Zayin
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The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek zeta (Ζ), Etruscan z Z, Latin Z, and Cyrillic Ze З, as well as Ж.
Origin
The Proto-Sinaitic glyph may have been called Script error: No such module "lang"., may not have been based on a hieroglyph, and may have depicted a "fetter".[1]
An alternative view is that it is based on the "copper ingot" hieroglyph (𓈔) in the form of an axeblade, after noting that the name "zayin" has roots in Aramaic to refer to "Arms," "Armor," and "Metal used for arms."[2]
The Phoenician letter appears to be named after a sword or other weapon. In Hebrew, Script error: No such module "lang". (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />זין) means "weapon", the verb Script error: No such module "lang". (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />לזיין) means "to arm", and the verb Script error: No such module "lang". (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />להזדיין) means "to arm oneself".
Arabic zāy
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Variant
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Hebrew zayin
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In modern Hebrew, the frequency of the usage of zayin, out of all the letters, is 0.88%.
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In modern Hebrew, the combination <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />ז׳ (zayin followed by a geresh) is used in loanwords and foreign names to denote Template:IPAblink as in vision.
Significance
Numerical value (gematria)
In gematria, zayin represents the number seven,[3] and when used at the beginning of Hebrew years it means 7000 (i.e. Script error: No such module "Lang". in numbers would be the future date 7754).
Use in Torah scroll
Zayin, in addition to ʻayin, gimel, teth, nun, shin, and tzadi, is one of the seven letters which receive a special crown (called a tagin) when written in a Sefer Torah (Torah scroll).
Syriac zain
Zain is a consonant with the Template:Ipa sound which is a voiced alveolar fricative.
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Character encodings
See also
References
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- ↑ Cross, F. M. (1980) Newly Found Inscriptions in Old Canaanite and Early Phoenician Scripts. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 238, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.2307/1356511 Template:Webarchive
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