Let’s examine the word stone or rock in Hebrew, it is eben and looks like this:
אבן
The Aleph, א , is the first character in the Hebrew alphabet and represents God or Heavenly Father.
The Bet, ב , combined with the Nun, ן , means Son in Hebrew or Jesus Christ.
Hence, stone in Hebrew means the Father and the Son.
So when we are told in the New Testament (Luke 6:48) to build our house on a rock and not sand, we should build them on a foundation made up of the Father and the Son.
Another example in the New Testament is when Christ tells Peter in Matt 16:18:
“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Interestingly, Peter, in Greek, means rock. Hence, the Church will be built upon a rock or upon the Father and the Son, the source of all revelation with Peter, a rock, as President of the Church, who represents the Father and the Son here on earth.
I am looking for the Hebrew word for ‘stone terrace’
Stone Terrace in Hebrew is: מרפסת אבן
Also, the threshing rock is where David envisioned the Holy of Holies of the temple. The fact that it was in the HofH over that rock that God revealed Himself to man has important meaning when Christ says to build on it and that the Church is built on it.
Since Jesus was speaking in Hebrew, not Greek, what is Peter in Hebrew? Is it Eben?
During Jesus’s mortal ministry he probably spoke aramaic which was the language of the day during New Testament times. He also probably knew and spoke hebrew. Peter is Petra in Greek which means rock or stone. Eben as you have indicated means stone.
Some say that Jesus spoke in the lower class language of Aramaic and that is the mistake.
Jesus spoke in high Hebrew and was teaching adult leaders of the Hebrew faith at 12 yrs old.
For accuracy and greater insight, look at the word in Hebrew. Besides, Jesus did not build His church on Peters name but rather his Faith that Jesus was indeed the Son of God.
God told his people not build anything for him, but instead he would build us a house in Glory.
Throughout the Old Testament, and many times in Psalms our Lord is referred to as The Rock. The stone the builders rejected it’s now become the Cornerstone. I believe that when he was facing Peter talking to him and he said on this rockd I believe he touched himself as instructions to Peter to build the church on what Jesus had been saying and teaching the last 3 years of his life. Without the lording over the people with strict Traditions that wood interfere with the true teaching that Christ wanted.
Kefa is Hebrew for Peter.
Yeah, okay
If rock is, Eben, why is Aleph used for E?
Aleph is a silent sounding consonant and takes on the sound of the vowel associated with it. That is why it is an E sound.
Wow I love hebrew especially wen studying the bible it’s just sooo interesting.