Hebrew Mysteries
Week 21
Nehemiah 13:14
Marlene Bredenkamp • 28 August 2026

Recap Hebrew
- There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet.
- Hebrew is a alpha numerical language
- Each letter has a pictograph
- ELS reveals hidden mysteries
- The effect of revers numbers (inverses)
- Root words
- Sofit letters
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Directions
- Triple numbers
- Future tense
- Letter kaf ךכ Sofit kaf
- Double numbers
- The letter yod
- Number of appearances
- The definite article
- Equations
- Hebrew calendar
- Antonyms
- Synonyms
- Diacritical marks - dagesh (kal)
- Gender
- Acrostic passages
- Repeated texts
- Old Testament Types
Additional:
- Sha’atnezgets letters
Scripture Reference
- Nehemiah 13:14
“Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God for His service.”
Nehemiah 13:14 in Hebrew

Pictographs of the word remember, zakar זָכַר
ז zayin — pictograph of a weapon or agricultural implement.
כ kaf — pictograph of palm of the hand.
ר resh — pictograph of a man’s head.
The weapon in a man’s hand saves him.
Hebrews 4:12: The Word of God is living and active, and sharper than a two-edged sword.
Selected prayers of Nehemiah
Nehemiah 1:8. Remember the word that you commanded Your servant Moses.
Nehemiah 5:19. Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.
Nehemiah 6:14. Remember Tobiah and Sanballat.
Nehemiah 13:14. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God.
Nehemiah 13:22. Remember this also in my favour. O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.
Nehemiah 13 :31 Remember me, O my God, for good.
The meaning of remember
Nehemiah used the word when he entreated the Lord for:
Covenant restoration - Nehemiah 1:5-11
Provision - Nehemiah 5:19
Protection - Nehemiah 6:14
Justice - Nehemiah 13:14
Salvation - Nehemiah 13:22
Favour - Nehemiah 13:31
Sha’atnezgets letters
Eight Hebrew letters are adorned by attaching a tagin on the letter.
The Hebrew word zakar starts with the letter zayin ז.

The tagin

The tagin is crownlet placed on eight Hebrew letters.
Zayin is one of these letters.
The word remember in Nehemia 13:14 starts with the letter zayin but does not have a tagin.
The tagin on the letter zayin prophetically points to the promised Saviour.
According to Rabbi Akiva, the tagin is added to point to a man who would be born, who would uncover Halachot. Halachot is the collective body of Jewish laws.
Although this spoke of Moses receiving the Law, Jesus fulfilled the Law and the Prophets.
Jesus in the word remember
Zayin with the tagin represents Jesus as the crowned man.
He is the King of kings — “He Who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and the Lord of lords”, 1 Timothy 6:15.
“The Lion of the tribe of Judah” — Revelation 5:5.
The word remember speaks of covenant relationship.
The thief on the cross said to Jesus:
Luke 23:42. “‘Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise’”.
Ordinal value of zakar
ז = 7
כ = 11
ר = 20
Sum of these letters 38.
Deuteronomy 2:14. “And the time from our leaving Kadesh Barnea, until we crossed the brook Zered, 38 years.” Moses sent the spies out from Kadesh Barnea. Here, God sentenced them to wander in the desert because of their unbelief. 38 years later, they were on the banks of the Jordan.
John 5:1-9 “One man was there who had been an invalid for 38 years”.
Jesus healed this paralysed man at the pool of Bethesda.
Conclusion
The word remember is used in covenant language.
The first time the word is used is in Genesis 8:1 when God made His covenant with Noah “And God remembered Noah.” The same word is used in Genesis 19:9, God remembered Abraham, and freed Lot; the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt and God remembered His covenant with Abraham and set them free, Exodus 2:24; when Israel sinned, the book of Judges describes this as not remembering the Lord their God.
Jesus made the New Covenant in His blood. Hebrews 8:10 - 12 describes a covenant where the law would be written on the hearts of Israel and that God will forgive their iniquities, and will remember their sins no more.
Prayer
May the Lord give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you.
Next Focus
Proverbs 3:1
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
