rise to the derived letter ثṮāʼ. Its original sound value is /t/.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth (KJV)
Hebrews 11:13 - Aramaic Bible in Plain English These died in faith, all of them, and they did not receive their promise, but they saw it from a distance and rejoiced in it and confessed that they were foreigners and nomads in The Earth.
Genesis 15:13 - Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
The
U.S. Postal Service issued a new "Mayflower" stamp which
went on sale September 17, 2020. At
last the over-full and hitherto baffled Mayflower was
ready for the third trial. This final voyage would be
successful. OnSeptember
26, 1620,
the gallant little craft slipped out to sea.
November 11/21, 1620 - 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower
The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 21 [O.S.November 11], 1620. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers while the Mayflower was anchored in Provincetown Harbor within the hook at the northern tip of Cape Cod.
Mayflower made excellent time on her voyage back to England. The westerly winds that had buffeted her on the initial voyage pushed her along on the return trip home. She arrived in London on
May 16 [O.S.May 6], 1621, less than half the time that it had taken her to sail to America."
What a difference 400 years makes! AI 'Mayflower' will make groundbreaking crew-less crossing of Atlantic next month powered by solar energy: Craft will chart same 3,000-mile route taken by ship that brought 102 Pilgrims to America in 1620. An autonomous version of the historical Mayflower ship that's powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is set to make is maiden voyage across the Atlantic next month.
Tav 400 (20 x 20) 400 & 800 years ago - Jupiter & Saturn conjunction (last time in the sun)
12-21-2020 - For the first time in 800 years, the "Star of Bethlehem"will be visible in the night sky. During the upcoming winter solstice on Dec. 21, Jupiter and Saturn will align to create the bright star of wonder.
What makes this year’s spectacle so rare, then? It’s been nearly 400 years since the planets passed this close to each other in the sky, and nearly 800 years since the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter occurred at night, as it will for 2020, allowing nearly everyone around the world to witness this “great conjunction.”
Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them 400 years
Time = Hebrew et (tav - ayin) - 6256. eth - עֵת- https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6256.htm Genesis 8:11 - HEB: אֵלָ֤יו הַיּוֹנָה֙ לְעֵ֣ת עֶ֔רֶב וְהִנֵּ֥ה INT: about the dove [in] toward evening and behold Ecclesiastes 3:1
Pray, Deliver, Praise
פָלַט = palat: to escape, deliver
פָלַל= palal: to intervene, interpose, pray
הָלַל = halal: shine, praise
NOTICE! Only one letter difference with DELIVER and PRAY, plus PRAY and PRAISE!
The title page depicts a galleon passing between the mythical Pillars of Hercules that stand either side of the Strait of Gibraltar. The Latin tag across the bottom – Multi pertransibunt & augebitur scientia – is taken from Daniel 12:4. It means: "Many will travel and knowledge will be increased".
Francis Bacon’s 400-year-old list of scientific foibles holds lessons for modern scientists
Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Sir Francis Bacon and the scientific method.
Boston, MA - https://blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2020/03/17/novum-organum
Oct 2, 2020 - Philadelphia - Up to 1,500 birds flew into some of Philly’s tallest skyscrapers one day last week. The slaughter shook bird-watchers. He collected 400 birds between 5 and 8 a.m. in the radius he regularly covers roughly spanning 17th to 19th Streets between Market Street and JFK Boulevard — an astonishing number, according to an Audubon Pennsylvania official.
Image: Some of the 400 birds Stephen Maciejewski collected in Center City Philadelphia Oct. 2, during what Pennsylvania Audubon says a rare event with from 1,000 to 1,500 birds crashing into buildings in a small three block area. He said the last big bird kill of this scope happened 72 years ago when a massive flock struck what was then the PSFS Building at 12th and Market Streets, now a Loews hotel.
Jan 13, 2021 - Siegfried Fischbacher, half of large-animal magic team Siegfried & Roy, dies at 81
Mr. Fischbacher and his longtime partner, Roy Horn, were inseparable throughout their career, which lasted more than 40 years. They began working together as teenagers and ended up as headliners at their own 1,500-seat theater at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas. Their act came to an abrupt end on Oct. 3, 2003, when a 400-pound white tiger locked its jaws on Horn’s neck and dragged him from the stage. Horn almost died of blood loss, had a stroke and never fully recovered. He died in May of covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
July 29, 2021 - The renewed restrictions will apply to both indoor and outdoor events with over 100 participants.
Starting Thursday, July 29, gatherings with more than 100 participants will start functioning under the Green Pass outline, but children under 12 will be exempt, the coronavirus cabinet decided
The reports come as the Health and Education ministries are expected to publish their proposals for the upcoming school year on Sunday. Most schools return at the end of August, but ultra-Orthodox schools start on August 8th.
Vaccine effectiveness in preventing serious illness falls to 80% – Israeli study Hebrew University research also says Israel’s severe COVID cases could reach 400 by mid-August, urges new restrictions
It's interesting that the Pale (green) horse in Revelation Chapter 6 is associated with pestilence.
In the book of Revelation Jesus calls Himself the Aleph (beginning) and the Tav (ending).
Revelation 22:13 KJV - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Isaiah 41:4 KJV - Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Isaiah 44:6 KJV - Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Isaiah 48:12 KJV -Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Tav is the 22nd and final letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Numerical value: 400
ת TAV ~ Psalm 119
8420. tav: mark, my (written) mark (in attestation) – Hebrewתָּו
8427. tavah: to make or set a mark – Hebrew תָּוָה
July 30, 2021 - Starliner liftoff on Friday, Boeing’s second uncrewed flight for its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on an Atlas V rocket. The mission, called Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), will depart from Space Launch Complex-41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Among other objectives, the spacecraft will carry more than 400 pounds (200 kg) of NASA cargo and crew supplies to the space station. https://earthsky.org/space/watch-boeing-starliner-oft2-launch-july30-21
Additional themes related to our 400 study in recent news:
Israel’s top song pick for this year’s competition has finally been “Set Free.”
Eden Alene to become first Israeli of Ethiopian descent to represent Jewish state at international singing contest in May; last year’s event was canceled by pandemic
, Syriac Taw ܬ, and Arabic ت Tāʼ (22nd in abjadi order, 3rd in modern order). In Arabic, it is also gives rise to the derived letter ث Ṯāʼ. Its original sound value is /t/.
