Embryonic Faith part 4 of 4 (belief and faith)

 THE WOMB OF BELIEF

Aman, Qav, and Tapas - How Belief Becomes Faith
Part 4 of 4 - New Material

We have said belief which lacks action is not belief at all. But to understand this we must break the word down into its word picture.

AMAN - Aleph Mem Nun - AMN

In Hebrew every letter is a picture.

Aleph - pulls together, yokes, gathers. Strong ox head gathering.

Mem - gathered waters. The sea, the womb waters. What is gathered together.

If you stop at AM - Aleph Mem - Im - Mother - you have mother. The mother who gathers waters in her belly. Which seems absurd. Why would mother be gathered waters?

Til one adds Nun.

Nun - seed. Sperm. That which falls, that which continues. The heir.

Now it makes sense.

AM + N = AMAN

Aleph gathers, Mem is waters gathered in belly of mother, Nun is seed to womb. When waters break, baby comes forth.

Thus AMAN is not just mental assent.

Aman is feeding, clothing, sheltering, teaching, guiding the seed til full grown.

Belief is the seed - Nun planted.

Faith is the full grown tree - Aman that has fed and sheltered that seed to maturity.

Belief is planted in a moment. Aman takes time. It is mother work.

YESHUA BUILDS UPON THIS

Yeshua builds upon this natural picture to show a supernatural faith given to children.

"Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise." Ps 8:2, Mt 21:16

Children have a perfect praise that adults have lost. They have an unseeable God consciousness. An invisible line. The QAV.

QAV - Qof Vav - line, measuring line, cord, hope.

Psalms 19:4 - faith / qav

"Their line - qav - is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world."

What line? The heavens declare. Day unto day uttereth speech. Night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.

Children hear it. This is the first faith. A God consciousness that is there from the womb. A direct link to Divinity. An invisible cord from heaven to soul.

Then there is second faith - Rom 10:16-18 QAV

Paul quotes Psalms 19:4 in Romans 10:

"But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." Rom 10:18

But just before that:

"But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report (echos of our voice)?" Rom 10:16

The report - the apostolic voice - also has a qav. Its line also goes out through all the earth.

Faith - pistis - cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Rom 10:17

So there are two qav lines:

1. The childlike qav - Ps 19:4 - the heavens declare, God consciousness in the child, perfect praise.
2. The apostolic qav - Rom 10:16-18 - the report, the voice of the apostles, the word that is heard and obeyed.

Yeshua wants to unite these two faiths in adult believers.

Which is why we must come in as little children and be converted.

"Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." Mt 18:3

The adult must recover the child's direct line to Divinity, and then add to it the apostolic line of hearing and obeying.

This is where TAPAS comes in.

When active, tapas builds aman.

Taphas in Hebrew - to be fat, sluggish - when inactive. To be plump with healthy fat - when actively seeking after that which is good and healthy.

Tupsa - pattern, like figure - 1 Peter 3:21, 1 Peter 2:21

To follow the pattern - tups - is tips - belief that obeys.

The child hears the heavens - qav one.

The adult hears the apostles - qav two.

When the adult actively pursues the pattern - tapas active - he is building aman. He is feeding, clothing, sheltering the seed until it becomes a full grown tree of faith.

That tree has two roots:

One root invisible - God consciousness from birth.

One root audible - apostolic voice that says arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins while calling on His Name - Acts 22:16

When both roots are fed, aman is complete.

This is why Paul says:

"Strengthening your roots and building up yourselves in him and establishing yourselves in the faith which you have learned in which may you abound in thanksgiving." Col 2:7 Roth

Belief is seed.

Aman is mother who raises seed.

Faith is full grown tree bearing fruit.

And baptism is where both lines meet - where we confess God with pure conscience - 1 Peter 3:21 -

 and where heaven's line and apostles' line become one in the water.

see part 1

https://remnantstudies.blogspot.com/2026/10/belief-and-faith-apostolic_02009368442.html

part 2

https://remnantstudies.blogspot.com/2026/10/from-saves-to-made-alive-part-2-of-3_01515732911.html

part 3

https://remnantstudies.blogspot.com/2026/10/wedding-garments-part-3-of-3-belieffaith.html

NOTE #10 - TAPAS IS ARAMAIC, NOT GREEK - WHY GREEK LOSES THE LINK TO FAITH

The tapas example - to follow pattern is to believe - is Aramaic, not Greek. Only thing Greek offers is we must become convinced by argument if the gospel is true or false, powerful or powerless.

The confusion comes because English translates three different Greek words as pattern / figure / example. They are not the same, and none of them connect to pistis.

1. TUPOS - 5179

Greek 1 Peter 3:21 - antitupos - like figure, corresponding type

Tupos means stamp that hits metal and leaves impression. Type, figure, pattern. Dead copy.

It has NO connection to pistis. Type just sits there. It does not mean believe.

2. HUPOGRAMMOS - 5261

Greek 1 Peter 2:21 - "Christ left us an example - hupogrammon - that ye should follow his steps"

Hupogrammos means writing under - like a child's copybook where teacher writes line and child traces under it. Example to copy.

Also has NO connection to pistis. It is just example. Does not mean belief.

Peter in Aramaic uses ONE word for both verses - tuwpsa / tupsa - pattern, like figure. That one word in Aramaic DOES connect to faith because it shares root with tips.

In Greek they had to use two different words - antitupos and hupogrammos - and lost the link to faith both times.

3. PEITHO / PISTIS / APEITHEO - 3982 / 4102

This is ONLY place Greek connects belief and obey.

John 3:36 Greek - "he that believeth not - apeitheo - shall not see life"

Apeitheo comes from peitho - to persuade by argument, to convince.

So Greek can only ask - are you persuaded gospel is true or false? Powerful or powerless? Convinced by argument?

ARAMAIC IS DIFFERENT

Aman - Aleph Mem Nun - mother who gathers waters in belly, seed to womb, feeding, clothing, sheltering, teaching, guiding seed til full grown tree.

Tupsa - pattern, like figure - 1 Peter 3:21, 2:21

Tips / T'piys - to follow after, to obey, to believe by following - same root as tupsa

Meth-T'pis - to not obey, to be sluggish, fat, lazy, unconvinced to move

John 3:36 A.P. by Roth:

"He Who believes aman in the Son has life eternal and he Who does not OBEY meth-T'pis the Son will not see life rather the wrath of God will rise up against him."

Aman says IT IS TRUE.

T'piys follows after it.

When tapas is active, it builds aman. When inactive, it is just sluggish fat that saw pattern and would not walk.

1 Peter 2:21 A.P.:

"For to this were you called; because the Messiah also died for us and left us THIS PATTERN tuwpsa that you should walk in his steps."

Pattern becomes belief when you walk in it. Pattern becomes judgment when you do not.

So:

Greek tupos = dead type, no faith

Greek hupogrammos = dead copybook, no faith

Greek peitho = courtroom - convinced or not convinced by argument

Aramaic tupsa / tips = family - will you follow Father's footsteps or be lazy son who is fat and will not move?

One decides if you are convinced.

The other decides if you are born and if you will grow.

Aramaic is foundation - birth, made alive - 1 Peter 3:21 Peshitta, not saves, made alive.

Greek is building upon it - remain convinced it was powerful.

Which should have been point all along. Compare for full picture. But never confuse them. Tapas that makes you believe is Aramaic, not Greek.