David In Israel . דוד בישראל . داوود في اسرائيل 

OK... So most everyone knows that I am learning ot speak Hebrew, but did you know that in Hebrew you can add without numbers... Well, that's because each letter corresponds to a number.  The name of the LORD is written above, both horizontally from right to left, and vertically from top to bottom (this is known as the Adam Kadmon - because it looks like a human [the LORD created Man in His image in this way too!]).  His Name adds up to 26... Yud=10, Heh=5, Vav=6, Heh=5... so you then add those up... 10+5+6+5=26.  Thus , the number 26 can be used to represent YHVH.  So can the letter Aleph... א.  The reason being... Within the Aleph is a 6 or Vav =ו and two 10's or yud's = י.  This can be added to 26... 6+10+10=26... So Aleph can represent the LORD.
Taking one step further... the name Adam: אדם... the name of the first human.  We have an aleph א which can represent the LORD plus dalet&mem דם  which means blood in hebrew.... the LORD + blood = mankind... Kinda cool.
So, naturally, I wanted to see the significance of my name, David or in Hebrew: דוד. I did the math... Dalet =ד is 4, Vav = ו is 6, Dalet = ד is 4 = 14, My lifelong favorite number!  CRAZY, huh?  That was my soccer number in soccer and it is also the apartment number I live in now!  And when you add my name, 14 and 12, one of the most important numbers in the Bible (12 tribes of Israel), you get the number for the LORD.  I know this is a stretch, but still it's kind of cool... 14 (David) in 12 (Israel) for 26 (the LORD).

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