The Hebrew language is very much built on pictures. Each letter can be found in a pictograph which has a deeper meaning. When we look at these pictures they give us a deeper understanding of the words which are conveyed. In the Oxen head of Aleph I find the King, in the shepherd's crook of lamed I find the shepherd and in the cowned king of Zayin, I find the king of kings crowned with thorns on the cross to redeem us.