• 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)
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• Letter kaf ךכ Sofit kaf
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• Hebrew calendar
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• Diacritical marks - dagesh (kal)
• Gender
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• The letter shin
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• Concrete v Abstract
• Superscriptions Part 1, Miktam

Additional:

• Superscriptions Part 2, Shiggaion

Various Psalms start with a superscription. There are the different

superscriptions mentioned in the Psalms:

• Miktam: Psalms 16, 56-60;
• Shiggaion: Psalm 7;
• Shiyr: 46, 48, 66, 83, 88, 108, 120-134,145;
• Maskil: 32, 42, 44-45, 52-55, 74, 78, 89,142.
• Tefillah: 17, 86, 90,102;
• Mizmor: 3-6, 8-9, 12-13, 15, 18-24, 29-31, 38-41, 47,49-51, 62-68, 73, 75-77, 79-82,84-85, 87, 92, 98, 101, 109-110, 139-141, 143.

Psalm 7:1 A SHIGGAION OF DAVID, WHICH HE SANG TO THE LORD CONCERNING THE WORDS OF CUSH, A BENJAMINITE.



O Lord, my God, in You do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me..

A shiggaion is an ode set to a musical instrument.

An ode is a lyrical poem written with the purpose of admiration, celebration, or dedication. Odes are characterized by serious, reflective, and elevated language.

Psalm 7 is the only Psalm of the 150 Psalms, that is a shiggaion.

The only other scripture in Old Testament that is described as a shiggaion is Habakkuk 3.

Both texts start with a prayer, both describe the judgement of God and both conclude with the trust of the author in God.

This term therefore also points to the metrical structure of the poem.

From the text in Habakkuk this was set to music as indicated by the last verse:

“To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments”. 

Psalm 7

Structurally, the Psalm divides into 3 major movements: verses 1–2 is a prayer for salvation, verses 3-16 describe the judgement of God and verse 17 concludes with praise.

Habakkuk 3

The text likewise divides into 3 segments: verses 1-2 is a prayer, verses 3-16 the description of God’s judgement and verses 17- 19, Habakkuk’s trust in the Lord.



In both texts the shaggaion is an erratic prayer for salvation addressed to the Lord who alone is the Judge, and concludes with praise and trust.

The pictographs are better understood when the New Testament is in view:

ש— shin, pictograph of teeth;

ג — gimel, pictograph of foot or a camel, symbolising the act of giving;

י — yod, pictograph of an arm;

ו — vav, pictograph of nail;

ן — nun, pictograph of seed.



The three headed ש shin is a picture of this world. By giving ג God’s only Son, nailed ו to the cross, mankind is saved י and has new life ן.

There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

This reflects the essence of mankind’s sinfulness and redemption.

Acts 4:12 “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

John 5:27–29 “He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man… those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.”

Jude 1:25 “To the only God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen”.

The standard value of the Hebrew word shiggaion is 369.

The English word "flesh" appears 420 times, in 369 verses, in the KJV.

 “And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man”,

Genesis 2:23.

“And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven”, Matthew 16:17.



The number 369 therefore speaks of both physical and spiritual life.

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.