Memra is Aramaic, from the root amar, to speak. In the Targums, the Aramaic paraphrases of the Hebrew Scriptures read aloud in the synagogue, the Memra of YHWH appears again and again as the way HaShem acts in the world. The Memra creates. The Memra reveals. The Memra makes covenant and walks with His people. It is not a separate god. It is HaShem's own Word, His self-expression, the way the Eternal makes Himself known and present.

This matters because when Yochanan (John) opens his account with In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the Word became flesh, he is not borrowing Greek philosophy. He is reaching into his own people's synagogue vocabulary. The Greek logos sits on top of the Hebraic Memra. Yeshua is the Memra of YHWH made flesh, the divine party of the covenant standing in a human body. The frame was always Hebrew. The Word was always how HaShem came near.