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CHAPTER 6 THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

CHAPTER 6

The Purpose of Life

Encountering in the Hebrew language sets of words of common roots, which nev-
ertheless convey meanings that widely differ, one has a good cause for an in-depth
exploration of what is hidden behind these unexplainable sets of words, and what
their message is.
Some such word sets were explored earlier, in section 2.3.
Other seemingly unrelated sets of words, sharing a common root, which may
be intended to convey a message about the purpose of life, are studied in this
chapter.

6.1 The Letter L

The Hebrew letter lamed corresponds to the English L (we will below occasionally
call the lamed “the Hebrew L”). It conveys multiple meanings in the Hebrew
language.

On the one hand, it implies “for the purpose of.” Thus, in the first chapter of
Genesis, verses 14–18, the narrator repeatedly uses the letter L in that sense. For
example: “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to [use

of Hebrew L] divide the day from the night; and let them be for [use of Hebrew
L] signs, and for [Hebrew L] seasons, and for [Hebrew L] days, and years: and let
them be for [Hebrew L] lights in the firmament of heaven to [Hebrew L] project

light upon the earth” (Gen. 1:14–15). And later: “And God set them in the fir-
mament of heaven to [Hebrew L] project light upon the earth, and to [Hebrew
L] rule in the day and in the night, and to [Hebrew L] divide the light from the
darkness” (Gen. 1:17–18).
All these examples, and others, uniformly convey one possible meaning for the

use of the Hebrew L as a prefix to words.
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