The Alphabet Song—it’s one of the first songs we learn as children.
We sing “A-B-C-D-E-F-G….”
before we know the sound each letter makes,
before we understand that letters can be combined to make words,
before we comprehend that words can be put together to make sentences,
before we grasp that sentences can create stories that can become books.
The letters of the alphabet are the building blocks of language.
The next time you go into a library or book store,
look at the plethera of books and think,
“Every word in every book on every shelf has used the same 26 letters.”
From Goodnight Moon to Paradise Lost—
from People magazine to Encyclopedia Britannica.
All we have is 26 letters.
And endless combinations to make millions of words.
The ancient Hebrew alphabet had 22 letters.
Back in 2020, I did a series on each of the letters in the Hebrew Aleph-Bet.
Every day, those blog posts are still read.
Every single day.
Five years later.
I don’t know who you are, but thanks for reading!
To make it easier to access, I created a category called “Hebrew Alphabet.”
May God bless the letters in both of our alphabets.
For further reading:
ABCs
Aleph
Bet



I remember when you did the Hebrew Alphabet with Psalm 119. It is the most marked up chapter in my Bible. I am doing the Bible in the Year in the You Bible app with Tara-Leigh Cobble, and today’s reading was Psalm 119. In her recap she reminded me how each 8 verses all begin with the same Hebrew letter, until all 22 letters are used up. I remember you did the same thing. I was so impressed, such a lot of work and meditating. Thanks for sharing and reminding me again.