נ
𐤍
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