The Librarian

  the sprout is the Hebrew letter B Beth the arm of God and it represents Christ, the only begotten the alpha and omega (A to Z in our alphabet) the one who was, is and is to come. The B in the Hebrew is the first born of A - Aleph and B gives A a voice in this world by making the first word. The Word mentioned in John 1:1-3. The symbols were only a way to communicate like we could make the letter F out of a fork if we didn't already have the alphabet. All the letters of the Hebrew Alephbet were either farm tools or animals.

"The Word" AB father, without B, or Beth, there is no house for Aleph to speak. Aleph is a silent letter until it has a chosen prophet. B is therefore the Beth, the house of God called Bethel, which is pronounced as such but is spelled Beth-al in the Hebrew. the Aleph, looks like an N,(א Aleph) The original symbol for Aleph was the head of a bull, see the confusion in Exodus, the golden calf. answering your question of 2016,