Variant spellings - SADEH

The letters featured in this painting are SHIN DALET HEY. Taken together, they spell SADE.

Each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet has a special meaning and a story to tell. Here a few brief ones about the letters in this painting.

SHIN is the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a numerical value of 300. SHIN means TOOTH, YEAR, REPEAT, TEACH. SHIN makes the sound SHHHHHH when the DOT is on the right, and SSSS when the DOT is on he left.

DALET is the 4th letter of the alphabet, has a numerical value of 4, means DOOR and makes a sound like the D in Delight. The DALET has the shape of an open door.
The numerical value of DALET is four which is a mystical number. Kabbalah teaches that there are 4 Worlds - Action, Formation, Creation and Emanation. On Passover there are 4 cups of wine, 4 sons and 4 questions. In Hagigah 14b there were FOUR who descended into PARDES.

HEY is the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a numerical value of 5. HEY means BEHOLD. The HEY is constructed of a DALET and a YUD. HEY makes a sound like the H in Happy. HEY appears twice in the YUD HEY VAV HEY Name of God.

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This work is accompanied by the kabbalistic explanation printed above.

The original 5x7 watercolor painting of this image is available at $155.

mat color:: green

stock number:: nm8-109