Shin

sh / s · sh; also s when pointed as sin

Numeric value: 300
Final form: Information unavailable
Earlier form: Information unavailable
Pictograph: two front teeth, or a composite bow

Pictographic senses (tradition)

Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)

Concrete: teeth · sharp · press · bow

Extended: to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again

History

Represents two phonemes distinguished by the diacritic dot: shin and sin.

Common misconceptions

Shin is popularly tied to the divine name Shaddai through later mystical tradition, not lexicography.

Words containing this letter

אֲבִישַׁגאֲבִישׁוּעַאֲבִישׁוּראֲבִישַׁיאֲבִישָׁלוֹםאָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּיםאָדַשׁאֻזֵּן שֶׁאֱרָהאֲחִישַׁחַראֲחִישָׁראֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁאֲחַשְׁתָּרִיאֲחַשְׁתָּרָןאִישׁאִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁתאִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁתאִישְׁהוֹדאִישׁוֹןאִישׁ־חַיִלאִישׁ־טוֹבאֲכִישׁאַכְשָׁףאֵל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל