tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006486343825149462.post5805210271419031122..comments2024-03-28T06:46:29.142-07:00Comments on The CJM Blog: Brought to You by the Letter "Peh"The Contemporary Jewish Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950530467016523676noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006486343825149462.post-74451443040535043572011-08-22T15:52:40.267-07:002011-08-22T15:52:40.267-07:00One other thought on this post: I love that the l...One other thought on this post: I love that the letter names written out are scrabble-worthy and I wonder if one could use either "gimel" or "gimmel," as I think post are in the original post (one in the illustration)!?Elizhevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761144133927667714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006486343825149462.post-62135124808261285022011-08-22T15:51:11.846-07:002011-08-22T15:51:11.846-07:00I also love the letter Lamed, but for other reason...I also love the letter Lamed, but for other reasons. Most immediately, because it reaches up so high! I also love it because it's name, Lamed, contains the root of both the words for "to teach" and "to learn."<br /><br />On other notes, as I read Julie's blog and the question of the meaning of the Bet within the Peh, I had an immediate association of it as a little "beten" or belly. Actually, more of a womb, than a belly. the letter Bet is related to the word "Bayet," which translates as house. So I imagined a little house in the belly of the Peh. And that house within would be the place of gestation and birth, through the Peh, making it a little bet-womb. I love these letters. Reading Julie's suggestion that words are the place of formation, that from the mouth idea becomes real, it adds to the possibility that the ideas grow in that bet/house/womb.Elizhevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761144133927667714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006486343825149462.post-33160899042399886532011-08-22T15:46:36.108-07:002011-08-22T15:46:36.108-07:00I also love the LAMED, for other reasons-- in part...I also love the LAMED, for other reasons-- in particular, because it reaches so high and because it is the root of both to teach and to learn.<br /><br />As for the peh/bet relationship, when I started to read Julie's blog on these two, I had an immediate association of the "Bet" being like an "beten," which is belly, or more specifically, a womb. "Bet" is also associated with "bayet" (meaning house.) I imagined that nestled in the "belly" of the letter "Peh" is a little house, from which could emerge new creations. As such, it's a little "Bet womb."Elizhevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761144133927667714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006486343825149462.post-75983098579568192292010-01-28T16:17:28.070-08:002010-01-28T16:17:28.070-08:00I've gotta say, I love the Lamed. It's a h...I've gotta say, I love the Lamed. It's a huge letter and is more evocative of the "L" sound than our roman alphabet version is.Kathynoreply@blogger.com