Vav

w / v · classical w; modern v

Numeric value: 6
Final form: Information unavailable
Earlier form: Information unavailable
Pictograph: hook or peg

Pictographic senses (tradition)

Picture: tent peg or hook

Concrete: nail · peg · hook

Extended: to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)

History

Very commonly the conjunction "and" when prefixed, and a mater lectionis for o/u vowels.

Common misconceptions

Vav as "nail" is a name-derived association, not a component of word meaning.

Words containing this letter

אֲבַדּוֹןאֲבוֹיאֵבוּסאֲבִי גִבְעוֹןאֲבִיהוּאאֲבִיהוּדאֶבְיוֹןאֲבִיּוֹנָהאֲבִיטוּבאֲבִי־עַלְבוֹןאֲבִישׁוּעַאֲבִישׁוּראֲבִישָׁלוֹםאָבֵל מְחוֹלָהאֱגוֹזאָגוּראֲגוֹרָהאַגְמוֹןאִדּוֹאָדוֹןאַדּוֹןאֲדוֹרַיִםאַהֲוָאאֵהוּד