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Paleo-Hebrew

Zayin

z · z

Numeric value
7
Final form
Information unavailable
Earlier form
Information unavailable
Pictograph
weapon, possibly a mattock or sword

Pictographic senses (tradition)

Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword

Concrete: weapon · cutting tool · plough

Extended: to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food

History

Name may relate to "weapon" though the derivation is uncertain.

Common misconceptions

Uncertain pictographic origin is frequently presented as settled; it is not.

Words containing this letter

אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִיאֲבִיעֶזֶראֶבֶן הָעֵזֶראֱגוֹזאֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶקאוּזַיאוּזָלאוּפָזאָזאֶזְבַּיאֵזוֹבאֵזוֹראֲזַיאַזְכָּרָהאָזַלאֶזֶלאָזַןאָזֵןאֹזֶןאֻזֵּן שֶׁאֱרָהאַזְנוֹת תָּבוֹראׇזְנִיאֲזַנְיָהאֲזִקִּים