The עוגן Anchor
of
תִּקְוָה Hope
The Secret of Being
and
Remaining Anchored
in Him.
O’gehn/ogen – עֹגֶן ~ עוגן
Root: ע – ג – ן
Pronunciation: agan, ogen
Concept of the Root:
to restrain to anchor: ע – ג – ן
Often quoted as part of
1Cor. 13:13
And now these 3 remain…
faith, hope and love…
we tend to focus on the love and faith elements, knowing that true faith is more than just an emotional feeling or even a belief; it is a whole-soul commitment to God.
Because they are gifts which last forever they are an essential part of God’s nature and also that part of Him that now resides within us.
1 John 4:16 and Christ/Messiah in us the hope of glory, for He is the Lord of Glory.
The scripture says, And love is the greatest, this is because faith and hope can only work by love, and only show themselves by love.
Love is as the united perfection of sevenfold light.
Faith and Hope are like precious stones of one color, as a ruby and a sapphire merged together as purple;
however love, as is revealed in this chapter, is also represented as a diamond of many facets.
Transliteration: yahalom
Phonetic Spelling: (yah-hal-ome‘)
Definition: (a precious stone) perhaps jasper or onyx
It is translucent, clear and pure, reflecting all that constitutes the unconditional love of the Father; for He is Love and Light and His very being is existentially multifaceted.
In Ps. 37:3-5,7a; genuine faith is explained:
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him and He will do it.
Rest [Be still] in the LORD and wait patiently for Him.
Here is the place of the letting down of wings – Being still and waiting.
Hope holds some precious secrets for us to discover…
In Hebrews, Hope is described as a faithful or persistent hope, and love is a faithful or enduring love. All three rely on the faithfulness of God and Paul refers to the triad of faith, hope and love several times.
The Word of God tells us that our HOPE is in the LORD (Ps 37:9) and He will keep extending His love toward them and will not forsake his faithful ones. (Ps 37:28).
And in Ps 42 and 43 When David questions himself saying, Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? He also answers, encouraging himself to, Put your HOPE in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
The Lord is the one sure hope of safety and deliverance in times of danger and as Believers, our very hope is based upon our salvation which comes through the grace/chen, of God ( 2 Thess. 2:26; 1Thess. 5:8-10; 1Tim. 1:1)
We must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
This keeps our mind and thoughts focused on the things pertaining to the Kingdom of the Heavens.
For God has not destined us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Messiah. He died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we will come to life together with Him.
Christ in us the hope of glory. Col 1:27
Typically we tend to think of hope as a feeling that something desirable is likely to happen. There is a difference between a wish, or longing and hope, which implies expectation of obtaining and realizing that which is desired.
In Hebrew, hope is the word
tikvah (teek-VAH).
תִּקְוָה
Tiqwah Tikvah (pronounced teek-VAH) is a variant form of Tikva meaning hope תִּקְוָה Strong’s 8615 Tikvah (hope).
There are two men named Tikvah in scripture where it was used as a name:
The father of Shallum the husband of the prophetess Huldah. ( 2 Kings 22:14) (B.C. before 632.) Huldah, the prophetess who dispensed the Lord’s message concerning the book of the Law that was found during king Josiah’s reorganization of the temple (2 Kings 22:14). In the parallel text of 2 Chronicles 34:22 this man is called Tokhath.
The father of Jahaziah. ( Ezra 10:15.) who was one of four men who opposed the horrible mass-divorce during the purge of Ezra in chp.10:15. the son of Tikvah, the son KJV: the son of Tikvah, the son INT: of Shallum the son of Tikvah the son of Harhas. Ezra 10:15 HEB: וְיַחְזְיָ֥ה בֶן־ תִּקְוָ֖ה עָמְד֣וּ עַל־ Since the events described by Ezra take place a good century after the reign of king Josiah, these two Tikvahs are probably not the same person.
Strong’s defines it as a cord, expectation, and hope.
