ת Tav is the 22nd and final letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It's 3 lines represent the 3 disciplines of a believer--Bible study, prayer, and good deeds. When we mark these 3 things off of our to-do list, we may be tempted to pat ourselves on the back in pride. But that little line on the bottom left, called a yud, lends humility to the letter. Tav represents truth, which is spelled "aleph-mem-tav". (Aleph is the first letter, mem is the middle letter, and tav is the last letter of the Hebrew Alphabet.) The word "tav" means sign and life. Our t words are plea, pour forth, praise, teach, long, live, gone astray.
The student is wrapping up his dissertation. He has completed the 3 disciplines--study, prayer, and good deeds. Yet, he pleads with the Teacher for humility to truly understand all he's learned. He has nothing but praise for the Teacher and the education He's given him. But the author knows, although he may be graduating, the role of the Teacher in his life is far from over!! He asks that God remain his source of strength. He lifts up his cup to receive salvation, and in return he will praise God with his life. He yields to God in humility, asking Him to never give up on him.
This section has me 😂😂(This emoji is called "face with tears of joy"😂😂) God's Word is so full of beautiful truth to prompt us to pour forth praise. This last letter, which symbolizes truth, has changed me. Isaiah 44:6 refers to the coming King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty as the Aleph-Tav, the first and the last. Ezekiel 9:4 has a mark being put on the heads of those who suffer and need salvation--the word for mark is "tav"--truth and life. Jesus says in John 14:6 that He is the way, the truth, and the life. In Luke 19:10, Jesus says He came to seek and to save the lost. This final letter wraps up the truth that we have found in every single letter. Christ Jesus is the first, the middle, and the last. He is the Object of everything that has been, is, and will be. He is the Messiah, the Thesis of every subject taught. He is plan A, with no need for plan B. Even the earliest students knew to look to Him for deliverance, for salvation, for rescue. We can Know this for sure by looking at some of the earliest, most elementary drawings of Hebrew letters. The pictograph, very similar to hieroglyphics, shows tav--the sign of truth and life--as this
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