Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 58:8

אמר ליה אנא הכי קא קשיא לי מאי שנא דכתיב ביה ולא כתיב יה

They add a vertical stroke to the roof of the letter heth, signifying thereby that He lives in the heights of the word.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The letter heth is the initial letter of the word , 'He lives', and the stroke or tower above indicates that the abode of the living God is on high. ohnkug rum 'v vhc hf');">¹²</span> And they suspend the [inner] leg of the letter he for the reason given in the following discussion. For R'Judah the patriarch asked R'Ammi, What is the meaning of the verse, Trust ye in the Lord for ever; for in Yah the Lord is an everlasting rock?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XXVI, 4. The latter half of the verse reads and this is interpreted as meaning 'for with Yah (i.e., with the letters yod and he) the Lord formed the worlds.'');">¹³</span>

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