The Hebrew word “fear” starts with a yod, yirat יִרְאַ֣ת.

י -yod has a picture of an arm.

ר - resh is the picture of man’s head.

א - aleph is a picture of an ox.

ת - tav picture of a cross.

The arm י of man ר (is) the strong leader א on the cross ת.

י - I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold; so, my own arm ( י ) brought me salvation, and my wrath upheld me, Isaiah 63:5. 

ר - And He is the head (ר) of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent, Colossians 1:18.

א and ת - I am the Alpha (א) and the Omega (ת), the first and the last, the beginning and the end,

Revelation 22:13

The Hebrew letters for alpha and omega is aleph and tav.

Jesus fulfilled the Law, the 10 Commandments, and the prophets.

Jesus is the Lord of Lord. The word Lord in Hebrew starts with the letter yod

יהוה Yahweh.

Jesus was a Jew. The name Israel, starts with the letter yod, ישראל

The name of Jesus starts with the letter yod, ישוע Yeshua.

And Jesus said: 

“For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota (yod), nor a dot will pass from the Law until all is accomplished”, Matthew 5:18.

The letter yod has a numerical value of 10.



The Old Testament

The number 10 depicts the history of the Bible from Creation to entering the Promised Land:

There were 10 generations from Adam to Noah.

There were 10 generations from Noah to Abraham.

There were 10 plagues executed on Egypt.

There were 10 Commandments given to Moses on Sinai.

The 10th of Tishri is the day of atonement, Yom Kippur.

Israel entered the Promised Land on the 10th of Abib.

The New Testament

Jesus healed 10 people with leprosy, a picture of sin.

There were 10 virgins —5 wise and 5 foolish, the choice.

Jesus entered into Jerusalem on the 10th Nisan— the Passover Lamb,

and was crucified on 14th Nisan.

Appearances of the letters yod, shin, vav and ayin which spells Yeshua.

Yod י 

10th 8th 22nd  34th 38th 43rd 45th 52nd - 8 times.

Shin ש

15th 31st - twice.

Vav ו

1st 6th 13th 17th 20th 25th 28th 30th 39th - 9 times.

Ayin ע

10th 32nd 37th  - 3 times.

I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold; so, my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath upheld me.

Total number of appearances of the 4 letters yod, shin, vav ayin together, is 22, 8 + 2 + 9 + 3.

The word light is used twenty-two times in the Gospel of John. The 22nd time John uses the word, he quotes Jesus: "I have come as a light into the world . . ." John 12:46. 

I am the light of the world.

הָעוֹלָם אוֹר אני 

Ani ohr ha’olam