The Number 401 - Aleph + Tav

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Isaiah 46.9f

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Proverbs 8.25f

The Number 401 is prime. Its primary significance is found in the sum of the Aleph (1) and Tav (400). It is the Hebrew equivalent of the Alpha and Omega (801) which identifies the Creator. The name of Isaiah, whcih sums to 401, bears witness to the 66 chapters of the Inner Wheel of Isaiah as an image of the Bible within the Bible - complete from Aleph to Tav.

The Number 401 involves the First and the Last - and so resonates with the idea of an octave. This is particularly clear in the Alpha and Omega, but is also seen in the Aleph Tav through the identity Shemunah (Eight) = 401.

The Number 401

Aleph + Tav, Sign [S# H0852]