It comes from the Hebrew root kavah meaning to bind together, collect ; to expect: – tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
The root-verb קוה ( qawa ), means to collect or gather.
The first occurrence of the word tikvah תקוה, is in
Joshua 2:18.
Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your brethren, and all your father’s household, home to you.
2:21 And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
It was a figurative picture, a symbol of her HOPE in her salvation; (note the vav = nail, secure and hey = window, lattice, reveal!); it was her only assurance that her household would be spared by the Israelites. Although the physical cord had been tied, to guarantee their safety, Rahab had to WAIT for the realization of that promise.
Biblical meaning of the color scarlet.
In the KJV, the word ‘scarlet’ occurs 52 times, 6 of which are in the New Testament.
The Hebrew words that together translate into this color’s English name are tola (Strong’s Concordance #H8438) and shaniy (#H8144).
Blue – Purple and Red (Scarlet) Blue = techeilet. Purple = Argamon. Scarlet = (Tola’at) Shani.
Also used in the Scriptures is the Hebrew word ‘yachal‘ meaning ‘hope‘ יַחַל
Strong’s 3176
yachal: to wait, await
Original Word: יָחַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: yachal
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-chal’)
Definition: to wait, await
in Psalm 27:14 Kavah – hope wait
While
HOPE in English is abstract,
HOPE in Hebrew thought, provides us with a strong visual.
A bound cord, rope, or thread cannot only be seen with our eyes, but it is something we can grasp hold of with our hands.
In other words, hope is something real enough that we can grasp on and cling to it.
Hope is not something out of our reach
and the helmet,
our hope for salvation,
anchors us to Him
and keeps our mind stayed on Him, being heavenly minded.
So, Tikvah or Tiqvah is translated from the Hebrew to our word Hope. However in the Hebrew, it has this much deeper meaning being defined as: a cord, a rope, a line, meaning to bind.
Tikvah is a rope, a line, that we can hold on to our Heavenly Father with; binding ourselves to Him when things are both good and bad.
Most anchors are attached to their vessels by chains which are stronger and more enduring than rope.
For us it is a cord, a rope, a line from the heavens/shamayim binding us to our Heavenly Father.
It is a direct life-preserver and a rescue line.
Psalm 62:5 Amplified.
Truly in Elohim I wait silently (in submission) my nefesh (soul) for my tikvah hope is from Him.
(Here again is the place of letting down of wings.)
It’s impossible to have real hope without waiting and waiting without hope is futile, therefore will I Hope in God.
Hebrews 6:19 – This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,
In Hebrews 6:19 the word is used metaphorically for that which supports or keeps one steadfast in the time of trial or of doubt.
The word ‘hope’ in Hebrew has a meaning ‘to expect’..
It is an emblem of hope.
Biblical hope is an optimism based on certainty and truth/emet, not upon a happy, lighthearted disposition that looks on the bright side. Hope isn’t merely optimism or a positive attitude alone.
If hope rests on mere fantasy, it is worthless.
In today’s world, hope means something that may or may not happen. We hope today would be a good day which carries little of the Hebrew thought with it.
For our hope to be real and valid, it must be based on truth and certainty and for believers it is, since our God is the God of hope (Rom.)
Hebrews says our hope is an anchor that is “both secure and firm.”
Therefore the word “hope” in 6:18 refers to an objective future reality that is desirable and sure for all who seize it.
Some Meanings Of The Word Hope In Hebrew:
Chacah – to flee for protection; to trust; confide in; to have hope; to make a refuge. This term is used when God is compared to a shield, a rock, or described as one with protective wings. Secret to the letting down of wings.
“He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense; Psalm 62:2
Yachal – to be patient, hope, wait, trust, to stay in expectation.
O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is mercy,
And with Him is abundant redemption.– Psalm 130:7
Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me. – Micah 7:7
Mibtach – confidence; trust; assurance; hope. This word means “the act of confiding” as found in
Proverbs 21:22, A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. (KJV)
Mibtach is also used in Job 8:14 referring to the object of confidence:
Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider’s web.
