"Pinchas" in Numbers 25:11 is spelled in some manuscripts with a diminutive letter yod, which was originally a pictogram of a hand. I think it is to say that Pinchas didn't act on his own, but God acted through him. Pinchas' hand was diminished, while God's is magnified.

"Shalom" in Numbers 25:12 is spelled with a broken letter vav, which was originally a pictogram of a nail or spike. Perhaps this is to say that, through the violence of a spike, righteousness is restored, enabling a peace in which no such spike will be needed. #yeshua