ayin
Sixteenth Hebrew character
Ayin is the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, representing a guttural sound that has no equivalent in English.
In Hebrew writing, it appears as ע.
The letter is significant in Jewish mystical traditions and appears in transliterations of Hebrew words.
Also spelled ayn or ain.
Organ of sight
- sightVisual perception faculty
- visionAbility to see
- seeingPerceiving by sight
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
Jewish mystical tradition
- seventySeven times ten
- esotericAccessible to few
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- divineOf or from gods
spiritual · sacred · mysticism · contemplation · meditation
Visual form of character
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
- scriptWritten words for performance
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
orthography · typography · phoneme · transcription · notation · encoding
eye
Organ of sight
perception · gaze · witness · spring · fountain · wellspring · source
kabbalah
Jewish mystical tradition
divine · spiritual · sacred · mysticism · contemplation · meditation
glyph
Visual form of character
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
- scriptWritten words for performance
calligraphy · orthography · typography · phoneme · transcription · notation · encoding
aleph
Hebrew alphabet's beginning
lamed · nun · qoph · shin · alef · bet · het · consonant · guttural
- Hebrewaleph, bet, Modern Hebrew, ancient Hebrew, Hebrew alphabet
- Semitic Scriptsaleph, he, zayin, yod, lamed