In the first row highlighted in yellow (below), you will see various forms of the ALEPH, the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet. This letter definitely represents the House of Joseph/Ephraim better than any other. In the fourth row, you will see the DALET, the fourth letter in the Hebrew alphabet... and it is likely the letter that best represents the House of Jew-dah.
The equivalent letter for DALET in the Greek alphabet is its own fourth letter, the DELTA. The Greek word DELTOID means 'triangular'. Both the DALET and the DELTA looked like triangles in their respective languages during the time of King Solomon's reign over Israel (which is the period the Star of David was derived with the use of the two triangular DALETS of David's name).
Ephraim or Joseph (Joe-seph | 10-Israel) is best depicted by the Hebrew letter ALEPH
- The letter ALEPH (in ancient Hebrew) is a picture of an ox-head or bull-head and is generally a sign of strength, power, and/or leadership... just as in the word EL (which combines the letters ALEPH and LAMED/a shepherd's staff) which basically means 'power' but is often translated as 'God' in English. The strength of ancient agricultural systems was centered around the ox and other 'powerful' lifestock.
- Deuteronomy 33:17 “His splendour is like a first-born bull, and his horns are like the horns of the wild ox. With them he pushes the peoples to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephrayim, and they are the thousands of Menashsheh.” (TS98)
- The name EPHRAIM (Hebrew: אפרים | Ef-ray-im | H669) most accurately means "Strong Fruit", or sometimes rendered "Double Fruitfulness". The primary related or root-word of EPHRAIM, is PaR (H6499) and is occasionally translated as "young bull". According to Jeff Benner's AHLB resource, PaR more accurately depicts an "open mouth" (the letter PEY) and "head" (the letter RESH), but together they make "open the head" and illustrate an ox or oxen being used to pull a tribulum over grain on a threshing floor... in order to "open the heads" or break off the chaff from the kernels.
- Another related or root-word of EPHRAIM is PERIY (H6529), and means "fruit, offspring, children, and/or progeny". There are many connections between these words, but one of the most obvious is likely the fertility so prevalent in cattle or livestock... and even the use of oxen to help make the ground itself to be fruitful. On a side-note: the English words FER(TILITY) and FRUIT are connected and even originate from the Hebrew word PERIY, according to Isaac E. Mozeson's work, The Word.
- Genesis 41:52 "And the name of the second he called Ephrayim, “For Elohim has caused me to bear fruit in the land of my affliction.” The interesting thing here is the relation to Oxen pulling a tribulum over grain to afflict or distress it in order to purge the chaff away from the fruit of the grain harvest.
- As noted earlier, the ALEPH is the first letter of the aleph-bet and Ephraim and Joseph both received the blessings of the first born even though neither of them were actually first born sons.
Judah (Jew-dah) is best depicted by the Hebrew letter DAL or DALET
- The DALET is the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (aleph-bet) and Judah was the fourth born son of Jacob/Israel.
- Judah (Hebrew: יהוּדה | Yeh-hoo-dah | H3063) means 'Yah Praised' or 'Yah Celebrated'. The dominant letter in the Hebrew word for 'Praise' (H3034) is the letter DALET.
- The DALET is generally thought to be a picture of a door in ancient and paleo-hebrew (See "Daleth' translated 'Door' in Proverbs 26:14). Jew-dah was the tribe assigned to enter battle first... before all other tribes (Judges 1:1-2). In other words, Jew-dah is the one who opens the door and enters first into the door of battle. Interestingly, the people of the House of Jew-dah were the first to be restored to the Land of Israel in 1948. There is likely a connection also with 'Praise' being brought to the door of the Temple... or entering into the Temple through the door with 'praise' and worship of the Father.
When the ALEPH (of Ephraim/Joseph) and the DALET (of Jew-dah) are combined, you can get the following (hence the logo):
...which is deliberately similar to the way the Star of David was originally derived (as depicted below) ...with two super-imposed and interlaced DALETS:
The reason the ALEPH and DALET are interlaced in the logo and made to look deliberately like the Star of David is because it is an excellent picture of the future House of Joseph becoming one with the House of Jew-dah under the rule of the King of Jew-dah, the BRANCH of David (Ezekiel 37:15-22).
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