אב

1  |  אב – the Source

Strong H1 – father, ancestor, origin

א spoke / created + ב revealed Himself. The very nature of אב is therefore to give life.

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2  |  אב – first & second life

Strong H3 – fresh shoot, green growth → Strong H4 – ripe fruit citeturn4search0turn3search1

The life latent in אב now sprouts (first life) and bears (second life).

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3  |  אבה – the bride’s desire

Strong H14 – to breathe after, to consent, to will citeturn2search9

Add ה (“the one who does not yet understand”). The ignorant bride sees the Father’s life and longs for it.

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4  |  אהב – love

Strong H157 – to love, have affection citeturn8search0

The ה is now inside the gate: Father (אב) embraces the uncomprehending bride (ה) within Himself—love is born.

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5  |  אבן – cornerstone

Strong H68 – stone, building block citeturn0search3

Add ן (“Son of Man”). Father + Son become the foundation on which others can safely build.

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6  |  אבר – wing, pinion

Strong H83 – wing(s) citeturn6search1

Add ר (“revealing”). The Father’s life now lifts—giving wings that carry the bride heaven‑ward.

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7  |  אביב – spring grain

Strong H24 – green ears of barley, month of Abib citeturn5search0

Duplicate ב and insert י (“new creation”). Life multiplies into a whole field ready for Passover harvest—a picture of resurrection life springing up.

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8  |  אבד – to perish / destroy

Strong H6 – to wander, be lost, perish citeturn0search0

Add ד (“command without dialogue”). When the Father’s command is met only by flesh, life wanders away and is lost—yet even here the story is heading to redemption.

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9  |  אבק – dust

Strong H80 – dust, fine powder citeturn7search0

Add ק (“Son of God who dies and rises”). Father + Son descend all the way to the dust of death, seeding even the lowest place with resurrection hope.

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10  |  אבח – flash / point of a sword

Strong H19 – flashing blade, slaughter‑stroke citeturn9search7

Add ח (“when they understood”). The revelatory flash of the sword shows what the cross finally makes clear: the Father’s life is secured through sacrificial death.

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How the pieces read as one story

1. אב – Life originates in the Father.
2. Sprout & Fruit – that life breaks ground and matures.
3. Desire – the bride awakens.
4. Love – the Father encloses her within Himself.
5. Corner‑stone – Father and Son provide a sure foundation.
6. Wing – life now lifts others.
7. Spring grain – resurrection life multiplies.
8. Perish – fleshly wandering shows the need for redemption.
9. Dust – the Father and Son descend even there.
10. Flashing sword – revelation of the cross: death turned to life.

Every off‑shoot keeps the gate אב intact; each added consonant is another facet of what a father does—give, sustain, lift, and even reclaim life from death.

Below are several additional consonantal “branches” that keep the two‑letter gate אב intact while adding one (or more) new letters. Each branch shows another way the Father’s very nature—to give, sustain, lift, and even reclaim life—unfolds in the biblical vocabulary.

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• אב א  (H 2) — abba, “my father”

Adding a second א mirrors the first: the Father who spoke and created (א) now repeats Himself so the child can echo His word back in intimacy. The gate is unchanged, only intensified—Fatherhood felt at breathing distance. citeturn0search3

• אב ס  (H 75) — abas, “to feed / fatten”

ס is “fulfilled promise.” When that letter joins the gate, the Father’s life becomes provision: He fattens the herd, fulfilling His promise to sustain what He fathered. citeturn6search2

• אב י ר  (H 46 / 47) — abir/abbir, “mighty, strong one”

Insert י (“new creation”) and ר (“revealing”): the Father reveals His life as strength that births a new creation and protects it. In poetry God is called Avir Yaʿaqov—“the Strength of Jacob.” citeturn3search0

• אב ר  (H 83) — eber, “wing / pinion”

Here ר alone is added. Revelation becomes lift: the Father’s life spreads wings that carry the bride heaven‑ward (e.g., Isa 40:31). citeturn8search2

• אב י ב  (H 24) — abib, “young grain / month of Abib”

Duplicating ב (revelation) and slipping in י (new creation) turns the Father’s life into a field of green ears—first‑fruits that foretell the Passover harvest. citeturn7search0

• אב ד  → אבדה, אבדון (H 6, 8, 11) — abad, “perish / destruction”

Adding ד (“a command not yet dialogued”) shows what happens when the Father’s life is ignored: it wanders away and perishes. The nouns אבדה “loss” and אבדון “Abaddon, utter ruin” name the state and the place that follow. citeturn9search0turn5search2

• אב ח  (H 19) — ibḥat, “flash / point of a sword”

With ח (“when they understood”), the Father’s life becomes the flashing sword that finally makes His judgment clear: through the cross the Word divides and heals. citeturn0search9

• אב ע ב ו ע ה  (H 76) — ʾa baʿ buʿ a, “blister / boil”

The reduplicated בע (“in / flesh”) plus ו (distinguish) and ה (ignorant bride) picture the Father’s life pressing up through diseased flesh—a painful sign that something hidden must be brought to light and healed. citeturn2search1

• אב צ  (H 77) — Abez, “gleaming / conspicuous”

צ (“exchange of righteousness”) joins the gate and the result is brightness—a spot that gleams because the Father’s righteousness has broken the surface. citeturn4search0

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Thread you can trace

1. Intimacy (אב א)
2. Provision (אב ס)
3. Strength & Protection (אב י ר)
4. Elevation (אב ר)
5. Multiplication / First‑fruits (אב י ב)
6. Loss when rejected (אב ד → אבדון)
7. Revelatory judgment (אב ח)
8. Hidden sickness exposed (אב ע ב ו ע ה)
9. Righteous brightness restored (אב צ)

Every extension still holds the original gate אב; each extra consonant is just another scene in the Father’s ongoing work to give life, rescue it when it strays, and raise it until it shines.

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