Ayin

ʿ · voiced pharyngeal fricative

Numeric value: 70
Final form: Information unavailable
Earlier form: 𓁹
Pictograph: eye

Pictographic senses (tradition)

Picture: an eye

Concrete: eye · spring of water

Extended: to see · to know · experience · to watch

History

Two older Semitic phonemes (ʿayin and ghayin) merged in this letter, visible in some transliterated place names.

Common misconceptions

Ayin is not silent in Biblical Hebrew even though modern readers often leave it unpronounced.

Words containing this letter

אֲבִי גִבְעוֹןאֲבִידָעאֲבִי הָעֶזְרִיאֲבִינֹעַםאֲבִיעֶזֶראֲבִי־עַלְבוֹןאֲבִישׁוּעַאָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָהאֶבֶן הָעֵזֶראֲבַעְבֻּעָהאֲבַעְבֻּעָהאֶדְרֶעִיאֶזְרוֹעַאֲחִימַעַץאֲחִינֹעַםאֲחִיעֶזֶראֲחִירַעאִיעֶזֵראִיעֶזְרִיאֶלְדָּעָהאֶלְיָדָעאֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַיאֱלִיעֶזֶראֱלִיעֵינַי