There’s another meaning of this term which is, the state of confidence or security. Used in
Proverbs 14:26, In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge.
machaceh– a shelter; hope; a place of refuge, trust.
sabar– to scrutinize, to expect with hope and patience; hope.
The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And You give them their food in due season. – Psalm 145:15
Towcheleth- expectation, hope.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. – Proverbs 13:12
Tiquah- expectation; hope.
The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. Proverbs 11:23
Some of the Paleo letters for Tiqvah below:
sound = T*
sound = Q
sound = V, W or O or U
sound = H or AH
sound = Q is also back of the head,
what is behind, last, final, the least.
So Tikvah – Hope, could be understood from the paleo as…
The mark, sign of the cross/covenant is coming around in time and space as a hook or peg connecting and securing us to behold the breath/spirit of the Father who is behind, the last, final, revealing.
Wow! that gives a whole new insight on Hope!
The size of the vessel is directly proportioned to the size of its anchor. So we should have no questions as to the capacity of Gods’ anchor.
The Roman anchor, like the modern one, had two teeth or flukes. Could one fluke be said to be representative of Faith the second of Love – if Hope itself is the anchor?
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul.
He is our O’gehn our anchor from the heavens – shamayim שמים and to the heavens…
and we are anchored above; where in the spiritual realm, we are seated together with Him…
we are not anchored below –
but above
– above all principalities and powers above all the power of the enemy. Ephesians 1:21
….far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
(Aramaic Bible in Plain English)… Higher than all Principalities, Rulers, Powers, and Dominions, and higher than every name that is named, not only in this universe, but also in the one that is coming.
This anchor even resembles a cross
It is our HOPE
our yachal – pronounced yaw-chal
our tiqvah – pronounced Teek-vah
Since the beginning of nautical travel anchors have been around. Anchors hold ships firmly in place in the midst of the most stormy and dangerously tumultuous seas. Anchors have always been a safeguard for sea going vessels; keeping them from being washed ashore.
As believers we also have an anchor that is even more steadfast and even more secure, it is the hope placed upon Messiah Himself. This certainty is because this hope rests on God’s promise to Abraham and the
*oath/covenant, taken that this promise would come to pass (Hebrews 6:13-18).
*(as in the paleo meaning above of the first letter of Tikvah – T)
Since the 2, the promise and the oath, are intermingled and interdependent, we know that our hope is real and enduring.
This hope acts as an anchor for our soul keeping our hearts at rest so they cannot be tossed about or dislodged from a place of peace/shalom.
The hope is that He is working for us now this moment, on our behalf His perfect plan for our lives.
We have to see ourselves connected, joined, attached in a Way that cannot be broken – just like the enormous chains that attach the anchor to the vessel,
we are attached to our Heavenly Father/Avinu/Abba through Yeshua/Jesus by the power of His Ruach haKodesh/Holy Spirit.
And seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Messiah. As God placed Jesus/Yeshua at His right hand in heaven, so He has placed His people with Him in heavenly places;
That is… places where the privileges of heaven are dispensed, where the air of heaven is breathed, where the fellowship and the enjoyment of heaven are known, where an elevation of spirit is experienced as if heaven were begun.
Eph. 2:6
The only safe place to remove our helmet is at the foot of His Cross/Tav…. where the HOPE/Tikvah of our salvation is found.
Conclusion coming in part 2
Shalom Shalom..Family
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
Farewell/Shalom My Friends
שלום חברים,
Please don’t leave this page without a certainty in your heart that you are anchored to the Father in Jesus/Yeshua…
Don’t put it off, the days draw ever closer to the door closing at end of this age – just as it did in the days of Noah.. and He told it would be so again…
NOT CERTAIN?
YOU CAN BE..
Make sure Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.
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