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Paleo-Hebrew

Nun

n · n

Numeric value
50
Final form
ן
Earlier form
Information unavailable
Pictograph
fish or a sprouting seed

Pictographic senses (tradition)

Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water

Concrete: seed · sprout · fish · offspring

Extended: life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate

History

Ancestor sign is debated between fish and snake/sprout.

Common misconceptions

"Nun means faithfulness" is Aramaic wordplay, not the letter's lexical value.

Words containing this letter

אֲבַדּוֹןאַבְדָןאׇבְדַןאֲבִי גִבְעוֹןאֲבִידָןאֶבְיוֹןאֲבִיּוֹנָהאֲבִינָדָבאֲבִינֹעַםאֲבִי־עַלְבוֹןאֹבֶןאֲבָנָהאֶבֶן הָעֵזֶראַבְנֵטאַבְנֵראִבְצָןאַגְמוֹןאַגָּןאָדוֹןאַדּוֹןאַדְמֹנִיאֶדֶןאַדָּןאֲדֹנָי