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Alphabetical Order
105
1./2. Alef-Bet, 3./4.
Gimel-Dalet, 5./6. He-Waw,
7./8.
Zayin-Chet, 9./10.
Tet-Yod, 11./12.
Kaf-
Lamed, 13./14.
Mem-Nun, 15./16.
Samekh-Ayin,
17./18. Peh-Tzadi,
19./20. Kof-Resh, and
finally
21./22. Shin-Taw.16)
§
8. Splitting the oblong column of
consecu-
tive letter-pairs into one
column of six pairs, and
another
of five pairs yields a
better distribution
on the writing area
by placing them next to each
other.
If the letters Mem and Nun
are at the top
of the
second column, the letters
Tet and Taw
happen
to stand on the
same horizontal line
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16) The overriding principle
in all future considerations
is the
inviolability of
the one-dimensional
alphabetical order,
which
must be preserved
by all means in any
two-dimensional
arrangement. The
same goes for
the above eleven
consecutive
letter-pairs, which
must not be
separated, when dividing them
into two columns. Thus,
the second half of the
alphabet begins
with
Mem (cf. Note 17 infra),
although numerically it
would
begin with Lamed,
which has to stay with
its mate Kaf at
the
bottom of the
first column, see
TORAH OF THE
ALPHABET
(N. 1) p.
67. This leaves open
the writing direction from
right
to left or from
left to right or both
alternately (boustrophedon).
The
consecutive pairs of letters
supplement and explain each other
in
a variety of ways, that
helped to decipher hitherto
unknown
meanings of
letter-names, especially
Zayin-Chet "circumcision
of
the male sexual
organ" (Ibid. pp. 84–87),
Tet-Yod "potter's clay
on
disk with working
hand" (Ibid. pp.
76–81), and
Kaf-Lamed
"male and
female sexual
organ" (Ibid. pp.
52–59 and
108). |
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